OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geo-Spatial Information Science is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Characterizing the channel dependence of vegetation effects on microwave emissions from soils	171
The impact of drought time scales and characteristics on gross primary productivity in China from 2001 to 2020	142
Integrating a multi-dimensional deep convolutional neural network with optimized sample selection for landslide susceptibility assessment	115
Impacts of vegetation greening and climate change on trend and interannual variability in vegetation productivity in the Wuyi Mountain region	96
Data-driven machine learning approaches for precise lithofacies identification in complex geological environments	83
How do greenspace landscapes affect PM2.5 exposure in Wuhan? Linking spatial-nonstationary, annual varying, and multiscale perspectives	69
Challenges and implications of predicting the spatiotemporal distribution of dengue fever outbreak in Chinese Taiwan using remote sensing data and deep learning	60
Integrating street view imagery and taxi trajectory for identifying urban function of street space	56
A robust and accurate feature matching method for multi-modal geographic images spatial registration	43
Unsettled urbanization: spatiality of urban growth in Dodoma, Tanzania	41
Enhancing outlying growth simulation in urban cellular automata via intelligent extraction-fusion of land suitability and neighborhood effects: a case study of Wuhan, China	41
An approach for measuring spatial similarity among COVID-19 epicenters	36
Global vegetation productivity increased in response to COVID-19 restrictions	36
Sensing the global CRUST1.0 Moho by gravitational curvatures of crustal mass anomalies	31
Crowdsourcing geographic information for terrorism-related disaster awareness and mitigation: perspectives and challenges	30
3D spatial evolutionary particle swarm algorithm based emergency communication spatial deployment optimization	28
Influence of ground control point reliability and distribution on UAV photogrammetric 3D mapping accuracy	28
Corporate mapping in OpenStreetMap – shifting trends in global evolution and small-scale effects	26
Domain adaptation hyperspectral image fusion based on spatial-spectral domain separation	26
Mapping ground deformation in the northern Yangtze River estuary using improved MT-InSAR based on ICA and non-stationary analysis	25
The ATL08 as a height reference for the global digital elevation models	24
Forest terrain and canopy height estimation using stereo images and spaceborne LiDAR data from GF-7 satellite	23
Quantitatively exploring the influence of geographical conditions on ecological quality using a novel remote sensing model: a comparison between two geographical disparity regions in China	23
NDVI time-series data reconstruction for spatial-temporal dynamic monitoring of Arctic vegetation structure	23
Accurate GRACE terrestrial water storage estimations via a new fusion method	23

Strike-slip pattern of the Maidan fault along the southern margin of the Central Tianshan revealed by InSAR and GNSS observations	22
Using social media for environmental insight: a multi-model deep learning framework approach	21
Assessing urban renewal opportunities by combining 3D building information and geographic big data	21
LGFaware-meshing: online mesh reconstruction from LiDAR point cloud with awareness of local geometric features	20
A novel unsupervised deep learning method for the generalization of urban form	20
Optimized formulas of the gravitational field of a vertical cylindrical prism	20
ST-GWLR: combining geographically weighted logistic regression and spatiotemporal hotspot trend analysis to explore the effect of built environment on traffic crash	19
Large-scale automatic block adjustment from satellite to indoor photogrammetry	19
Improving GNSS precise point positioning with tropospheric constraints from data-driven numerical weather prediction model	19
Bi-temporal Gaussian feature dependency guided change detection in remote sensing images	19
Deep learning models for spatial relation extraction in text	18
T-UNet: triplet UNet for change detection in high-resolution remote sensing images	18
Spatiotemporal dynamics of ecological environment quality in arid and sandy regions with a particular remote sensing ecological index: a study of the Beijing-Tianjin Sand source region	18
A quality enhancement method for vehicle trajectory data using onboard images	17
Spatiotemporal patterns of annual clear-cutting distribution in tropical and subtropical regions of China with time series Landsat and CCDC	17
On the symmetric transformation with geometric constraints	17
A curvature-driven cloud removal method for remote sensing images	17
A spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of lockdown and coronavirus on London’s bicycle hire scheme: from response to recovery to a new normal	17
Near real-time LOD prediction using ConvLSTM model through integrating IGS rapid LOD and effective angular momentum	17
Beyond extraction accuracy: addressing the quality of geographical named entity through advanced recognition and correction models using a modified BERT framework	16
Single target tracking in high-resolution satellite videos: a comprehensive review	16
