International Journal of Digital Earth

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Digital Earth 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Analysis of desert locust ( Schistocerca gregaria ) suitability in Yemen: an integrated evaluation based on MaxEnt and space–time cube approaches154
GNSS Ground deformation observation network optimization assisted using prior InSAR-derived ground surface deformation and multiscale iteration estimation108
Evolutionary dynamics of island shoreline in the context of climate change: insights from extensive empirical evidence103
Kinematic precise point positioning heights enhancement using static measurements and Voronoi’s corrector surface69
Encoding and operation scheme for the rhombic triacontahedron aperture 4 hexagonal discrete global grid system63
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on residents’ activities using baidu heat map data: from the lockdown era to the post-pandemic era58
An unsupervised semantic segmentation method that combines the ImSE-Net model with SLICm superpixel optimization53
Multi-scale hydrological system-of-systems realized through WHOS: the brokering framework51
RepDDNet: a fast and accurate deforestation detection model with high-resolution remote sensing image46
HyperRefiner: a refined hyperspectral pansharpening network based on the autoencoder and self-attention45
Red list assessments of Chinese higher plants44
Fine-grained flood disaster information extraction incorporating multiple semantic features43
Unsupervised GRNN flood mapping approach combined with uncertainty analysis using bi-temporal Sentinel-2 MSI imageries39
TR2RM: an urban road network generation model based on multisource big data36
FRIC: a framework for few-shot remote sensing image captioning36
Carbon balance dynamic evolution and simulation coupling economic development and ecological protection: a case study of Jiangxi Province at county scale from 2000–203035
Change detection of multisource remote sensing images: a review35
An evaluation of TLS-based glacier change assessment in the central Tibetan plateau35
Individual tree segmentation from UAS Lidar data based on hierarchical filtering and clustering34
Fine scale optical remote sensing experiment of mixed stand over complex terrain (FOREST) in the Genhe Reserve Area: objective, observation and a case study33
A new multi-source remote sensing image sample dataset with high resolution for flood area extraction: GF-FloodNet32
Using remote sensing data to evaluate the ecological restoration in Taiyuan from the SDGs perspective31
A transformer-based Siamese network and an open optical dataset for semantic change detection of remote sensing images30
Mapping high-resolution surface shortwave radiation over East Asia with the new generation geostationary meteorological satellite Himawari-829
AugGKG: a grid-augmented geographic knowledge graph representation and spatio-temporal query model29
Advances on the Global Human Settlement Layer by joint assessment of Earth Observation and population survey data28
Cloud-based storage and computing for remote sensing big data: a technical review28
Mapping Local Climate Zones in Lausanne (Switzerland) with Sentinel-2 and PRISMA imagery: comparison of classification performance using different band combinations and building height data28
Light from space illuminating the polar silk road27
Land surface temperature retrieval from SDGSAT-1: assessment of different retrieval algorithms with different atmospheric reanalysis data25
Integrating unsupervised domain adaptation and SAM technologies for image semantic segmentation: a case study on building extraction from high-resolution remote sensing images24
Robust and accurate visual geo-localization using prior map constructed by handheld LiDAR SLAM with camera image and terrestrial LiDAR point cloud24
Estimating carbon storage of desert ecosystems in China24
Assimilation of NDVI data in a land surface – Vegetation model for leaf area index predictions in a tree-grass ecosystem24
Nyström-based spectral clustering using airborne LiDAR point cloud data for individual tree segmentation24
PMinrKG: polymetallic mineral resources knowledge graph construction and its applications integrated with multimodal data24
SDG- and GMAG-oriented analysis of multi scenarios spatiotemporal changes and evaluation of the effectiveness and potential of mangrove forests23
Correction23
Using time-series imagery and 3DLSTM model to classify individual tree species23
Derivation of tasseled cap transformation coefficients for SDGSAT-1 Multispectral Imager at-sensor reflectance data22
MAL-YOLO: a lightweight algorithm for target detection in side-scan sonar images based on multi-scale feature fusion and attention mechanism22
Vegetation ecological benefits index (VEBI): a 3D spatial model for evaluating the ecological benefits of vegetation22
A labor-free index-guided semantic segmentation approach for urban vegetation mapping from high-resolution true color imagery22
Viral invasion, incubation, and outbreak under the normalized operation of urban systems: a spatial cognition-driven transmission model of infectious diseases22
Evaluating the performance of snow depth reanalysis products in the arid region of Central Asia22
Virtual earth cloud: a multi-cloud framework for enabling geosciences digital ecosystems21
