Remote Sensing of Environment: History, Philosophy, Approach and Contributions, 1969-2019

摘要

2019 is the 50th anniversary of Remote Sensing of Environment. RSE serves the Earth observation community with the publication of results on the theory, science, applications, and technology of remote sensing. Thoroughly interdisciplinary, it publishes state-of-the-art papers on terrestrial, oceanic/marine, and atmospheric sensing. The emphasis of the journal is on biophysical and quantitative approaches to remote sensing at local to global scales. The 7,800 papers it has published have been cited more than 520,000 times, and it has consistently had the highest journal impact factor since 1983. This paper summarizes RSE's history and publication metrics and discusses the philosophy, approach, and contributions that have made it the leading remote sensing journal for many years.