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PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
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ISSN 2512-2789Verify ISSN ↗2512-2819Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Cost to publish: About US$3,490 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 23 / 194 | 88th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 110 / 876 | 87th | Q1 |
| Instrumentation | 32 / 206 | 84th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.9.
PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science is Q1 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 23 of 194), Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 110 of 876) and Q1 in Instrumentation (rank 32 of 206), by CiteScore 2025.
PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.835, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 39.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,490 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its print ISSN is 2512-2789 and its online ISSN is 2512-2819.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 2.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #46 of 179 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).
PFG - Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science published 39 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 56. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 87 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Germany (40.8%), China (16.9%) and Iran (4.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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