Open data in spatial data infrastructure: the practices and experiences of Poland21
Rapid mass losses of Urumqi River Basin glaciers, eastern Tianshan Mountains revealed from multi-temporal DEMs, 1964–202121
Using deep learning in an embedded system for real-time target detection based on images from an unmanned aerial vehicle: vehicle detection as a case study20
Identification of illumination source types using nighttime light images from SDGSAT-120
Virtual geographical scene twin modeling: a combined data-driven and knowledge-driven method with bridge construction as a case study20
MLFA-Net: multi-level feature-aggregated network for semantic change detection in remote sensing images19
Deep learning for land use and land cover classification from the Ecuadorian Paramo.19
Toward a comprehensive understanding of eye-level urban greenness: a systematic review19
Future soil erosion assessment based on changing land cover and different climate change scenarios in a transboundary river basin19
Prioritization of soil erosion-prone sub-watersheds using geomorphometric and statistical-based weighted sum priority approach in the middle Omo-Gibe River basin, Southern Ethiopia19
Spatiotemporal dynamics and forecasting of ecological security pattern under the consideration of protecting habitat: a case study of the Poyang Lake ecoregion18
A new computationally efficient algorithm to generate global fractional vegetation cover from Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m resolution18
WMO: an ontology for the semantic enrichment of wetland monitoring data18
Quantifying the contributions of climate change and human activities to grassland dynamics in southwest of China using a spatiotemporally varying residual method18
Assessing OSM building completeness for almost 13,000 cities globally18
Digital mapping of soil phosphorous sorption parameters (PSPs) using environmental variables and machine learning algorithms18
Reopen schools safely: simulating COVID-19 transmission on campus with a contact network agent-based model18
Leveraging machine learning and open-source spatial datasets to enhance flood susceptibility mapping in transboundary river basin18
Measuring the accessibility of emergency shelters based on an improved two-step floating catchment area model18
Global degradation trends of grassland and their driving factors since 200018
Unveiling urban area growth dynamics: insights from a comprehensive study of urban area growth curves17
Multi-source DEM accuracy evaluation based on ICESat-2 in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China17
A novel remote sensing method to estimate pixel-wise lake water depth using dynamic water-land boundary and lakebed topography17
Predicting trajectory destinations based on diffusion model integrating spatiotemporal features and urban contexts17
Marine aquaculture mapping using GF-1 WFV satellite images and full resolution cascade convolutional neural network16
Parcel-scale crop planting structure extraction combining time-series of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data based on a semantic edge-aware multi-task neural network16
Evolutionary PSO-based emergency monitoring geospatial edge service chain in the emergency communication network16
Evaluation of several recently developed sampling strategies within the coarse pixel scale for validation of coarse-resolution satellite albedo products16
NGST-Net: A N-Gram based Swin Transformer Network for improving multispectral and hyperspectral image fusion16
Reviewer Summary for International Journal of Digital Earth16
Evaluating the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on socioeconomic development in Wumeng Mountain area based on multi-source remote sensing data16
Performance analysis of global HYCOM flow field using Argo profiles16
Impact of urbanization on terrestrial carbon storage loss in the Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos region, China: evaluating people-space interactions16
Dynamic spatiotemporal quantification of avalanches in the Central Tianshan Mountains by integrating air–space–ground collaborative sensing and snow field–terrain filters16
Visualization analysis of rainfall-induced landslides hazards based on remote sensing and geographic information system-an overview15
Global structure graph mapping for multimodal change detection15
Digital soil mapping based on the similarity of geographic environment over spatial neighborhoods15
Utilizing serverless framework for dynamic visualization and operations in geospatial applications15
Enhancing flood-prone area mapping: fine-tuning the K-nearest neighbors (KNN) algorithm for spatial modelling15
MATNet: multiattention Transformer network for cropland semantic segmentation in remote sensing images15
Operational continental-scale land cover mapping of Australia using the Open Data Cube15
A gamified map application utilising crowdsourcing engaged citizens to refine the quality and accuracy of cadastral index map border markers15
A high-precision image classification network model based on a voting mechanism15
Machine learning-based prediction of sand and dust storm sources in arid Central Asia15
Variation of XCO2 anomaly patterns in the Middle East from OCO-2 satellite data14
Mitigation of tropospheric delay induced errors in TS-InSAR ground deformation monitoring14
