OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Remote Sensing is 85. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A Spatial-Temporal Attention-Based Method and a New Dataset for Remote Sensing Image Change Detection	675
Reconstructing Three Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Brazilian Biomes with Landsat Archive and Earth Engine	607
Applications of Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: A Review	422
Recent Advances of Hyperspectral Imaging Technology and Applications in Agriculture	405
A Real-Time Apple Targets Detection Method for Picking Robot Based on Improved YOLOv5	334
Change Detection Based on Artificial Intelligence: State-of-the-Art and Challenges	308
Sentinel-2 Data for Land Cover/Use Mapping: A Review	295
Google Earth Engine Open-Source Code for Land Surface Temperature Estimation from the Landsat Series	279
Vision Transformers for Remote Sensing Image Classification	266
Land Cover Classification using Google Earth Engine and Random Forest Classifier—The Role of Image Composition	236
Annual Time Series of Global VIIRS Nighttime Lights Derived from Monthly Averages: 2012 to 2019	227
Digital Twin Technology Challenges and Applications: A Comprehensive Review	213
Object Detection and Image Segmentation with Deep Learning on Earth Observation Data: A Review-Part I: Evolution and Recent Trends	212
SAR Ship Detection Dataset (SSDD): Official Release and Comprehensive Data Analysis	209
Spatial-Spectral Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification	205
Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review	194
Deep Learning Approaches Applied to Remote Sensing Datasets for Road Extraction: A State-Of-The-Art Review	178
Review: Deep Learning on 3D Point Clouds	173
Review of Image Classification Algorithms Based on Convolutional Neural Networks	169
Small-Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images with End-to-End Edge-Enhanced GAN and Object Detector Network	154
Recent Applications of Landsat 8/OLI and Sentinel-2/MSI for Land Use and Land Cover Mapping: A Systematic Review	154
Object-Oriented LULC Classification in Google Earth Engine Combining SNIC, GLCM, and Machine Learning Algorithms	152
LS-SSDD-v1.0: A Deep Learning Dataset Dedicated to Small Ship Detection from Large-Scale Sentinel-1 SAR Images	147
Alfalfa Yield Prediction Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Imagery and Ensemble Learning	145
Classification of Arrhythmia by Using Deep Learning with 2-D ECG Spectral Image Representation	144

Applications of UAV Thermal Imagery in Precision Agriculture: State of the Art and Future Research Outlook	143
A Technical Study on UAV Characteristics for Precision Agriculture Applications and Associated Practical Challenges	137
Remote Sensing of Grassland Production and Management—A Review	132
Deep Learning-Based Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images: A Review	131
Random Forest Spatial Interpolation	130
LiCSAR: An Automatic InSAR Tool for Measuring and Monitoring Tectonic and Volcanic Activity	126
Sentinel-1 SAR Backscatter Analysis Ready Data Preparation in Google Earth Engine	126
Vertical Accuracy of Freely Available Global Digital Elevation Models (ASTER, AW3D30, MERIT, TanDEM-X, SRTM, and NASADEM)	126
Remote Sensing in Agriculture—Accomplishments, Limitations, and Opportunities	125
A Wheat Spike Detection Method in UAV Images Based on Improved YOLOv5	124
Winter Wheat Yield Prediction at County Level and Uncertainty Analysis in Main Wheat-Producing Regions of China with Deep Learning Approaches	123
Quad-FPN: A Novel Quad Feature Pyramid Network for SAR Ship Detection	122
Flash Flood Susceptibility Modeling Using New Approaches of Hybrid and Ensemble Tree-Based Machine Learning Algorithms	122
Garlic and Winter Wheat Identification Based on Active and Passive Satellite Imagery and the Google Earth Engine in Northern China	118
Predicting and Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon Using Machine Learning Algorithms in Northern Iran	117
The Impact of the Control Measures during the COVID-19 Outbreak on Air Pollution in China	116
A Review of Advanced Technologies and Development for Hyperspectral-Based Plant Disease Detection in the Past Three Decades	115
Lite-YOLOv5: A Lightweight Deep Learning Detector for On-Board Ship Detection in Large-Scene Sentinel-1 SAR Images	114
Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation	112
