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.
The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness
20161.1k citationsFabio Falchi, P. Cinzano et al.profile →
A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data
2009751 citationsChristopher D. Elvidge, Daniel Ziskin et al.profile →
Relation between satellite observed visible-near infrared emissions, population, economic activity and electric power consumption
1997738 citationsChristopher D. Elvidge, K. Baugh et al.profile →
VIIRS night-time lights
2017684 citationsChristopher D. Elvidge, Kimberly Baugh et al.profile →
Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent
2017660 citationsChristopher C. M. Kyba, Kimberly Baugh et al.profile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher D. Elvidge
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Elvidge, Christopher D., Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Feng-Chi Hsu, & Jay Taneja. (2021). Annual Time Series of Global VIIRS Nighttime Lights Derived from Monthly Averages: 2012 to 2019. Remote Sensing. 13(5). 922–922.376 indexed citations breakdown →
Hsu, Feng-Chi, Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Christopher D. Elvidge, & Jay Taneja. (2021). The Annual Cycling of Nighttime Lights in India. Remote Sensing. 13(6). 1199–1199.12 indexed citations
Zhizhin, Mikhail & Christopher D. Elvidge. (2018). Ground-truth calibration of VIIRS Nightfire detector for gas flares. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018.1 indexed citations
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Hsu, Feng-Chi, Kimberly Baugh, Christopher D. Elvidge, & Mikhail Zhizhin. (2013). VIIRS Nighttime Lights: Advances in Satellite Low-Light Imaging. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013.2 indexed citations
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Elvidge, Christopher D., Paul C. Sutton, K. Baugh, et al.. (2011). National Trends in Satellite Observed Lighting: 1992-2009. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011.20 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Tilottama, Rebecca Powell, Christopher D. Elvidge, et al.. (2010). Shedding Light on the Global Distribution of Economic Activity. 3(1).184 indexed citations
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Aubrecht, Christoph, Christopher D. Elvidge, Daniel Ziskin, et al.. (2009). Observing power blackouts from space - A disaster related study. EGUGA. 7266.6 indexed citations
Maxwell, Michael R., Christopher D. Elvidge, V. R. Hobson, et al.. (2004). Fishery dynamics of the California market squid (Loligo opalescens), as measured by satellite remote sensing. Fishery Bulletin. 102(4). 1–70.101 indexed citations
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Cinzano, P., Fabio Falchi, Christopher D. Elvidge, & Kimberly Baugh. (2000). Mapping the artificial sky brightness in Europe from DMSP satellite measurements : the situation of the night sky in Italy in the last quarter of century. CERN Bulletin. 71. 1149.2 indexed citations
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