Alexander Zipf

11.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
217 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander Zipf is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Transportation and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Zipf has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 65 papers in Transportation and 57 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Alexander Zipf's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (108 papers), Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (60 papers) and Data Management and Algorithms (57 papers). Alexander Zipf is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (108 papers), Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (60 papers) and Data Management and Algorithms (57 papers). Alexander Zipf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Alexander Zipf's co-authors include Pascal Neis, Dennis Zielstra, João Porto de Albuquerque, Hongchao Fan, Benjamin Herfort, Enrico Steiger, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Sven Lautenbach, Mohamed Bakillah and Marcus Goetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Zipf

204 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Cross-city matters: A multimodal remote sensing benchmark dataset for cross-city semantic segmentation using high-resolution domain adaptation networks
    2023 375 citations Danfeng Hong, Bing Zhang et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  2. Quality assessment for building footprints data on OpenStreetMap
    2014 316 citations Hongchao Fan, Alexander Zipf et al. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems profile →
  3. A geographic approach for combining social media and authoritative data towards identifying useful information for disaster management
    2015 288 citations Alexander Zipf et al. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems profile →
  4. A Comprehensive Framework for Intrinsic OpenStreetMap Quality Analysis
    2013 274 citations Alexander Zipf et al. Transactions in GIS profile →
  5. OpenStreetMap in GIScience
    2015 190 citations Alexander Zipf et al. profile →
  6. A spatio-temporal analysis investigating completeness and inequalities of global urban building data in OpenStreetMap
    2023 123 citations Sven Lautenbach, Alexander Zipf et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alexander Zipf 2.5k 2.1k 1.5k 1.4k 812 217 6.6k
Song Gao 954 0.4× 3.9k 1.8× 656 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 189 7.1k
Bin Jiang 971 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 602 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 2.1× 133 4.6k
Harvey J. Miller 823 0.3× 4.4k 2.1× 780 0.5× 757 0.6× 1.3k 1.6× 147 7.2k
Gennady Andrienko 2.4k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 3.0k 2.0× 676 0.5× 561 0.7× 224 8.3k
Robert Weibel 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 459 0.3× 541 0.7× 174 3.9k
Natalia Andrienko 2.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 3.0k 2.0× 663 0.5× 571 0.7× 207 8.1k
Piotr Jankowski 1.3k 0.5× 662 0.3× 423 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 411 0.5× 112 4.7k
M.J. Kraak 2.0k 0.8× 528 0.2× 1.1k 0.8× 544 0.4× 396 0.5× 216 4.2k
Christophe Claramunt 558 0.2× 784 0.4× 647 0.4× 578 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 216 3.8k
Yingjie Hu 725 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 388 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 256 0.3× 127 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Hatfield, Charles, et al.. (2025). Lessons in traffic: Nairobi's school term congestion and equity challenges. 3. 100044–100044.
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Zipf, Alexander, et al.. (2025). Utilizing large language models to simulate parking search. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 199. 104542–104542. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Wenwen, Samantha T. Arundel, Song Gao, et al.. (2024). GeoAI for Science and the Science of GeoAI. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–17. 13 indexed citations
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Zipf, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Distortions in Judged Spatial Relations in Large Language Models. The Professional Geographer. 76(6). 703–711. 7 indexed citations
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Zipf, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Enriching building function classification using Large Language Model embeddings of OpenStreetMap Tags. Earth Science Informatics. 17(6). 5403–5418. 5 indexed citations
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Hong, Danfeng, Bing Zhang, Hao Li, et al.. (2023). Cross-city matters: A multimodal remote sensing benchmark dataset for cross-city semantic segmentation using high-resolution domain adaptation networks. Remote Sensing of Environment. 299. 113856–113856. 375 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schultz, Michael, et al.. (2023). Private Vehicles Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimation at Street Level for Berlin Based on Open Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 12(4). 138–138. 5 indexed citations
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Reichert, Markus, Iris Reinhard, Urs Braun, et al.. (2022). The association of stress and physical activity: Mind the ecological fallacy. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. 52(2). 282–289. 13 indexed citations
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Yan, Yingwei, Chen‐Chieh Feng, Wei Huang, et al.. (2020). Volunteered geographic information research in the first decade: a narrative review of selected journal articles in GIScience. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 34(9). 1765–1791. 77 indexed citations
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Reichert, Markus, Urs Braun, Gabriela Gan, et al.. (2020). A neural mechanism for affective well-being: Subgenual cingulate cortex mediates real-life effects of nonexercise activity on energy. Science Advances. 6(45). 21 indexed citations
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Hu, Xuke, Hongchao Fan, Zhiyong Wang, et al.. (2020). Room semantics inference using random forest and relational graph convolutional networks: A case study of research building. Transactions in GIS. 25(1). 71–111. 14 indexed citations
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Auer, Michael, et al.. (2019). OSHDB: a framework for spatio-temporal analysis of OpenStreetMap history data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 43 indexed citations
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Auer, Michael & Alexander Zipf. (2018). 3D WebGIS: From Visualization to Analysis. An Efficient Browser-Based 3D Line-of-Sight Analysis. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 7(7). 279–279. 10 indexed citations
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Chan, Ta‐Chien, et al.. (2018). Efficient Method for POI/ROI Discovery Using Flickr Geotagged Photos. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 7(3). 121–121. 39 indexed citations
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Yan, Yingwei, et al.. (2018). Coupling maximum entropy modeling with geotagged social media data to determine the geographic distribution of tourists. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 32(9). 1699–1736. 16 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yan, et al.. (2018). Deep Learning From Multiple Crowds: A Case Study of Humanitarian Mapping. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(3). 1713–1722. 26 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongchao, et al.. (2016). Temporal Analysis on Contribution Inequality in OpenStreetMap: A Comparative Study for Four Countries. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 5(1). 5–5. 28 indexed citations

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