Observation and evaluation of surface and underground space changes in well salt mining based on InSAR: a case study of Qingjiang salt mine, Zhangshu, China14
When a tree model meets texture baking: an approach for quality-preserving lightweight visualization in virtual 3D scene construction14
STGATN: a wind speed forecasting method based on geospatial dependency14
Super-resolution GANs for upscaling unplanned urban settlements from remote sensing satellite imagery – the case of Chinese urban village detection14
Who are on the road? A study on vehicle usage characteristics based on one-week vehicle trajectory data14
Implementing a growth pattern of climax community as post-processing filters core to improve tree species classification accuracy14
GEOSS Platform data content and use14
Precision silviculture: use of UAVs and comparison of deep learning models for the identification and segmentation of tree crowns in pine crops13
An approach for exploring spatial associations in multi-layer networks based on convergent and divergent flow structures13
A situational ethics and harmonization challenges in the case of EU biodiversity data governance13
Characterizing temporally fragmented human activity networks in cyber space using uniform resource locator (URL) data13
Monitoring water color anomaly of lakes based on an integrated method using Landsat-8 OLI images13
Evaluation of remote sensing soil moisture data products with a new approach to analyse footprint mismatch with in-situ measurements13
A topological framework for real-time 3D weather radar data processing13
Analysis of continuous calving front retreat and the associated influencing factors of the Thwaites Glacier using high-resolution remote sensing data from 2015 to 202313
Prediction of network public opinion features in urban planning based on geographical case-based reasoning13
Fractional crop-planting area projection by integrating geographic grid data and agricultural statistics based on random forest regression13
Health assessment of plantations based on LiDAR canopy spatial structure parameters13
Scale effects-aware bottom-up population estimation using weakly supervised learning13
Performances of six reanalysis profile products in the atmospheric correction of passive microwave data for estimating land surface temperature under cloudy-sky conditions13
Fine-resolution mapping and assessment of artificial surfaces in the northern hemisphere permafrost environments12
Evaluating the efficiency of NDVI and climatic data in maize harvest prediction using machine learning12
An effective global learning framework for hyperspectral image classification based on encoder-decoder architecture12
Historical trends of degradation, loss, and recovery in the tropical forest reserves of Ghana12
Human mobility data in the COVID-19 pandemic: characteristics, applications, and challenges12
Developing an annual building volume dataset at 1-km resolution from 2001 to 2019 in China12
Correction12
Construction of a refined population analysis unit based on urban forms and population aggregation patterns12
An attention-based deep learning model for citywide traffic flow forecasting12
Integrated representation of geospatial data, model, and knowledge for digital twin railway12
A novel red-edge vegetable index for paddy rice mapping based on Sentinel-1/2 and GF-6 images12
Understanding temporal stability: a long-term analysis of USDA ARS watersheds12
Deep neural network ensembles for remote sensing land cover and land use classification12
Monitoring of ecological security patterns based on long-term land use changes in Langsa Bay, Indonesia12
Assessment of the urban habitat quality service functions and their drivers based on the fusion module of graph attention network and residual network11
Significant discrepancies of land surface daily net radiation among ten remotely sensed and reanalysis products11
Snow depth estimation in Northeast China based on space-borne scatterometer data and ML model with optimal features11
Landform classification based on landform geospatial structure – a case study on Loess Plateau of China11
Modeling the spatial distribution of Spartina alterniflora ecological response to the interaction of flooding and soil salinity base on UAV data in Coastal Wetland11
Exploring multi-pollution variability in the urban environment: geospatial AI-driven modeling of air and noise11
Impacts of heterogeneous CO2 on water and carbon fluxes across the global land surface11
List of reviewers for International Journal of Digital Earth11
Global assessment of vegetation patterns along topographic gradients11
Examining the joint effect of air pollution and green spaces on stress levels in South Korea: using machine learning techniques11
An improvement of snow/cloud discrimination from machine learning using geostationary satellite data11
Denoising and classification of urban ICESat-2 photon data fused with Sentinel-2 spectral images11
Leaf area index estimation from the time-series SAR data using the AIEM-MWCM model11
A robust correspondence-based registration method for large-scale outdoor point cloud11
Graph attention network-based multi-source data fusion for atmospheric CO 2 concentrations estimation11
