Anatoly A. Gitelson

46.7k total citations · 22 hit papers
203 papers, 35.2k citations indexed

About

Anatoly A. Gitelson is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Anatoly A. Gitelson has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 35.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Ecology, 97 papers in Plant Science and 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Anatoly A. Gitelson's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (124 papers), Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (79 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (55 papers). Anatoly A. Gitelson is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (124 papers), Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (79 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (55 papers). Anatoly A. Gitelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Russia. Anatoly A. Gitelson's co-authors include Mark N. Merzlyak, Yoram J. Kaufman, Donald C. Rundquist, Timothy J. Arkebauer, Andrés Viña, О. Б. Чивкунова, Yi Peng, Robert J. Stark, Galina Keydan and Wesley J. Moses and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Anatoly A. Gitelson

201 papers receiving 33.7k citations

Hit Papers

Use of a green channel in remote sensing of global vegeta... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1996 2003 2002 2005 1994 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Use of a green channel in remote sensing of global vegetation from EOS-MODIS
    1996 2.4k citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  2. Relationships between leaf chlorophyll content and spectral reflectance and algorithms for non-destructive chlorophyll assessment in higher plant leaves
    2003 2.0k citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Mark N. Merzlyak et al. profile →
  3. Novel algorithms for remote estimation of vegetation fraction
    2002 1.7k citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Yoram J. Kaufman et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  4. Remote estimation of canopy chlorophyll content in crops
    2005 1.2k citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Andrés Viña et al. profile →
  5. Spectral Reflectance Changes Associated with Autumn Senescence of Aesculus hippocastanum L. and Acer platanoides L. Leaves. Spectral Features and Relation to Chlorophyll Estimation
    1994 1.1k citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Mark N. Merzlyak profile →
  6. Non‐destructive optical detection of pigment changes during leaf senescence and fruit ripening
    1999 990 citations Mark N. Merzlyak, Anatoly A. Gitelson et al. profile →
  7. Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index for Remote Quantification of Biophysical Characteristics of Vegetation
    2004 946 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson profile →
  8. PROSPECT-4 and 5: Advances in the leaf optical properties model separating photosynthetic pigments
    2008 796 citations Jean‐Baptiste Féret, Anatoly A. Gitelson et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  9. Optical Properties and Nondestructive Estimation of Anthocyanin Content in Plant Leaves¶
    2001 748 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Mark N. Merzlyak et al. profile →
  10. Remote estimation of chlorophyll content in higher plant leaves
    1997 721 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Mark N. Merzlyak International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
  11. Quantitative estimation of chlorophyll-a using reflectance spectra: Experiments with autumn chestnut and maple leaves
    1994 686 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Mark N. Merzlyak profile →
  12. Signature Analysis of Leaf Reflectance Spectra: Algorithm Development for Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll
    1996 679 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Mark N. Merzlyak profile →
  13. Remote estimation of leaf area index and green leaf biomass in maize canopies
    2003 652 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Andrés Viña et al. profile →
  14. Three‐band model for noninvasive estimation of chlorophyll, carotenoids, and anthocyanin contents in higher plant leaves
    2006 611 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Galina Keydan et al. profile →
  15. Assessing Carotenoid Content in Plant Leaves with Reflectance Spectroscopy¶
    2002 583 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Mark N. Merzlyak et al. profile →
  16. Comparison of different vegetation indices for the remote assessment of green leaf area index of crops
    2011 583 citations Andrés Viña, Anatoly A. Gitelson et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  17. Retrieval of foliar information about plant pigment systems from high resolution spectroscopy
    2009 562 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Stéphane Jacquemoud et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  18. A simple semi-analytical model for remote estimation of chlorophyll-a in turbid waters: Validation
    2008 528 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, Giorgio Dall’Olmo et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  19. The peak near 700 nm on radiance spectra of algae and water: relationships of its magnitude and position with chlorophyll concentration
    1992 515 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
  20. PROSPECT-D: Towards modeling leaf optical properties through a complete lifecycle
    2017 499 citations Jean‐Baptiste Féret, Anatoly A. Gitelson et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  21. Review of constituent retrieval in optically deep and complex waters from satellite imagery
    2011 403 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  22. Remote estimation of nitrogen and chlorophyll contents in maize at leaf and canopy levels
    2013 356 citations Anatoly A. Gitelson, James S. Schepers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anatoly A. Gitelson United States 90 24.4k 14.4k 10.8k 9.6k 5.0k 203 35.2k
John D. Aber United States 92 15.9k 0.6× 7.3k 0.5× 12.1k 1.1× 2.7k 0.3× 1.7k 0.3× 187 37.6k
Alfredo Huete United States 77 31.3k 1.3× 7.3k 0.5× 23.8k 2.2× 15.5k 1.6× 610 0.1× 354 43.2k
