Assefa M. Melesse

16.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
255 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Assefa M. Melesse is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Assefa M. Melesse has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Water Science and Technology, 147 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 75 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Assefa M. Melesse's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (129 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (87 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (57 papers). Assefa M. Melesse is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (129 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (87 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (57 papers). Assefa M. Melesse collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ethiopia and Iran. Assefa M. Melesse's co-authors include Mohammad Haji Gholizadeh, Lakshmi N. Reddi, Shimelis Gebriye Setegn, Omid Rahmati, Wossenu Abtew, Michael E. McClain, Bijan Dargahi, Raghavan Srinivasan, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi and Tena Alamirew and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Assefa M. Melesse

243 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A Comprehensive Review on Water Quality Parameters Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques
    2016 778 citations Assefa M. Melesse et al. Sensors profile →
  2. Application of GIS-based data driven random forest and maximum entropy models for groundwater potential mapping: A case study at Mehran Region, Iran
    2015 450 citations Omid Rahmati, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi et al. profile →
  3. Flood Detection and Susceptibility Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Remote Sensing Data and a Machine Learning Approach: Hybrid Intelligence of Bagging Ensemble Based on K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier
    2020 280 citations Himan Shahabi, Ataollah Shirzadi et al. Remote Sensing profile →
  4. A Systematic Review of Urban Flood Susceptibility Mapping: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Other Modeling Approaches
    2025 18 citations Assefa M. Melesse et al. Remote Sensing profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Assefa M. Melesse 6.2k 5.7k 3.6k 2.1k 2.0k 255 11.3k
Andrew W. Western 7.1k 1.1× 5.4k 1.0× 5.6k 1.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 224 12.3k
P. A. Troch 6.0k 1.0× 5.6k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 175 9.7k
Jim Freer 11.2k 1.8× 8.6k 1.5× 4.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 187 16.0k
Ann van Griensven 7.2k 1.2× 4.7k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 204 9.5k
Xi Chen 4.3k 0.7× 4.4k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 374 9.2k
Rodger B. Grayson 5.3k 0.9× 3.8k 0.7× 5.0k 1.4× 2.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.0× 104 10.9k
Qi Feng 2.9k 0.5× 4.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 406 9.7k
Nick van de Giesen 3.5k 0.6× 3.9k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 304 10.2k
Ronald L. Bingner 9.0k 1.5× 5.7k 1.0× 3.4k 0.9× 3.3k 1.6× 1.9k 1.0× 85 12.1k
Changming Liu 6.8k 1.1× 8.1k 1.4× 2.7k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 320 13.6k

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All Works

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Melesse, Assefa M., et al.. (2025). Comprehensive performance evaluation of satellite-based and reanalysis rainfall estimate products in Ethiopia: For drought, flood, and water resources applications.. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 57. 102150–102150. 3 indexed citations
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Melesse, Assefa M., et al.. (2024). Drought Dynamics in the Nile River Basin: Meteorological, Agricultural, and Groundwater Drought Propagation. Remote Sensing. 16(5). 919–919. 15 indexed citations
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Melesse, Assefa M., et al.. (2023). Prediction of Future Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using a Coupled CA-ANN Model in the Upper Omo–Gibe River Basin, Ethiopia. Remote Sensing. 15(4). 1148–1148. 66 indexed citations
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Hagos, Yonas Gebresilasie, Tesfa Gebrie Andualem, Mesenbet Yibeltal, et al.. (2022). Assessment of Agricultural Land Suitability for Surface Irrigation Using Geospatial Techniques in the Lower Omo Gibe Basin, Ethiopia. Water. 14(23). 3887–3887. 2 indexed citations
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Ayele, Gebiaw T., Habitamu Taddese, Christopher E. Ndehedehe, et al.. (2022). Relationship of Attributes of Soil and Topography with Land Cover Change in the Rift Valley Basin of Ethiopia. Remote Sensing. 14(14). 3257–3257. 10 indexed citations
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Alamirew, Tena, et al.. (2021). Modeling the impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on hydrological processes of the Keleta watershed, Ethiopia. Sustainable Environment. 7(1). 25 indexed citations
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Mosavi, Amirhosein, Mohammad Golshan, Saeid Janizadeh, et al.. (2020). Ensemble models of GLM, FDA, MARS, and RF for flood and erosion susceptibility mapping: a priority assessment of sub-basins. Geocarto International. 37(9). 2541–2560. 104 indexed citations
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Band, Shahab S., Saeid Janizadeh, Subodh Chandra Pal, et al.. (2020). Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Models for Accurate Estimation of Groundwater Nitrate Concentration. Sensors. 20(20). 5763–5763. 71 indexed citations
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Band, Shahab S., Saeid Janizadeh, Subodh Chandra Pal, et al.. (2020). Flash Flood Susceptibility Modeling Using New Approaches of Hybrid and Ensemble Tree-Based Machine Learning Algorithms. Remote Sensing. 12(21). 3568–3568. 182 indexed citations
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Shahabi, Himan, Ataollah Shirzadi, Kayvan Ghaderi, et al.. (2020). Flood Detection and Susceptibility Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Remote Sensing Data and a Machine Learning Approach: Hybrid Intelligence of Bagging Ensemble Based on K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier. Remote Sensing. 12(2). 266–266. 280 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Saro, Mahdi Panahi, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, et al.. (2019). SEVUCAS: A Novel GIS-Based Machine Learning Software for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment. Applied Sciences. 9(17). 3495–3495. 58 indexed citations
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Nohani, Ebrahim, Meysam Moharrami, Khabat Khosravi, et al.. (2019). Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Different GIS-Based Bivariate Models. Water. 11(7). 1402–1402. 186 indexed citations
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Melesse, Assefa M., et al.. (2018). Soil Erosion Modelling and Risk Assessment in Data Scarce Rift Valley Lake Regions, Ethiopia. Water. 10(11). 1684–1684. 52 indexed citations
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Setegn, Shimelis Gebriye, et al.. (2014). Application of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT Model) on a small tropical island (Great River Watershed, Jamaica) as a tool in Integrated Watershed and Coastal Zone Management. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Yesuf, Hassen M., Tena Alamirew, Assefa M. Melesse, & Mohammed Assen. (2013). Bathymetric study of Lake Hayq, Ethiopia. Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 18(2). 155–165. 29 indexed citations

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