Scene classification for remote sensing image of land use and land cover using dual-model architecture with multilevel feature fusion10
Comprehensive validation of seven root zone soil moisture products at 1153 ground sites across China10
Routeview: an intelligent route planning system for ships sailing through Arctic ice zones based on big Earth data10
A fine-grained evaluation of social vulnerability to COVID-19, healthcare access and built environmental disparities in Tokyo, Japan10
List of reviewers for International Journal of Digital Earth10
Quality-preserving multilevel mesh generation for building models10
Multimodal data visualization method for digital twin campus construction10
Semantic segmentation for remote sensing images based on an AD-HRNet model10
MC-Net: multi-scale contextual information aggregation network for image captioning on remote sensing images10
Global DEMs vary from one to another: an evaluation of newly released Copernicus, NASA and AW3D30 DEM on selected terrains of China using ICESat-2 altimetry data10
Soil moisture estimation with microwave remote sensing: a systematic review and meta-analysis10
Modeling pan-Arctic seasonal and interannual landfast sea ice thickness and snow depth between 1979 and 202110
Long-term dynamics of peak photosynthesis timing and environmental controls in the Tibetan Plateau monitored by satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence10
Capturing the crack process of the Antarctic A74 iceberg with Sentinel-1 based offset tracking and radar interferometry techniques10
A multimetric evaluation method for comprehensively assessing the influence of the icosahedral diamond grid quality on SCNN performance10
Evaluating spatial accessibility to healthcare services from the lens of emergency hospital visits based on floating car data10
A user perspective on future cloud-based services for Big Earth data10
Enhancing explainability of deep learning models for point cloud analysis: a focus on semantic segmentation10
A full-attention network with an open dataset for large-scale building semantic segmentation along long-span high-speed rail lines10
Within-season crop monitoring at continental scale utilizing new gap-filled Landsat temporal series10
An improved coverage-oriented retrieval algorithm for large-area remote sensing data9
Aesthetic style transferring method based on deep neural network between Chinese landscape painting and classical private garden’s virtual scenario9
Modelling future urban scenarios of land suitability: a case study of Jihlava city9
Remote sensing monitoring of mountain sustainable development goals (SDG15.4): a systematic review9
AI-generated buildings in OpenStreetMap: frequency of use and differences from non-AI-generated buildings9
Interactive visualization of ocean unsteady flow data based on dynamic adaptive pathline9
An ethics assessment list for geoinformation ecosystems: revisiting the integrated geospatial information framework of the United Nations9
Spatial and temporal assessment of sustainable development indicators for the China-Pakistan transportation corridor9
Reconstructed NDVI and EVI datasets in China (ReVIChina) generated by a spatial-interannual reconstruction method9
A novel fine-resolution snow depth retrieval model to reveal detailed spatiotemporal patterns of snow cover in Northeast China9
GEE-Based monitoring method of key management nodes in cotton production9
Revealing the fireworks-set-off pattern of spatial multi-function expansion across cities leveraging big geodata – a case of the Greater Bay Area, China9
Contour detection with bicubic spline surfaces9
Height estimation from single aerial imagery using contrastive learning based multi-scale refinement network9
BATSCCD: a new change detection method for mapping building age in rapidly changing urban areas using Landsat time series data9
Decomposing and mapping different scales of land subsidence over Shanghai with X- and C-Band SAR data stacks9
Spatial data trusts: an emerging governance framework for sharing spatial data9
MDvT: introducing mobile three-dimensional convolution to a vision transformer for hyperspectral image classification9
Fast semantic segmentation for remote sensing images with an improved Short-Term Dense-Connection (STDC) network9
Precise hexagonal pixel modeling and an easy-sharing storage scheme for remote sensing images based on discrete global grid system9
Processes and events in the centre: a dynamic data model for representing spatial change9
Evapotranspiration estimation using SEBAL algorithm integrated with remote sensing and experimental methods8
Urban growth dynamics and expansion forms in 11 Tanzanian cities from 1990 to 20208
Generation of a 16 m/10-day fractional vegetation cover product over China based on Chinese GaoFen-1 observations: method and validation8
A study of the temporal and spatial variations in the suitability of the environment in Chinese cities for tourism and in strategies for optimizing the environment8
Identifying urban functional zones by capturing multi-spatial distribution patterns of points of interest8
Point cloud semantic segmentation of grotto scenes using the knowledge-guided deep learning method8
Correction8
Enhancing mountainous permafrost mapping by leveraging a rock glacier inventory in northeastern Tibetan Plateau8
PM 2.5 estimation and its relationship with NO 2 and SO 2 in China from 2016 to 20208