Susan L. Ustin United States 77 14.7k 0.6× 5.2k 0.4× 9.0k 0.8× 6.9k 0.7× 661 0.1× 329 21.1k
Michael E. Schaepman Switzerland 63 10.7k 0.4× 2.3k 0.2× 7.5k 0.7× 5.9k 0.6× 692 0.1× 398 17.7k
Frédéric Baret France 75 21.9k 0.9× 11.1k 0.8× 11.5k 1.1× 12.6k 1.3× 195 0.0× 262 27.5k
Mark N. Merzlyak Russia 40 10.1k 0.4× 7.5k 0.5× 3.2k 0.3× 3.8k 0.4× 431 0.1× 77 14.8k
J. Moreno Spain 49 7.1k 0.3× 3.0k 0.2× 5.7k 0.5× 3.7k 0.4× 564 0.1× 181 11.1k
Ivan A. Janssens Belgium 91 14.8k 0.6× 7.8k 0.5× 16.9k 1.6× 3.0k 0.3× 982 0.2× 380 39.5k
Pablo J. Zarco‐Tejada Spain 72 15.3k 0.6× 9.9k 0.7× 7.7k 0.7× 6.9k 0.7× 144 0.0× 208 20.7k
Donald C. Rundquist United States 40 4.8k 0.2× 2.3k 0.2× 2.5k 0.2× 2.1k 0.2× 1.8k 0.4× 92 7.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gitelson, Anatoly A., Andrés Viña, & Alexei Solovchenko. (2025). Spectral response of gross primary production to in situ canopy light absorption coefficient of chlorophyll. Photosynthesis Research. 163(2). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Gitelson, Anatoly A., et al.. (2022). Uncertainty in the evaluation of photosynthetic canopy traits using the green leaf area index. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 320. 108955–108955. 15 indexed citations
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Féret, Jean‐Baptiste, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Scott D. Noble, & Stéphane Jacquemoud. (2017). PROSPECT-D: Towards modeling leaf optical properties through a complete lifecycle. Remote Sensing of Environment. 193. 204–215. 499 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peng, Yi, Anthony L. Nguy-Robertson, Timothy J. Arkebauer, & Anatoly A. Gitelson. (2017). Assessment of Canopy Chlorophyll Content Retrieval in Maize and Soybean: Implications of Hysteresis on the Development of Generic Algorithms. Remote Sensing. 9(3). 226–226. 101 indexed citations
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Schull, M. A., Martha C. Anderson, Rasmus Houborg, Anatoly A. Gitelson, & William P. Kustas. (2015). Thermal-based modeling of coupled carbon, water, and energy fluxes using nominal light use efficiencies constrained by leaf chlorophyll observations. Biogeosciences. 12(5). 1511–1523. 18 indexed citations
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Moses, Wesley J., et al.. (2014). HICO-Based NIR–Red Models for Estimating Chlorophyll- $a$ Concentration in Productive Coastal Waters. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 11(6). 1111–1115. 29 indexed citations
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Ciganda, Verónica, Anatoly A. Gitelson, & James S. Schepers. (2012). How deep does a remote sensor sense? Expression of chlorophyll content in a maize canopy. Remote Sensing of Environment. 126. 240–247. 56 indexed citations
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Yacobi, Yosef Z., et al.. (2010). CHLOROPHYLL A IN TURBID PRODUCTIVE WATERS: TESTING THE LIMITS OF NIR-Red ALGORITHMS. 686. 458. 2 indexed citations
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Rundquist, Donald C., Anatoly A. Gitelson, Merlin P. Lawson, et al.. (2009). Proximal Sensing of Coral Features: Spectral Characterization of Siderastrea siderea. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 46(2). 139–160. 6 indexed citations
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Gitelson, Anatoly A., Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Wesley J. Moses, et al.. (2008). A semi-analytical model for remote estimation of chlorophyll-a in turbid productive waters: Calibration and Validation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Gitelson, Anatoly A. & Mark N. Merzlyak. (2004). Non-Destructive Assessment of Chlorophyll Carotenoid and Anthocyanin Content in Higher Plant Leaves: Principles and Algorithms. Insecta mundi. 62 indexed citations
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Kogan, Felix, et al.. (2004). Derivation of pasture biomass in Mongolia from AVHRR-based vegetation health indices. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 25(14). 2889–2896. 112 indexed citations
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Olmo, Gabriella, Anatoly A. Gitelson, & Donald C. Rundquist. (2003). Towards a unified approach for remote estimation of chlorophyll-a in both terrestrial vegetation and turbid productive waters. AGUFM. 2003. 41 indexed citations
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Merzlyak, Mark N., Alexei Solovchenko, & Anatoly A. Gitelson. (2003). Reflectance spectral features and non-destructive estimation of chlorophyll, carotenoid and anthocyanin content in apple fruit. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 27(2). 197–211. 333 indexed citations
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Gitelson, Anatoly A., et al.. (2002). Novel algorithms for remote estimation of vegetation fraction. Remote Sensing of Environment. 80(1). 76–87. 1658 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schalles, John F., et al.. (1998). ESTIMATION OF CHLOROPHYLL a FROM TIME SERIES MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION REFLECTANCE IN AN EUTROPHIC LAKE. Journal of Phycology. 34(2). 383–390. 124 indexed citations
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Gitelson, Anatoly A., Robert J. Stark, Gideon Oron, & Inka Dor. (1997). Monitoring of polluted water bodies by remote sensing. Insecta mundi. 242. 181–188. 2 indexed citations
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Mayo, M., Arnon Karnieli, Anatoly A. Gitelson, & Zvi Ben‐Avraham. (1993). Determination of suspended sediment concentrations from CZCS data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 59(8). 1265–1269. 7 indexed citations
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Gitelson, Anatoly A.. (1993). Nature of the peak near 700 nm on the radiance spectra and its application for remote estimation of phytoplankton pigments in inland waters. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1971. 170–170. 13 indexed citations
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Алексеенко, В. В., et al.. (1980). The Baksan underground scintillation telescope. 44. 609–612. 4 indexed citations

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