CA-Markov Chain Analysis of Seasonal Land Surface Temperature and Land Use Land Cover Change Using Optical Multi-Temporal Satellite Data of Faisalabad, Pakistan	108
Spatiotemporal Patterns of COVID-19 Impact on Human Activities and Environment in Mainland China Using Nighttime Light and Air Quality Data	107
Real-Time Underwater Maritime Object Detection in Side-Scan Sonar Images Based on Transformer-YOLOv5	107
Improved Transformer Net for Hyperspectral Image Classification	107
Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of the Shatt Al-Arab Basin	106
BiFA-YOLO: A Novel YOLO-Based Method for Arbitrary-Oriented Ship Detection in High-Resolution SAR Images	106
Comparison of Object Detection and Patch-Based Classification Deep Learning Models on Mid- to Late-Season Weed Detection in UAV Imagery	105
Spatial Variability and Temporal Heterogeneity of Surface Urban Heat Island Patterns and the Suitability of Local Climate Zones for Land Surface Temperature Characterization	105
Object Detection and Image Segmentation with Deep Learning on Earth Observation Data: A Review—Part II: Applications	102
Optimization of Computational Intelligence Models for Landslide Susceptibility Evaluation	102
Deep Learning-Based Semantic Segmentation of Urban Features in Satellite Images: A Review and Meta-Analysis	101
Description of the UCAR/CU Soil Moisture Product	100
Status of Phenological Research Using Sentinel-2 Data: A Review	100
A Decade of Modern Bridge Monitoring Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning: Review and Future Directions	99
Sensors, Features, and Machine Learning for Oil Spill Detection and Monitoring: A Review	99
A Survey on Deep Learning-Based Change Detection from High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images	98
CoralTemp and the Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite Version 3.1	97
Hand Gestures Recognition Using Radar Sensors for Human-Computer-Interaction: A Review	95
Efficient Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation	95
Global Mangrove Extent Change 1996–2020: Global Mangrove Watch Version 3.0	95
Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Their Driving Factors in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau Based on Geographical Detectors and Google Earth Engine: A Case Study in Gannan Prefecture	94
Accuracy Assessment in Convolutional Neural Network-Based Deep Learning Remote Sensing Studies—Part 1: Literature Review	94
A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices	93
CloudScout: A Deep Neural Network for On-Board Cloud Detection on Hyperspectral Images	92
Wheat Yellow Rust Detection Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Technology	91
Estimating the Characteristic Spatiotemporal Variation in Habitat Quality Using the InVEST Model—A Case Study from Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area	91
The Evolution of Wide-Area DInSAR: From Regional and National Services to the European Ground Motion Service	91
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: Machine and Ensemble Learning Based on Remote Sensing Big Data	90
GIS-Based Machine Learning Algorithms for Gully Erosion Susceptibility Mapping in a Semi-Arid Region of Iran	90
Deep Learning Segmentation and Classification for Urban Village Using a Worldview Satellite Image Based on U-Net	90
Computer Vision, IoT and Data Fusion for Crop Disease Detection Using Machine Learning: A Survey and Ongoing Research	90

A Systematic Review of Landsat Data for Change Detection Applications: 50 Years of Monitoring the Earth	89
Automated Production of a Land Cover/Use Map of Europe Based on Sentinel-2 Imagery	88
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Pollution Monitoring with Sentinel-5P Satellite Imagery over Europe during the Coronavirus Pandemic Outbreak	88
A Review of Remote Sensing for Water Quality Retrieval: Progress and Challenges	88
HRCNet: High-Resolution Context Extraction Network for Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images	88
Improving YOLOv5 with Attention Mechanism for Detecting Boulders from Planetary Images	87
Angular-Based Radiometric Slope Correction for Sentinel-1 on Google Earth Engine	87
A Systematic Literature Review on Crop Yield Prediction with Deep Learning and Remote Sensing	86
Development and Performance Evaluation of a Very Low-Cost UAV-Lidar System for Forestry Applications	85
Mixed 2D/3D Convolutional Network for Hyperspectral Image Super-Resolution	85