Automated and refined wetland mapping of Dongting Lake using migrated training samples based on temporally dense Sentinel 1/2 imagery8
A detection method for road network interchanges with the MeshCNN based on Delaunay triangulation8
Spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of green finance on carbon dioxide emissions based on panel data of cities in China8
Evaluating large language models on geospatial tasks: a multiple geospatial task benchmarking study8
MDC-Net: a multi-directional constrained and prior assisted neural network for wood and leaf separation from terrestrial laser scanning8
A framework for automated reconstruction of communication towers from terrestrial laser scanning point clouds8
Moderate-resolution snow depth product retrieval from passive microwave brightness data over Xinjiang using machine learning approach8
City-level total and sub-category energy intensity estimation using machine learning8
Evaluating urban and nonurban PM 2.5 variability under clean air actions in China during 2010–2022 based on a new high-quality dataset8
A volumetric change detection framework using UAV oblique photogrammetry – a case study of ultra-high-resolution monitoring of progressive building collapse8
GeoGlue: feature matching with self-supervised geometric priors for high-resolution UAV images8
Monitoring of Carbon Monoxide (CO) changes in the atmosphere and urban environmental indices extracted from remote sensing images for 932 Iran cities from 2019 to 20218
Monitoring tropical forest change using tree canopy cover time series obtained from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data8
Correction8
A multi-source data fusion method for land cover production: a case study of the East European Plain8
Brazil Data Cube Workflow Engine: a tool for big Earth observation data processing8
Reduction of rain effect on wave height estimation from marine X-band radar images using unsupervised generative adversarial networks8
Detecting vertices of building roofs from ALS point cloud data7
The methodology of determining optimum access routes to remote areas for the purposes of crisis management7
Enhancing educational equity and sustainability: a fuzzy-based framework for optimal school site selection7
Retrieval performance of mangrove tree heights using multiple machine learning regression models and UAV-LiDAR point clouds7
Performances of three representative snow depth products originated from passive microwave sensors over the Mongolian Plateau7
Sponet: solve spatial optimization problem using deep reinforcement learning for urban spatial decision analysis7
Classification of hyperspectral images using fusion of CNN and MiniGCN with SVM7
Streamlining BIM models for GIS integration: an advanced approach to building envelope extraction7
Self-paced Gaussian-based graph convolutional network: predicting travel flow and unravelling spatial interactions through GPS trajectory data7
Random forest regression exploring contributing factors to artificial night-time lights observed in VIIRS satellite imagery7
List of reviewers for International Journal of Digital Earth 7
Downscaling inversion of GRACE-derived groundwater storage changes based on ensemble learning7
Unprecedent green macroalgae bloom: mechanism and implication to disaster prediction and prevention7
Automatic detection of earthquake triggered landslides using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery based on deep learning7
Assessing water use efficiency reactivity to meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural droughts on the Mongolian Plateau7
Tracking the dynamics of tidal wetlands with time-series satellite images in the Yangtze River Estuary, China7
Dirty road extraction from GF-2 images by semi-supervised deep learning method for arid and semiarid regions of southern Mongolia7
Hierarchical partition of urban land-use units by unsupervised graph learning from high-resolution satellite images7
Improved method for retrieving Arctic summer sea ice velocity based on FY-3D/MWRI brightness temperatures7
Assessment of Larsen C Ice Shelf stability: insights from surface and basal fracture7
Urban restaurants and online food delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic: a spatial and socio-demographic analysis7
Mangrove species classification using novel adaptive ensemble learning with multi-spatial-resolution multispectral and full-polarization SAR images7
User-centered design and evaluation of the neotoma paleoecology open software ecosystem7
Travel preference: an indicator of the benefits of urban green space7
Developing a new red band–SEVI–blue band (RSB) enhancement method for recognition the extra-high-voltage transmission line corridor in green mountains7
Ice bottom evolution derived from thermistor string-based ice mass balance buoy observations7
Satellite and instrument entity recognition using a pre-trained language model with distant supervision7
TO–YOLOX: a pure CNN tiny object detection model for remote sensing images7
A MWCMLAI-Net method for LAI inversion in maize and rice using GF-3 and Lutan radar data7
Capacitating local governments for the digital earth vision: lessons learnt from the role of municipalities in the South African spatial data infrastructure7
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