PolyU Institutional Research Archive (PIRA) is an open access repository for The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s research, teaching and learning digital materials.
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Journals
Journal Title | Web of Science Indexing | Impact Factor (2020) |
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine | SCIE* | 8.225 |
Remote Sensing of Environment | SCIE | 10.164 |
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | SCIE | 8.979 |
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | SCIE | 5.600 |
Journal of Environmental Management | SCIE | 6.789 |
International Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS) | SCIE | 4.186 |
International Journal of Remote Sensing | SCIE | 3.151 |
Transactions in GIS | SSCI | 2.406 |
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing [Print] | SCIE | 1.083 |
GeoInformatica | SCIE | 2.684 |
International Journal of Geographical Information Science | SCIE | 4.186 |
Source: Some journals are selected from Journal Citation Reports, some are from LSGI course readings. Last updated: Sep 2021.
* SCIE = Science Citation Index Expanded; SSCI = Social Sciences Citation Index.
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