Simulating multiple urban land use changes by integrating transportation accessibility and a vector-based cellular automata: a case study on city of Toronto	16
Identification and quantification of minerals within Apollo samples using LWIR spectroscopy	16
Artificial intelligence for sustainable development of smart cities and urban land-use management	16
Assuring the quality of VGI on land use and land cover: experiences and learnings from the LandSense project	16
MSFDN: multi-scale spatial-spectral-frequency joint denoising network for hyperspectral images	16
A classification framework with multi-level fusion of object-based analysis and convolutional neural network: a case study for land use classification in mining areas	15
Use of GIS technology and cellular automata for modeling multiple socio-economic scenarios of regional spatial development and inter-regional cooperation	15
Human mobility and the infectious disease transmission: a systematic review	15
AdaFI-FCN: an adaptive feature integration fully convolutional network for predicting driver’s visual attention	15
Globally consistent dense 3D reconstruction with loop closure under fast camera motion	15
The Evolution of urban agglomerations in China and how it deviates from Zipf’s law	15
Mixed-use urban land parcels identification integrating geospatial data and machine learning	14
Enhancing downwelling diffuse attenuation coefficient retrieval at 490 nm through a Neural network and water classification system	14
Spatiotemporal patterns of human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic in China	14
High resolution global forest burned area changes monitoring using landsat 7/8 images	14
Improving individual tree crown volume estimation using high-accuracy boundary fitting based on stratified polar coordinate conversion with airborne laser scanning data	14
Identification of international trade patterns of agricultural products: the evolution of communities and their core countries	14
Spatial-temporal analysis of the international trade network	13
Spatial diffusion processes of Gelugpa monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibetan areas of China utilizing the multi-level diffusion model	13
Comparison of Layer-stacking and Dempster-Shafer Theory-based Methods Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data Fusion in Urban Land Cover Mapping	13
An in situ hyperspectral dataset for typical aquatic vegetation	13
Mid-Term achievements in the Dragon 5 Cooperation between MOST and ESA	13
Entity-oriented spatial coding scheme and its application for spatial topology	13
Investigating the effect of spatial patterns of artificial impervious surface on PM _2.5 at the intra-urban scale	12
A novel trajectory segmentation and compression approach for moving objects based on arc and polyline integration	12
Estimating pedestrian traffic with Bluetooth sensor technology	12
Monitoring multiyear cropping patterns in the arid regions of northwestern China from 2005 to 2022 using Landsat time-series data	12
A concept of levels of detail for modeling Buddhist statues in 3D	11
Glacier melt detection at different sites of Greenland ice sheet using dual-polarized Sentinel-1 images	11

Analysing the use of OpenAerialMap images for OpenStreetMap edits	11
Low frequency error analysis and calibration for multiple star sensors system of GaoFen7 satellite	11
Forest age estimation using UAV-LiDAR and Sentinel-2 data with machine learning algorithms- a case study of Masson pine ( Pinus massoniana )	11
Automated noise modelling using a triangulated terrain model	11
Visual effects of a forward-curled 3D map of the Forbidden City with eye-tracking	11
Urban comprehensive carrying capacity analysis in Zhejiang Province of China from the perspective of production, living, and ecological spaces	11
Reprocessing of three-decade GNSS observations: millimeter-level nonlinear terrestrial reference frame, global velocity field and plate motion model refinement	11
A novel Short-time Fourier transform-based algorithm for detection of wandering in the patients with Alzheimer’s disease	11
ForestSemantic: a dataset for semantic learning of forest from close-range sensing	11
Identifying vehicle types from trajectory data based on spatial-semantic information	10
Luojia-HSSR: A high spatial-spectral resolution remote sensing dataset for land-cover classification with a new 3D-HRNet	10
Unraveling environmental influences on the spatial and temporal dynamics of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erhai during its early stage of eutrophication	10
A novel estimation of scientific and technological innovation index using multi-modal data	10
Analysis of the temporal and spatial characteristics of lunar reconnaissance orbiter’s orbit error based on multi-coverage narrow angle camera images	10
The great calving in 2017 did not have a significant impact on the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the short term	10
Design and performance evaluation of a novel ranging signal based on an LEO satellite communication constellation	10
Automated remote sensing monitoring of cropland non-agricultural and non-grain conversion at parcel scale in complex environments through multi-source data fusion	10
Research on RBF-PID hybrid drive control models for drone pesticide applications in tropical orchards	10
