Natural Resources Remote Sensing is an academic journal published by its editorial office at the China Aero Geophysical Survey and Remote Sensing Center for Natural Resources in Beijing. It disseminates peer-reviewed research on remote sensing and its applications in natural resource management, environmental monitoring, and ecological assessment. The journal publishes articles on topics including satellite and radar image analysis, land-use and land-cover change, vegetation and ecosystem conditions, geological hazards, mining impacts, wetlands, agriculture, and carbon-related spatial studies.

Recent research also explores methods using artificial intelligence, deep learning, multisource data, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Readers can browse current and past issues, early online publications, special collections, and rankings of articles by views, downloads, and citations. The website provides search tools for titles, authors, keywords, abstracts, DOIs, and other publication details, alongside submission guidance and information about editorial policies, the editorial board, indexing, and journal evaluation.

Articles are available with abstracts and full-text or PDF access, and citation information can be exported in several formats