Brian Alan Johnson

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Brian Alan Johnson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Alan Johnson has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brian Alan Johnson's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (38 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (30 papers) and Remote-Sensing Image Classification (28 papers). Brian Alan Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (38 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (30 papers) and Remote-Sensing Image Classification (28 papers). Brian Alan Johnson collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Brian Alan Johnson's co-authors include Lei Ma, Gaofei Yin, Yuanxin Ye, Xueliang Zhang, Yü Liu, Zhixiao Xie, Ryutaro Tateishi, Pankaj Kumar, Shahab Jozdani and Rajarshi Dasgupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Brian Alan Johnson

129 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Deep learning in remote sensing applications: A meta-anal... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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. Deep learning in remote sensing applications: A meta-analysis and review
    2019 1.6k citations Brian Alan Johnson et al. profile →
  2. Remote sensing algorithms for estimation of fractional vegetation cover using pure vegetation index values: A review
    2019 289 citations Brian Alan Johnson 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
Brian Alan Johnson Japan 35 1.8k 1.6k 1.5k 1.3k 1.1k 132 5.6k
Yong Ge China 39 1.5k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 981 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 199 5.5k
Dirk Tiede Austria 33 2.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.4× 2.2k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 165 6.3k
Bing Zhang China 46 1.6k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 1.9k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 2.1k 2.0× 388 8.2k
Timothy A. Warner United States 35 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 892 0.8× 110 4.9k
Martino Pesaresi Italy 41 1.0k 0.6× 2.4k 1.5× 2.5k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.9k 1.8× 141 6.2k
Desheng Liu United States 34 2.1k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 120 5.1k
Lei Wang China 39 1.7k 1.0× 2.6k 1.7× 599 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 376 7.8k
Fang Chen China 52 1.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 998 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 556 11.6k
Huadong Guo China 51 1.6k 0.9× 3.6k 2.3× 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.6× 2.7k 2.5× 570 10.4k
Li Wang China 42 2.6k 1.4× 2.5k 1.6× 539 0.3× 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 420 6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Alan Johnson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Alan Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Alan Johnson

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All Works

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Lin, Xingwen, Brian Alan Johnson, Jingchao Shi, et al.. (2024). Remote sensing estimation of water storage in the channel-type reservoirs under unknown underwater topographic data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 130. 103933–103933.
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Sun, Weiwei, Jingchao Shi, Brian Alan Johnson, et al.. (2024). Utilizing GaoFen-2 derived urban green space information to predict local surface temperature. Urban forestry & urban greening. 99. 128463–128463. 2 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Yasuo, et al.. (2024). Spatial exploration of rural capital contributing to quality of life and urban-to-rural migration decisions: a case study of Hokuto City, Japan. Sustainability Science. 19(2). 489–506. 3 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Shamik, et al.. (2023). Systematizing ecosystem change in coastal social-ecological systems: Perspectives from a multi-stakeholder approach in Nakatsu mudflat, Japan. Ocean & Coastal Management. 243. 106729–106729. 4 indexed citations
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Meraj, Gowhar, Pankaj Kumar, Suraj Kumar Singh, et al.. (2023). Decoding Chambal River Shoreline Transformations: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Remote Sensing, GIS, and DSAS. Water. 15(9). 1793–1793. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Haowei, Zhang Fei, Weipeng Li, et al.. (2023). Spatial-temporal pattern of change in production-living-ecological space of Nanchong City from 2000 to 2020 and underlying factors. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196(1). 94–94. 5 indexed citations
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Taloor, Ajay Kumar, Anil Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar, et al.. (2022). Geospatial Technology-Based Analysis of Air Quality in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Remote Sensing. 14(18). 4650–4650. 3 indexed citations
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Estoque, Ronald C., Brian Alan Johnson, Rajarshi Dasgupta, et al.. (2022). Rethinking forest monitoring for more meaningful global forest landscape change assessments. Journal of Environmental Management. 317. 115478–115478. 7 indexed citations
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Estoque, Ronald C., Rajarshi Dasgupta, Karina Winkler, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal pattern of global forest change over the past 60 years and the forest transition theory. Environmental Research Letters. 17(8). 84022–84022. 47 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Rajarshi, Mrittika Basu, Shizuka Hashimoto, et al.. (2021). Residents’ place attachment to urban green spaces in Greater Tokyo region: An empirical assessment of dimensionality and influencing socio-demographic factors. Urban forestry & urban greening. 67. 127438–127438. 42 indexed citations
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Estoque, Ronald C., Brian Alan Johnson, Yan Gao, et al.. (2021). Remotely sensed tree canopy cover-based indicators for monitoring global sustainability and environmental initiatives. Environmental Research Letters. 16(4). 44047–44047. 23 indexed citations
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Avtar, Ram, Ali P. Yunus, Jie Dou, et al.. (2020). Monitoring Effect of Spatial Growth on Land Surface Temperature in Dhaka. Remote Sensing. 12(7). 1191–1191. 31 indexed citations
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Alifu, Haireti, Brian Alan Johnson, & Ryutaro Tateishi. (2015). Delineation of Debris-Covered Glaciers Based on a Combination of Geomorphometric Parameters and a TIR/NIR/SWIR Band Ratio. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 9(2). 781–792. 22 indexed citations
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Johnson, Brian Alan, et al.. (2007). Review of methods for estimating life expectancy by social class using the ONS Longitudinal Study.. PubMed. 28–36. 9 indexed citations
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Johnson, Brian Alan, et al.. (2004). Vender a las masas adineradas. Harvard business review. 82(7). 46–58. 7 indexed citations
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Weston, J. Fred, et al.. (1999). Mergers and Acquisitions in the Global Chemical Industry. Business Economics. 34(4). 23. 6 indexed citations
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Johnson, Brian Alan, et al.. (1995). Banking on Multimedia. The McKinsey Quarterly. 94. 8 indexed citations

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