Adaptive weighted multi-view subspace clustering method for recognizing urban functions from multi-source social sensing data	10
MS-POFT: multiscale phase-orientation guided feature transform for multi-modal image matching	10
Stronger compact representations of object trajectories	10
Multi-sensor InSAR time series fusion for long-term land subsidence monitoring	10
Mapping local-scale working population and daytime population densities using points-of-interest and nighttime light satellite imageries	10
Potentiality of Landsat-9 for early-season mapping of winter garlic and winter wheat	10
A novel fuzzy inference method for urban incomplete road weight assignment	10
ATN-Hybrid: a hybrid attention network with deterministic-probabilistic mechanism for hyperspectral image classification	10
Unveiling intra-urban complexity and identifying urban cores through the lens of living structure using point-of-interest data	9
The convergence mechanism of Low Earth Orbit enhanced GNSS (LeGNSS) Precise Point Positioning (PPP)	9
Calibrating an airborne linear-array multi-camera system on the master focal plane with existing bundled images	9
Analysis of the land suitability for paddy fields in Tanzania using a GIS-based analytical hierarchy process	9
A novel stop-and-go kinematic positioning method for PPP–RTK	9
China’s larch stock volume estimation using Sentinel-2 and LiDAR data	9
Market analysis of the relationship between Brazilian Federal Government and the geospatial industry	9
Friedrich Ackermann’s scientific research program	9
Radiometric landscape: a new conceptual framework and operational approach for landscape characterisation and mapping	9
A survey on underwater coral image segmentation based on deep learning	8
BIM/IFC-based 3D spatial model for condominium ownership: A case study of China	8
Using machine learning and satellite data from multiple sources to analyze mining, water management, and preservation of cultural heritage	8
Volunteered geographic information use in crisis, emergency and disaster management: a scoping review and a web atlas	8
Current and potential use of augmented reality in (geographic) citizen science projects: A survey	8
Multipath tracking with LTE signals for accurate TOA estimation in the application of indoor positioning	8
Revealing multi-scale spatial synergy of mega-city region from a human mobility perspective	8
Multi-level domain perturbation for source-free object detection in remote sensing images	8
Constructing intertidal topography for sandy beaches by combining Sentinel-2 imagery and water level data	8
Phenology-based delineation of irrigated and rain-fed paddy fields with Sentinel-2 imagery in Google Earth Engine	8
Presence and detection methods of pseudo-periods in GNSS coordinate time series	8
Model-based comparisons of near-coincident TerraSAR-X and COSMO-SkyMed VV-polarized SAR measurements over sea surface with and without oil slicks	8
Image-based machine learning and cluster analysis for urban road network: employing Orange for codeless visual programming	8
Mapping 30-m cotton areas based on an automatic sample selection and machine learning method using Landsat and MODIS images	8
An approach for traffic pattern recognition integration of ship AIS data and port geospatial features	7
Assessment of the global Copernicus, NASADEM, ASTER and AW3D digital elevation models in Central and Southern Africa	7
China’s poverty assessment and analysis under the framework of the UN SDGs based on multisource remote sensing data	7
Shadow-constrained shape-from-shading for pixel-wise 3D surface reconstruction at the lunar south pole	7
Understanding coupled coordination relationships between social and ecological functions of urban green spaces	7
Correction	7
Democratizing photogrammetry: an accuracy perspective	7
A review of multi-class change detection for satellite remote sensing imagery	7
Integrating vegetation phenological characteristics and polarization features with object-oriented techniques for grassland type identification	7
Knowledge-driven semantic converting method of multimodal models toward a geospatial perspective	7
Associations of land use around rail transit stations with jobs–housing distribution of rail commuters from smart-card data	7
GLSD: a global large-scale ship database with baseline evaluations	7
Spatiotemporal variability/stability analysis of NO ₂ , CO, and land surface temperature (LST) during COVID-19 lockdown in Amman city, Jordan	7
Local linear scale factors in map projections in the direction of coordinate axes	7
SAR sensing of the atmosphere: stack-based processing for tropospheric and ionospheric phase retrieval	7
High-spatial-resolution surface soil moisture retrieval using the Deep Forest model in the cloud environment over the Tibetan Plateau	7
Classification of single tree decay stages from combined airborne LiDAR data and CIR imagery	7
Enhanced semantic-positional feature fusion network via diverse pre-trained encoders for remote sensing image water-body segmentation	7
Increasing spatial coverage in rough terrain and vegetated areas using InSAR optimized pixel selection: application to Tohoku, Japan	7
Assessing the effect of ensemble learning algorithms and validation approach on estimating forest aboveground biomass: a case study of natural secondary forest in Northeast China	7