Get your Frontiers in Remote Sensing paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 11 August, 2026
Submitting to Frontiers in Remote Sensing goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Frontiers in Remote Sensing guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Frontiers in Remote Sensing. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Frontiers in Remote Sensing journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Frontiers in Remote Sensing guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Frontiers in Remote Sensing guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Frontiers Remote Sensing requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required (e.g., according to IMRAD format). The abstract should be no longer than a single paragraph. Minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references, figures or tables. Use the maximum amount of keywords in the first two sentences of the abstract. Specific structure of the abstract should follow the requirements of the article type or journal |
| Main text | Word count limits by article type: Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Technology and Code, FAIR2 Data: maximum 12,000 words; Brief Research Report: maximum 4,000 words; Mini Review, Perspective, Data Report, Policy Brief: maximum 3,000 words; Opinion: maximum 2,000 words; General Commentary: maximum 1,000 words; Editorial: 1,000 words for Topics with 5-10 articles, up to 5,000 words for 50 articles or more. The manuscript length includes only the main body of the text, footnotes, and all citations within it, and excludes the abstract, section titles, figure and table captions, funding statement, acknowledgments, and references in the bibliography |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 5-8 keywords required (minimum of five and a maximum of eight keywords). Authors should pick 5-8 keywords using a mix of generic and more specific terms on the article subject(s) |
| References | Harvard (author-date) reference style. For works by a single author, include the surname, followed by the year. For works by two authors, include both surnames, followed by the year. For works by more than two authors, include only the surname of the first author followed by et al., followed by the year. The names of the first six authors followed by et al. and the DOI (when available) should be provided in the reference list |
| Peer review | Single-blind / single-anonymized. Frontiers operates a single-anonymized model during the review process, meaning reviewers know who the authors are in order to offer a full assessment within the context of their research and to ensure they can avoid any potential competing interests in accepting a review invitation. Frontiers discloses the name of all endorsing reviewers upon publication |
| Submission | www.frontiersin.org/journals/remote-sensing |
Read the Frontiers in Remote Sensing guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Frontiers in Remote Sensing in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Frontiers Remote Sensing papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Frontiers in Remote Sensing journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Frontiers in Remote Sensing guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.