Satellite Navigation

Satellite Navigation is a fully open access peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature on behalf of the Aerospace Information Research Institute, established in 2020 and covering satellite navigation theory and applications, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 12.4.（Satellite Navigation）是由（Springer Nature）出版的完全开放获取同行评审期刊，2020 年创刊，涵盖卫星导航理论与应用，2025 年影响因子为 12.4。

Scope

• It reports innovative ideas, new results and progress on the theoretical techniques and applications of satellite navigation through original articles, reviews and commentaries.它通过原创论文、综述与评论，报道卫星导航理论技术与应用的新思想、新成果与新进展。
• Its topics include navigation systems and signals, covering satellite navigation constellations, autonomous satellite navigation theory and precise orbit determination.其主题涵盖导航系统与信号，包括卫星导航星座、自主卫星导航理论与精密定轨。
• Signal processing covers receivers, anti-jamming and anti-spoofing, while integrated PNT covers multi-sensor integrated navigation, GNSS augmentation and resilient PNT theory.信号处理涵盖接收机、抗干扰与抗欺骗，组合 PNT 则涵盖多传感器组合导航、GNSS 增强与弹性 PNT 理论。
• Time and coordinate reference system topics include the establishment and maintenance of time-space references, time synchronization methods and high precision clock technology.时间与坐标参考系统主题包括时空基准的建立与维持、时间同步方法与高精度时钟技术。
• Industrial and scientific applications cover intelligent applications and geodesy and geoscience applications.工业与科学应用涵盖智能应用以及大地测量与地球科学应用。
• Articles on augmentations, intelligent vehicle systems, indoor positioning, sensor networks and location services are also welcome.该刊也欢迎有关增强系统、智能车辆系统、室内定位、传感器网络与位置服务的文章。^[1]

History

• It was launched in 2020 as China's first international satellite navigation journal.该刊 2020 年创刊，是中国首本卫星导航领域国际期刊。
• It is owned by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which covers its article-processing charges.它由中国科学院（Aerospace Information Research Institute）拥有，并由该院承担其文章处理费。
• It is published under a fully open access model in which authors retain copyright and articles appear online immediately.它以完全开放获取模式出版，作者保留版权，文章一经发表即可在线获取。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 10.1 in 2024 and 12.4 in 2025.其影响因子 2024 年为 10.1、2025 年为 12.4。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, EI Compendex and Scopus, and ranks in the first quartile of engineering and aerospace categories.它被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（EI Compendex）与（SCOPUS）收录，并在工程与航空航天等类别中位列 Q1。
• Because articles are not printed, they carry article numbers instead of page numbers, and the journal uses single-blind peer review.由于文章不印刷，其以文章编号代替页码，该刊采用单盲同行评审。^[2]

Editors

• Its editor-in-chief is Yuanxi Yang of the State Key Laboratory of Geo-Information Engineering in Xi'an, China, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and deputy chief designer of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.其主编为中国西安（State Key Laboratory of Geo-Information Engineering）的（Yuanxi Yang），他是中国科学院院士与北斗卫星导航系统副总设计师。
• Its executive editor-in-chief is Shuanggen Jin of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences.其执行主编为中国科学院（Shanghai Astronomical Observatory）的（Shuanggen Jin）。
• Its associate editors include Ruizhi Chen, Mattia Crespi, Mingquan Lu, Naser El-Sheimy, Yuanxin Wu, Yunbin Yuan and Qile Zhao.其副主编包括（Ruizhi Chen）、（Mattia Crespi）、（Mingquan Lu）、（Naser El-Sheimy）、（Yuanxin Wu）、（Yunbin Yuan）与（Qile Zhao）。
• Its editorial board is made up of 38 experts from various branches of satellite navigation around the world.其编委会由全球卫星导航各分支的 38 位专家组成。
• Board members include Yuwei Chen of the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute and National Land Survey of Finland.编委包括芬兰（Finnish Geospatial Research Institute）与（National Land Survey of Finland）的（Yuwei Chen）。