IEEE GRSS J-STARS Prize Paper Award

To recognize the author(s) who has published in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing during the calendar year an exceptional paper in terms of content and impact on the GRS Society.

Past Award recipients

Eligibility

Authors of papers published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing in the prior year.

Eligibility and Selection process shall comply with procedures and regulation established in IEEE and Society/Council governing documents, particularly with IEEE Policy 4.4 on Awards Limitations.

 

Prize

$2,000 and Certificate. Single Annual Award with Multiple Recipients. In case of multiple authors, each will receive a certificate, and the cash award will be shared among the co-authors.

Frequency

The award shall be presented annually. Award will be given only if a suitable paper is identified.

Nominee Solicitation

Nominations are solicited via email and through the Society website. The J-STARS Editor-in-Chief distributes an email to all Associate Editors of the journal requesting their recommended papers to be nominated. Nominations can also be submitted by Reviewers of the J-STARS papers, Editor-in-Chief of J-STARS, and Society members. They can complete the form that is available on the Journal’s webpage on the Society website and send it to the Editor-in-Chief. All nominations are placed in a candidate pool and sent to all Associate Editors for evaluation and ranking. The five highest-ranked candidates are sent to the Editor-in-Chief for approval.

The J-STARS Editor-in-Chief compiles the list of nominated papers, along with the number of nominations and any other pertinent and appropriate data. The Editor-in-Chief is not allowed to remove any nominated paper from consideration. The Editor-in-Chief forwards the five highest-ranked candidates to the Publication Awards Committee.

The Publication Awards Committee evaluates the candidates and selects a winner. The nomination package must be submitted by an IEEE GRSS member, consisting of the following: paper information, relevant contribution, originality, clarity, and timeliness.

No paper authored or coauthored by persons involved in the selection process is eligible.

Basis for Judging

Factors considered are originality, clarity and timeliness of the paper. IEEE membership is preferable. Nominations for the J-STARS Prize Paper Award shall be made by: Reviewers of the GRSS J-STARS papers, Associate Editors of the GRSS J-STARS, Editor in Chief of GRSS J-STARS, and Society members. Editor in Chief will compile the list of nominated papers and forward to GRSS Publications Awards Committee for consideration.

Schedule

December

Associate Editors nominate 2-5 candidates from the accepted papers in the award year. All nominations are placed in a candidate pool and sent to all Associate Editors for evaluation and ranking. The five highest-ranked candidates are sent to the Editor-in-Chief for approval.

End of January

The Editor-in-Chief forwards the five highest-ranked candidates to the Publication Awards Committee.

Early February to Mid-March

The Publication Awards Committee evaluates the five candidates and selects a winner.

March

The Award recipients are ratified at the March AdCom meeting.

Late March

Award recipients are notified.

July/August

Announced publicly at IGARSS.

Presentation

The award shall be presented at an awards ceremony during the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS, of the year following the publication period, together with other IEEE GRSS awards.

Publications Awards Committee

  • Antonio Plaza, University of Extremadura (Spain): Chair

  • Liangpei Zhang, Wuhan University (China)

  • Paul Scheunders, University of Antwerp (Belgium)

  • Florence Tupin, Telecom Paris (France)

  • Jun Li, China University Geoscience (China)

  • Hairong Qi, University of Tennesse (USA)

  • Hanwen Yu, University of Electronic Science & Technology (China)

Contact: grss-award-pub@ieee.org