Alberto Villa

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alberto Villa is a scholar working on Media Technology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Villa has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Media Technology, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Alberto Villa's work include Remote-Sensing Image Classification (14 papers), Remote Sensing and Land Use (12 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (10 papers). Alberto Villa is often cited by papers focused on Remote-Sensing Image Classification (14 papers), Remote Sensing and Land Use (12 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (10 papers). Alberto Villa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Iceland. Alberto Villa's co-authors include Jón Atli Benediktsson, Jocelyn Chanussot, J. Chanussot, Giorgio Cassiani, Christian Jutten, Mauro Dalla Mura, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Christian Jutten, Antonio Plaza and Paolo Gamba and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Villa

36 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Classification of Hyperspectral Images by Using Extended Morphological Attribute Profiles and Independent Component Analysis

2010 362 citations Mauro Dalla Mura, Alberto Villa et al. profile →
Hyperspectral Image Classification With Independent Component Discriminant Analysis

2011 354 citations Alberto Villa, Jón Atli Benediktsson et al. profile →

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Alberto Villa

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M.R. Grunes United States

Eric W. Gill Canada

Jong‐Sen Lee United States

Xiong Xu China

E. Nezry France

Deliang Xiang China

A.R.L. Tatnall United Kingdom

Andreas Reigber Germany

W.T. Bakker Netherlands

Ioannis Papoutsis Greece

M.R. Grunes United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

Siddique, Aftab, Alberto Villa, Ajit K. Mahapatra, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the efficacy of bioelectrical impedance analysis using machine learning models for the classification of goats exposed to Haemonchosis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12. 1584828–1584828.

Agostinetti, Nicola Piana, Alberto Villa, & Gilberto Saccorotti. (2022). Distributed acoustic sensing as a tool for subsurface mapping and seismic event monitoring: a proof of concept. Solid Earth. 13(2). 449–468. 11 indexed citations

Agostinetti, Nicola Piana, Alberto Villa, & Gilberto Saccorotti. (2021). Distributed acoustic sensing as a tool for exploration and monitoring: a proof-of-concept. 1 indexed citations

Villa, Alberto, et al.. (2016). Automated extraction and analysis of rock discontinuity characteristics from 3D point clouds. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

Franco, Roberto De, et al.. (2016). Ground-penetrating radar refraction imaging with stacked refraction convolution section method. Geophysics. 81(5). H33–H45. 5 indexed citations

Giudici, Davide, Alberto Villa, Andrea Monti Guarnieri, et al.. (2014). Long Term PS-CAL analysis of ERS and ASAR data and comparison to other calibration techniques. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–4. 3 indexed citations

Crosta, Giovanni B., et al.. (2014). Borehole Flowmeter Logging for the Accurate Design and Analysis of Tracer Tests. Ground Water. 53(S1). 3–9. 5 indexed citations

Godio, Alberto, et al.. (2014). Coupling ground-penetrating radar and flowmeter investigations for the characterization of a fissured aquifer. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 47(4). 351–361. 5 indexed citations

Dópido, Inmaculada, Alberto Villa, Antonio Plaza, & Paolo Gamba. (2012). A Quantitative and Comparative Assessment of Unmixing-Based Feature Extraction Techniques for Hyperspectral Image Classification. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 5(2). 421–435. 108 indexed citations

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Villa, Alberto, Davide Giudici, Davide D’Aria, Andrea Recchia, & Nuno Miranda. (2012). Antenna model refinement technique from SAR data: A study on the ENVISAT ASAR instrument. 4517–4520. 2 indexed citations

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Licciardi, Giorgio, Alberto Villa, Mauro Dalla Mura, et al.. (2012). Retrieval of the Height of Buildings From WorldView-2 Multi-Angular Imagery Using Attribute Filters and Geometric Invariant Moments. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 5(1). 71–79. 34 indexed citations

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Villa, Alberto, Jun Li, Antonio Plaza, & José M. Bioucas‐Dias. (2011). A new semi-supervised algorithm for hyperspectral image classification based on spectral unmixing concepts. 1–4. 9 indexed citations

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Dópido, Inmaculada, Alberto Villa, Antonio Plaza, & Paolo Gamba. (2011). A comparative assessment of several processing chains for hyperspectral image classification: What features to use?. 19. 1–4. 8 indexed citations

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Villa, Alberto, Jocelyn Chanussot, Jón Atli Benediktsson, & Christian Jutten. (2010). Spectral Unmixing for the Classification of Hyperspectral Images at a Finer Spatial Resolution. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 5(3). 521–533. 132 indexed citations

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Villa, Alberto, Jocelyn Chanussot, Jón Atli Benediktsson, & Christian Jutten. (2010). Supervised super-resolution to improve the resolution of hyperspectral images classification maps. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7830. 78300J–78300J. 2 indexed citations

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Cassiani, Giorgio, Andreas Kemna, Alberto Villa, & Egon Zimmermann. (2009). Spectral induced polarization for the characterization of free‐phase hydrocarbon contamination of sediments with low clay content. Near Surface Geophysics. 7(5-6). 547–562. 66 indexed citations

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Villa, Alberto, Mathieu Fauvel, Jocelyn Chanussot, Paolo Gamba, & Jón Atli Benediktsson. (2008). Gradient Optimization for multiple kernel's parameters in support vector machines classification. IV – 224. 23 indexed citations

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Deiana, Rita, et al.. (2008). Calibration of a Vadose Zone Model Using Water Injection Monitored by GPR and Electrical Resistance Tomography. Vadose Zone Journal. 7(1). 215–226. 69 indexed citations

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Deiana, Rita, et al.. (2006). Misure ERT e GPR cross-hole per la stima di vulnerabilità di un acquifero in sabbie/ghiaie. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua).

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Corigliano, Alberto, et al.. (2004). Mechanical Characterization of Polysilicon Through On-Chip Tensile Tests. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 13(2). 200–219. 102 indexed citations

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