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Drones | Seeking Partnership Within USA

  • Apr 29
  • 3 min read

Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on the design and applications of drones (including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs), etc.) and also of unmanned marine/water/underwater drones, unmanned ground vehicles, fully autonomous driving and space drones. The journal is published monthly online by MDPI.


More information about the journal is available at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/drones.


To further strengthen our global reach and foster cross-regional collaboration, we are actively seeking distinguished scholars, research institutions, and academic organizations across the USA to join our collaborative network. Opportunities include participation in the following roles and activities:


  1. Editorial Recruitment

    Recruiting Section Editor-in-Chief for Section “Unmanned Surface and Underwater Drones”;


    Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Drones.


  2. Special Issue Initiatives

    Call for Special Issue Proposals and Recruiting Guest Editors.


  3. Academic Partnerships & Collaboration


    Academic Conference and Workshop Partnerships:

    We are pleased to offer support for your conference in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to marketing and advertising, conference Special Issue, award sponsorship.


    Joint Research and Publication Initiatives: Drones is indexed in JCR (IF: 4.8) and Scopus (CiteScore: 7.4). The journal remains in Q1 for “Remote Sensing”, ranked in the 15th percentile. Please refer to the journal’s Aims & Scope for detailed coverage and to the Instructions for Authors for submission guidelines. We warmly welcome high-quality research articles and comprehensive literature reviews from early-career researchers and established scholarly teams.


  4. Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP)

    List of Participants:

    MDPI offers institutions and consortia the opportunity to join over 1000 institutions on our Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), which provides transparency to the MDPI submission process, access to a unique institutional dashboard environment. Researchers affiliated with below list of participants can benefit from a discount on Article Processing Charge (APC) across all MDPI journals.

  • Arizona State University;

  • Bates College;

  • Boston College;

  • Bradley University;

  • Brandeis University;

  • California Institute of Technology;

  • California State University, Fresno;

  • Carleton College;

  • Carnegie Mellon University;

  • College of William and Mary;

  • Colorado College;

  • Colorado Mesa University;

  • Colorado School of Mines;

  • Colorado State University;

  • Colorado State University Pueblo;

  • Columbia University;

  • Community College of Denver;

  • Connecticut College;

  • Drew University;

  • Drexel University;

  • East Carolina University;

  • Eastern Kentucky University;

  • Emory University;

  • Florida International University;

  • Florida State University;

  • Furman University;

  • Georgia State University;

  • Grinnell College;

  • Harvard University;

  • Haverford College;

  • Hope College;

  • Indiana University Bloomington;

  • Indiana University Indianapolis;

  • Iowa State University;

  • James Madison University;

  • Johns Hopkins University;

  • Kansas State University;

  • Kennesaw State University;

  • Lafayette College;

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory;

  • Louisiana State University;

  • Macalester College;

  • Marquette University;

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology;

  • Medical College of Wisconsin;

  • Metropolitan State University of Denver;

  • Michigan Technological University;

  • Midwestern University;

  • Mississippi State University;

  • Montana State University;

  • Morgan State University;

  • Mount Holyoke College;

  • Murray State University;

  • NC State University;

  • New Jersey Institute of Technology;

  • New Mexico Tech;

  • North Dakota State University;

  • Northeastern University;

  • Northwestern University;

  • Oklahoma State University;

  • Oregon State University;

  • Portland State University;

  • Purdue University;

  • Purdue University Fort Wayne;

  • Purdue University Northwest;

  • Rice University;

  • Rollins College;

  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center;

  • San José State University;

  • Susquehanna University;

  • Syracuse University;

  • Texas A&M University;

  • Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi;

  • Texas A&M University, San Antonio;

  • Texas Woman’s University;

  • Touro University;

  • Trinity University;

  • United States Geological Survey;

  • University of Arizona;

  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville;

  • University of Arkansas, Little Rock;

  • University of Bridgeport;

  • University of California Santa Cruz;

  • University of California, Berkeley;

  • University of California, Davis;

  • University of California, Irvine;

  • University of California, Merced;

  • University of California, San Diego;

  • University of California, San Francisco;

  • University of California, Santa Barbara;

  • University of Chicago;

  • University of Colorado - Colorado Springs;

  • University of Colorado Boulder;

  • University of Colorado Denver;

  • University of Connecticut;

  • University of Delaware;

  • University of Denver;

  • University of Florida;

  • University of Georgia;

  • University of Houston;

  • University of Idaho;

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;

  • University of Kansas;

  • University of Kentucky;

  • University of Louisville;

  • University of Maryland, College Park;

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst;

  • University of Nevada Las Vegas;

  • University of New Hampshire;

  • University of New Orleans;

  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro;

  • University of North Texas Health Science Center;

  • University of Northern Colorado;

  • University of Notre Dame;

  • University of Oklahoma;

  • University of Rhode Island;

  • University of Richmond;

  • University of San Diego;

  • University of South Carolina Aiken;

  • University of South Carolina Beaufort;

  • University of South Carolina Columbia;

  • University of South Carolina Lancaster;

  • University of South Carolina Sumter;

  • University of South Florida;

  • University of Southern Mississippi;

  • University of Tennessee Southern;

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville;

  • University of Texas at Arlington;

  • University of Texas at Austin;

  • University of Texas at San Antonio;

  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley;

  • University of Utah;

  • University of Washington;

  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;

  • University of Wyoming;

  • Utah State University;

  • Vanderbilt University;

  • Virginia Tech;

  • Wake Forest University;

  • Wellesley College;

  • West Virginia University;

  • Western Carolina University;

  • Western Kentucky University;

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute;

  • Yale University.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Drones Editorial Office if you are interested in exploring potential collaboration opportunities and would like further details or clarification.

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