Bernhard Höfle

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
140 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Höfle is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Höfle has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Environmental Engineering, 71 papers in Geology and 43 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Höfle's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (108 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (71 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (35 papers). Bernhard Höfle is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (108 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (71 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (35 papers). Bernhard Höfle collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Netherlands. Bernhard Höfle's co-authors include Norbert Pfeifer, Martin Rutzinger, Katharina Anders, Pedram Ghamisi, Markus Hollaus, Lukas Winiwarter, Martin Hämmerle, Sabrina Marx, Xiao Xiang Zhu and Gottfried Mandlburger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Höfle

124 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Correction of laser scanning intensity data: Data and model-driven approaches

2007 458 citations Bernhard Höfle, Norbert Pfeifer profile →
Multisource and Multitemporal Data Fusion in Remote Sensing: A Comprehensive Review of the State of the Art

2019 418 citations Pedram Ghamisi, Richard Gloaguen et al. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernhard Höfle Germany	35	2.8k	1.5k	1.4k	744	526	140	4.6k
J. P. Mills United Kingdom	31	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	378 0.7×	177	4.9k
Rosa Lasaponara Italy	37	1.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	841 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	357 0.7×	204	4.5k
Michael E. Hodgson United States	30	1.3k 0.5×	418 0.3×	921 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	273 0.5×	87	3.1k
Jan Dirk Wegner Switzerland	39	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	796 1.1×	951 1.8×	128	5.4k
Karen Anderson United Kingdom	40	2.1k 0.8×	584 0.4×	2.8k 2.0×	1.7k 2.3×	202 0.4×	156	6.5k
S.M. de Jong Netherlands	44	2.6k 0.9×	763 0.5×	2.3k 1.7×	2.4k 3.2×	672 1.3×	143	7.4k
Francesco Pirotti Italy	30	1.4k 0.5×	554 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	666 0.9×	91 0.2×	137	2.8k
Doreen S. Boyd United Kingdom	39	2.0k 0.7×	210 0.1×	2.8k 2.0×	1.8k 2.4×	864 1.6×	136	5.2k
Hui Lin China	48	2.1k 0.8×	266 0.2×	2.0k 1.4×	2.8k 3.8×	521 1.0×	276	7.4k
Wenkai Li China	25	1.8k 0.7×	304 0.2×	1.0k 0.7×	687 0.9×	169 0.3×	56	3.0k

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Lindenbergh, Roderik, Katharina Anders, Bernhard Höfle, et al.. (2025). Permanent terrestrial laser scanning for near-continuous environmental observations: Systems, methods, challenges and applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17. 100094–100094.

Höfle, Bernhard, et al.. (2025). Wind during terrestrial laser scanning of trees: Simulation-based assessment of effects on point cloud features and leaf-wood classification. ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. X-G-2025. 25–32.

Anders, Katharina, et al.. (2025). Temporal aggregation of point clouds improves permanent laser scanning of landslides in forested areas. Science of Remote Sensing. 12. 100254–100254.

Höfle, Bernhard, et al.. (2025). Building damage assessment in natural disasters: A trans- and interdisciplinary approach combining domain knowledge, 3D machine learning, and crowdsourcing. Progress in Disaster Science. 26. 100427–100427. 1 indexed citations

Anders, Katharina, et al.. (2024). Integrating multi-user digitising actions for mapping gully outlines using a combined approach of Kalman filtering and machine learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100059–100059. 2 indexed citations

Castillo, Carlos, et al.. (2024). Classifying types of gully changes with unoccupied aircraft vehicles 3D multitemporal point clouds for training of satellite data analysis in Northwest Namibia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49(3). 1135–1155.

Potůčková, Markéta, Jana Albrechtová, Katharina Anders, et al.. (2023). E-TRAINEE: OPEN E-LEARNING COURSE ON TIME SERIES ANALYSIS IN REMOTE SENSING. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLVIII-1/W2-2023. 989–996. 2 indexed citations

Anders, Katharina, et al.. (2022). CHARACTERIZATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL SURFACE ACTIVITIES DERIVED FROM NEAR-CONTINUOUS TERRESTRIAL LIDAR TIME SERIES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLVIII-2/W2-2022. 53–60. 5 indexed citations

Anders, Katharina, et al.. (2022). A high-resolution 4D terrestrial laser scan dataset of the Kijkduin beach-dune system, The Netherlands. Scientific Data. 9(1). 191–191. 15 indexed citations

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Winiwarter, Lukas, et al.. (2020). Use of TanDEM-X and Sentinel Products to Derive Gully Activity Maps in Kunene Region (Namibia) Based on Automatic Iterative Random Forest Approach. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 14. 607–623. 10 indexed citations

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Hämmerle, Martin, Katharina Anders, Rudolf Sailer, et al.. (2019). Multi‐temporal 3D point cloud‐based quantification and analysis of geomorphological activity at an alpine rock glacier using airborne and terrestrial LiDAR. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 30(3). 222–238. 20 indexed citations

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Ghamisi, Pedram, Richard Gloaguen, Peter M. Atkinson, et al.. (2019). Multisource and Multitemporal Data Fusion in Remote Sensing: A Comprehensive Review of the State of the Art. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. 7(1). 6–39. 418 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chu, Hone‐Jay, Yi‐Chin Chen, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali, & Bernhard Höfle. (2019). Multi-Parameter Relief Map from High-Resolution DEMs: A Case Study of Mudstone Badland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(7). 1109–1109. 9 indexed citations

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Höfle, Bernhard, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Three Algorithms for the Evaluation of TanDEM-X Data for Gully Detection in Krumhuk Farm (Namibia). Remote Sensing. 11(11). 1327–1327. 10 indexed citations

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Anders, Katharina, et al.. (2019). Multi-method investigation of star dunes in Morocco (Erg Chebbi): topography, stratigraphy and implications for OSL-sampling. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6950. 1 indexed citations

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Ghamisi, Pedram & Bernhard Höfle. (2017). LiDAR Data Classification Using Extinction Profiles and a Composite Kernel Support Vector Machine. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 14(5). 659–663. 42 indexed citations

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Marx, Sabrina, Katharina Anders, Sofia Antonova, et al.. (2017). Terrestrial laser scanning for quantifying small-scale vertical movements of the ground surface in Arctic permafrost regions. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 3 indexed citations

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Chu, Hone‐Jay, et al.. (2017). Historic Low Wall Detection via Topographic Parameter Images Derived from Fine-Resolution DEM. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 6(11). 346–346. 4 indexed citations

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Höfle, Bernhard, et al.. (2009). On the use of airborne LiDAR for braided river monitoring and water surface delineation : abstract. University of Twente Research Information. 7524. 1 indexed citations

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Höfle, Bernhard, et al.. (2009). Water surface mapping from airborne laser scanning using signal intensity and elevation data. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 34(12). 1635–1649. 135 indexed citations

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