OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Remote Sensing is 82. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A Real-Time Apple Targets Detection Method for Picking Robot Based on Improved YOLOv5	378
Digital Twin Technology Challenges and Applications: A Comprehensive Review	307
Vision Transformers for Remote Sensing Image Classification	305
Annual Time Series of Global VIIRS Nighttime Lights Derived from Monthly Averages: 2012 to 2019	268
SAR Ship Detection Dataset (SSDD): Official Release and Comprehensive Data Analysis	263
Review of Image Classification Algorithms Based on Convolutional Neural Networks	262
Spatial-Spectral Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification	235
Object-Oriented LULC Classification in Google Earth Engine Combining SNIC, GLCM, and Machine Learning Algorithms	196
Remote Sensing in Agriculture—Accomplishments, Limitations, and Opportunities	176
Deep Learning-Based Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images: A Review	176
A Technical Study on UAV Characteristics for Precision Agriculture Applications and Associated Practical Challenges	175
Sentinel-1 SAR Backscatter Analysis Ready Data Preparation in Google Earth Engine	157
Global Mangrove Extent Change 1996–2020: Global Mangrove Watch Version 3.0	144
BiFA-YOLO: A Novel YOLO-Based Method for Arbitrary-Oriented Ship Detection in High-Resolution SAR Images	139
Lite-YOLOv5: A Lightweight Deep Learning Detector for On-Board Ship Detection in Large-Scene Sentinel-1 SAR Images	137
Quad-FPN: A Novel Quad Feature Pyramid Network for SAR Ship Detection	136
A Wheat Spike Detection Method in UAV Images Based on Improved YOLOv5	134
Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of the Shatt Al-Arab Basin	131
A Review of Remote Sensing for Water Quality Retrieval: Progress and Challenges	130
Real-Time Underwater Maritime Object Detection in Side-Scan Sonar Images Based on Transformer-YOLOv5	130
Deep Learning-Based Semantic Segmentation of Urban Features in Satellite Images: A Review and Meta-Analysis	126
Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation	125
Computer Vision, IoT and Data Fusion for Crop Disease Detection Using Machine Learning: A Survey and Ongoing Research	123
Accuracy Assessment in Convolutional Neural Network-Based Deep Learning Remote Sensing Studies—Part 1: Literature Review	122
Improved Transformer Net for Hyperspectral Image Classification	120

A Survey on Deep Learning-Based Change Detection from High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images	120
A Systematic Literature Review on Crop Yield Prediction with Deep Learning and Remote Sensing	118
Efficient Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation	118
Spatial Variability and Temporal Heterogeneity of Surface Urban Heat Island Patterns and the Suitability of Local Climate Zones for Land Surface Temperature Characterization	118
Global 10 m Land Use Land Cover Datasets: A Comparison of Dynamic World, World Cover and Esri Land Cover	116
Estimating the Characteristic Spatiotemporal Variation in Habitat Quality Using the InVEST Model—A Case Study from Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area	115
A Review of Multi-Sensor Fusion SLAM Systems Based on 3D LIDAR	114
Transformer Meets Convolution: A Bilateral Awareness Network for Semantic Segmentation of Very Fine Resolution Urban Scene Images	114
Hand Gestures Recognition Using Radar Sensors for Human-Computer-Interaction: A Review	113
A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices	111
Understanding Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land Use/Land Cover Change under Urbanization in Wuhan, China, 2000–2019	109
A Decade of Modern Bridge Monitoring Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning: Review and Future Directions	108
Swin-Transformer-Enabled YOLOv5 with Attention Mechanism for Small Object Detection on Satellite Images	108
Progress and Trends in the Application of Google Earth and Google Earth Engine	107
On the Performance of One-Stage and Two-Stage Object Detectors in Autonomous Vehicles Using Camera Data	107
CoralTemp and the Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite Version 3.1	106
Wheat Yellow Rust Detection Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral Technology	105
