Ben DeVries

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ben DeVries is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben DeVries has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Ben DeVries's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (10 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (9 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers). Ben DeVries is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (10 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (9 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers). Ben DeVries collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Ben DeVries's co-authors include Martin Herold, Megan Lang, John W. Jones, Chengquan Huang, Jan Verbesselt, Wenli Huang, Lammert Kooistra, John Armston, Claudia Buerger and Vuk Stambolic 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

Ben DeVries

36 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Rapid and robust monitoring of flood events using Sentinel-1 and Landsat data on the Google Earth Engine

2020 336 citations Ben DeVries, Chengquan Huang et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben DeVries Canada	17	1.1k	703	468	339	304	38	1.7k
Tingbao Xu Australia	20	1.0k 1.0×	333 0.5×	504 1.1×	227 0.7×	323 1.1×	42	1.9k
Catherine Ticehurst Australia	18	722 0.7×	721 1.0×	374 0.8×	355 1.0×	241 0.8×	58	1.5k
Lijun Chen China	12	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.5×	397 0.8×	98 0.3×	470 1.5×	42	2.0k
Hao Jiang China	26	755 0.7×	742 1.1×	477 1.0×	372 1.1×	334 1.1×	108	2.2k
Peng Shu China	16	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	543 1.2×	169 0.5×	605 2.0×	88	2.5k
Juhua Luo China	29	899 0.8×	1.5k 2.2×	500 1.1×	464 1.4×	389 1.3×	120	2.9k
Bangqian Chen China	28	1.6k 1.5×	1.9k 2.7×	1.0k 2.2×	226 0.7×	359 1.2×	76	3.1k
Xiangqin Wei China	23	872 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	583 1.2×	82 0.2×	407 1.3×	50	1.9k
Abdullah F. Rahman United States	19	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 2.0×	556 1.2×	112 0.3×	330 1.1×	39	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben DeVries

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben DeVries. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben DeVries based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben DeVries. Ben DeVries is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Bodrud-Doza, Md., et al.. (2025). Evaluating best management practices for nutrient load reductions in tile-drained watersheds of the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin: A literature review. The Science of The Total Environment. 965. 178657–178657. 2 indexed citations

Mohebzadeh, Hamid, Asim Biswas, Ben DeVries, et al.. (2025). Integrating genetic algorithm with AnnAGNPS for optimizing BMPs placement to reduce sheet/rill and ephemeral gully erosion. Soil and Tillage Research. 252. 106598–106598.

DeVries, Ben, et al.. (2024). Characterizing the Spectral-Temporal Signatures of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Phenology Modelling. Forest Ecology and Management. 577. 122399–122399. 2 indexed citations

Mohebzadeh, Hamid, Asim Biswas, Ben DeVries, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of the impact of best management practices on ephemeral gully and sheet/rill erosion using the AnnAGNPS model. CATENA. 246. 108436–108436. 4 indexed citations

Bourgeau‐Chavez, Laura, et al.. (2024). Arctic ice-wedge landscape mapping by CNN using a fusion of Radarsat constellation Mission and ArcticDEM. Remote Sensing of Environment. 304. 114052–114052. 1 indexed citations

Bodrud-Doza, Md., et al.. (2023). Towards implementing precision conservation practices in agricultural watersheds: A review of the use and prospects of spatial decision support systems and tools. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167118–167118. 7 indexed citations

Tellman, Beth, et al.. (2023). A Framework to Assess Remote Sensing Algorithms for Satellite-Based Flood Index Insurance. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 16. 2589–2604. 23 indexed citations

Brisco, Brian, et al.. (2022). Applying Machine Learning and Time-Series Analysis on Sentinel-1A SAR/InSAR for Characterizing Arctic Tundra Hydro-Ecological Conditions. Remote Sensing. 14(5). 1123–1123. 12 indexed citations

Lohbeck, Madelon, Ben DeVries, Frans Bongers, et al.. (2022). Mexican agricultural frontier communities differ in forest dynamics with consequences for conservation and restoration. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 8(4). 564–577. 5 indexed citations

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Hondula, Kelly L., Ben DeVries, C. Nathan Jones, & Margaret A. Palmer. (2021). Effects of Using High Resolution Satellite‐Based Inundation Time Series to Estimate Methane Fluxes From Forested Wetlands. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(6). 23 indexed citations

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Zou, Zhenhua, Ben DeVries, Chengquan Huang, et al.. (2021). Characterizing Wetland Inundation and Vegetation Dynamics in the Arctic Coastal Plain Using Recent Satellite Data and Field Photos. Remote Sensing. 13(8). 1492–1492. 9 indexed citations

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Lindsay, John B., et al.. (2021). Automated Mapping of Transportation Embankments in Fine-Resolution LiDAR DEMs. Remote Sensing. 13(7). 1308–1308. 10 indexed citations

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Wu, Qiusheng, Charles R. Lane, Xuecao Li, et al.. (2019). Integrating LiDAR data and multi-temporal aerial imagery to map wetland inundation dynamics using Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing of Environment. 228. 1–13. 128 indexed citations

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Evenson, Grey R., C. Nathan Jones, Daniel L. McLaughlin, et al.. (2018). A watershed-scale model for depressional wetland-rich landscapes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100002–100002. 41 indexed citations

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DeVries, Ben, Arun Kumar Pratihast, Jan Verbesselt, Lammert Kooistra, & Martin Herold. (2016). Characterizing Forest Change Using Community-Based Monitoring Data and Landsat Time Series. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0147121–e0147121. 77 indexed citations

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Pratihast, Arun Kumar, et al.. (2016). Design and Implementation of an Interactive Web-Based Near Real-Time Forest Monitoring System. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150935–e0150935. 29 indexed citations

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DeVries, Ben, Mathieu Decuyper, Jan Verbesselt, et al.. (2015). Tracking disturbance-regrowth dynamics in tropical forests using structural change detection and Landsat time series. Remote Sensing of Environment. 169. 320–334. 145 indexed citations

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DeVries, Ben, Arun Kumar Pratihast, Jan Verbesselt, et al.. (2013). Near real-time tropical forest disturbance monitoring using Landsat time series and local expert monitoring data. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1–4. 5 indexed citations

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DeVries, Ben, Valerio Avitabile, Lammert Kooistra, & Martin Herold. (2012). MONITORING THE IMPACT OF REDD+ IMPLEMENTATION IN THE UNESCO KAFA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, ETHIOPIA. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 145–146. 3 indexed citations

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Buerger, Claudia, Ben DeVries, & Vuk Stambolic. (2006). Localization of Rheb to the endomembrane is critical for its signaling function. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 344(3). 869–880. 156 indexed citations

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