Darius Phiri

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Darius Phiri is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Darius Phiri has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Darius Phiri's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers). Darius Phiri is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers). Darius Phiri collaborates with scholars based in Zambia, Japan and Sri Lanka. Darius Phiri's co-authors include Justin Morgenroth, Vincent R. Nyirenda, Matamyo Simwanda, Manjula Ranagalage, Yuji Murayama, Serajis Salekin, Cong Xu, Txomin Hermosilla, Amanuel Zenebe and Atkilt Girma and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Darius Phiri

39 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sentinel-2 Data for Land Cover/Use Mapping: A Review

2020 520 citations Darius Phiri, Matamyo Simwanda et al. Remote Sensing profile →
Developments in Landsat Land Cover Classification Methods: A Review

2017 361 citations Darius Phiri, Justin Morgenroth Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Darius Phiri Zambia	15	727	636	372	282	268	47	1.4k
Frank Thonfeld Germany	22	745 1.0×	597 0.9×	408 1.1×	283 1.0×	212 0.8×	49	1.4k
Joseph C. Mazzariello United States	5	693 1.0×	580 0.9×	360 1.0×	290 1.0×	170 0.6×	5	1.3k
Abdulhakim M. Abdi Sweden	19	723 1.0×	552 0.9×	225 0.6×	326 1.2×	169 0.6×	39	1.3k
Süha Berberoğlu Türkiye	24	1.1k 1.5×	865 1.4×	435 1.2×	377 1.3×	285 1.1×	77	1.9k
Lijun Chen China	12	1.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	397 1.1×	470 1.7×	280 1.0×	42	2.0k
Myroslava Lesiv Austria	25	1.1k 1.6×	896 1.4×	480 1.3×	370 1.3×	183 0.7×	55	2.0k
Shuai Xie China	13	1.0k 1.4×	851 1.3×	461 1.2×	440 1.6×	216 0.8×	25	1.6k
Elhadi Adam South Africa	22	516 0.7×	879 1.4×	468 1.3×	225 0.8×	250 0.9×	83	1.6k
Nandin‐Erdene Tsendbazar Netherlands	23	1.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	602 1.6×	357 1.3×	205 0.8×	43	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darius Phiri

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20 of 20 papers shown

Phiri, Darius, et al.. (2026). Ecological disaster in the making: Assessing the impact of Sino-Metals Leach tailings dam collapse on the Kafue River ecosystem. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 22. 101104–101104.

Phiri, Darius, et al.. (2026). Effects of acid mine drainage from collapsed tailings dam on Zambia’s human riparian communities: a fuzzy cognitive model perspective. Scientific Reports. 16(1). 4618–4618. 1 indexed citations

Phiri, Darius, et al.. (2025). Mapping flood extent of Cyclone Freddy using Sentinel-1 SAR data in Google Earth Engine in Southern Malawi. Discover Water. 5(1).

Nyirenda, Vincent R., et al.. (2025). Insights on spatio-temporal distribution and trends of insect pollinators study in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. Ecological Frontiers. 45(6). 1519–1530.

Phiri, Darius, et al.. (2025). Effects of urban driven land use/land cover change on forest reserves in Zambia: a geospatial approach. African Geographical Review. 45(2). 132–158.

Phiri, Darius, et al.. (2024). Seasonal variation of home range size and habitat selection of elephants in the Kabompo landscape of Zambia. 1(1).

Chisanga, Charles Bwalya, et al.. (2024). Multi-decade land cover/land use dynamics and future predictions for Zambia: 2000–2030. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 10 indexed citations

Nyirenda, Vincent R., et al.. (2024). Vulture poisoning in Sub-Saharan Africa and its implications for conservation planning: A systematic review. Heliyon. 10(3). e25126–e25126.

Nyirenda, Vincent R., et al.. (2023). Identifying multiple wildlife species-crop interactions using network analysis. Journal for Nature Conservation. 71. 126329–126329. 1 indexed citations

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Hasimuna, Oliver J., Moses Chibesa, Darius Phiri, et al.. (2023). Contamination of selected heavy metals in Limnothrissa miodon (Boulenger, 1906) in the four strata of Lake Kariba Zambia: are the consumers at risk?. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B. 58(7). 521–529. 11 indexed citations

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Phiri, Darius, et al.. (2023). Bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements by indigenous and exotic trees growing around a copper leaching plant in Mufulira, Zambia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(1). 1 indexed citations

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Chibesa, Moses, et al.. (2022). Plant–frugivore networks are robust to species loss even in highly built-up urban ecosystems. Oecologia. 199(3). 637–648. 5 indexed citations

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Phiri, Darius, Serajis Salekin, Vincent R. Nyirenda, et al.. (2021). Spread of COVID-19 in Zambia: An assessment of environmental and socioeconomic factors using a classification tree approach. Scientific African. 12. e00827–e00827. 13 indexed citations

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Ranagalage, Manjula, Sujith S. Ratnayake, DMSLB Dissanayake, et al.. (2020). Spatiotemporal Variation of Urban Heat Islands for Implementing Nature-Based Solutions: A Case Study of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 9(7). 461–461. 36 indexed citations

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Ranagalage, Manjula, M.H.J.P. Gunarathna, Thilina D. Surasinghe, et al.. (2020). Multi-Decadal Forest-Cover Dynamics in the Tropical Realm: Past Trends and Policy Insights for Forest Conservation in Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. Forests. 11(8). 836–836. 36 indexed citations

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Phiri, Darius, Justin Morgenroth, & Cong Xu. (2019). Long-term land cover change in Zambia: An assessment of driving factors. The Science of The Total Environment. 697. 134206–134206. 48 indexed citations

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Phiri, Darius, Justin Morgenroth, Cong Xu, & Txomin Hermosilla. (2018). Effects of pre-processing methods on Landsat OLI-8 land cover classification using OBIA and random forests classifier. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 73. 170–178. 73 indexed citations

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Phiri, Darius & Justin Morgenroth. (2017). Developments in Landsat Land Cover Classification Methods: A Review. Remote Sensing. 9(9). 967–967. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

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Phiri, Darius, et al.. (2015). Focusing on the Future of Pterocarpus chrysothrix (Mukula) in Zambia: A Brief Review of Its Ecology, Distribution and Current Threats. International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry. 3(6). 218. 1 indexed citations

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Phiri, Darius, Pierre Ackerman, C. Brand Wessels, et al.. (2015). Biomass equations for selected drought-tolerant eucalypts in South Africa. Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science. 77(4). 255–262. 10 indexed citations

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