A Systematic Review of Landsat Data for Change Detection Applications: 50 Years of Monitoring the Earth	103
UAV-Based Forest Health Monitoring: A Systematic Review	102
Lightweight Underwater Object Detection Based on YOLO v4 and Multi-Scale Attentional Feature Fusion	100
Transformer Neural Network for Weed and Crop Classification of High Resolution UAV Images	100
Improving YOLOv5 with Attention Mechanism for Detecting Boulders from Planetary Images	100
Effect of Attention Mechanism in Deep Learning-Based Remote Sensing Image Processing: A Systematic Literature Review	99
Development and Performance Evaluation of a Very Low-Cost UAV-Lidar System for Forestry Applications	98
Application of Combining YOLO Models and 3D GPR Images in Road Detection and Maintenance	98
A Review of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Low-Altitude Remote Sensing (UAV-LARS) Use in Agricultural Monitoring in China	97
Effects of Training Set Size on Supervised Machine-Learning Land-Cover Classification of Large-Area High-Resolution Remotely Sensed Data	96
Digital Ecosystems for Developing Digital Twins of the Earth: The Destination Earth Case	95
Transformers in Remote Sensing: A Survey	94
A Technical Review of Planet Smallsat Data: Practical Considerations for Processing and Using PlanetScope Imagery	94
Impacts of Climate Variability and Drought on Surface Water Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Remote Sensing: A Review	93
UAV-Based Remote Sensing Applications for Bridge Condition Assessment	92
Automatic Identification and Monitoring of Plant Diseases Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Review	92
Comparison of Random Forest and Support Vector Machine Classifiers for Regional Land Cover Mapping Using Coarse Resolution FY-3C Images	91
Thermal Imaging for Plant Stress Detection and Phenotyping	90
An Overview on Visual SLAM: From Tradition to Semantic	90
Identifying Potential Landslides by Stacking-InSAR in Southwestern China and Its Performance Comparison with SBAS-InSAR	90
Mangrove Ecosystem Mapping Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Random Forest Algorithm in Google Earth Engine	90
Accuracy Assessment of GEDI Terrain Elevation and Canopy Height Estimates in European Temperate Forests: Influence of Environmental and Acquisition Parameters	89
Land Use and Land Cover Mapping Using Sentinel-2, Landsat-8 Satellite Images, and Google Earth Engine: A Comparison of Two Composition Methods	88
An Overview of the Applications of Earth Observation Satellite Data: Impacts and Future Trends	88
A Review of Deep Learning in Multiscale Agricultural Sensing	87
Google Earth Engine and Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Comprehensive Review	87
Urban Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis Using Random Forest Classification of Landsat Time Series	87
Crop Yield Prediction Using Multitemporal UAV Data and Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Models	86
Building Extraction from Remote Sensing Images with Sparse Token Transformers	86
A Review of Irrigation Information Retrievals from Space and Their Utility for Users	86
Digital Elevation Models: Terminology and Definitions	86
A Review of Tree Species Classification Based on Airborne LiDAR Data and Applied Classifiers	86
Real-Time Detection and Spatial Localization of Insulators for UAV Inspection Based on Binocular Stereo Vision	85

DR-Net: An Improved Network for Building Extraction from High Resolution Remote Sensing Image	85
Bagging and Boosting Ensemble Classifiers for Classification of Multispectral, Hyperspectral and PolSAR Data: A Comparative Evaluation	85
TRS: Transformers for Remote Sensing Scene Classification	85
High-Speed Lightweight Ship Detection Algorithm Based on YOLO-V4 for Three-Channels RGB SAR Image	84
Photogrammetry Using UAV-Mounted GNSS RTK: Georeferencing Strategies without GCPs	84
Wildfire Damage Assessment over Australia Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and MODIS Land Cover Product within the Google Earth Engine Cloud Platform	83
HRCNet: High-Resolution Context Extraction Network for Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images	83
Deep Object Detection of Crop Weeds: Performance of YOLOv7 on a Real Case Dataset from UAV Images	82