Ele Vahtmäe

1.3k total citations
32 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ele Vahtmäe is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ele Vahtmäe has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Oceanography, 16 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ele Vahtmäe's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (24 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (12 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (7 papers). Ele Vahtmäe is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (24 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (12 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (7 papers). Ele Vahtmäe collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Sweden and Taiwan. Ele Vahtmäe's co-authors include Tiit Kutser, Liisa Metsamaa, Niklas Strömbeck, Jonne Kotta, Birgot Paavel, Georg Martin, Jaan Praks, Helen Orav‐Kotta, Charles Verpoorter and Kalev Sepp and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ele Vahtmäe

30 papers receiving 954 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ele Vahtmäe Estonia 17 689 460 198 183 165 32 1.0k
Thomas Heege Germany 18 595 0.9× 326 0.7× 241 1.2× 212 1.2× 128 0.8× 55 963
David Blondeau‐Patissier Australia 13 864 1.3× 337 0.7× 299 1.5× 234 1.3× 84 0.5× 20 1.0k
Susanne E. Craig Canada 17 981 1.4× 422 0.9× 267 1.3× 304 1.7× 86 0.5× 27 1.3k
Xavier Mériaux France 16 840 1.2× 296 0.6× 225 1.1× 246 1.3× 143 0.9× 25 1.1k
Erica Matta Italy 12 396 0.6× 257 0.6× 185 0.9× 131 0.7× 88 0.5× 25 757
Steven Greb United States 7 811 1.2× 299 0.7× 276 1.4× 418 2.3× 171 1.0× 9 1.2k
Stéphanie Palmer United Kingdom 10 474 0.7× 226 0.5× 326 1.6× 225 1.2× 122 0.7× 14 934
Sundarabalan V. Balasubramanian United States 7 414 0.6× 240 0.5× 212 1.1× 180 1.0× 137 0.8× 9 714
Birgot Paavel Estonia 14 805 1.2× 283 0.6× 236 1.2× 423 2.3× 183 1.1× 31 1.2k
Antonio Ruíz-Verdú Spain 15 684 1.0× 343 0.7× 191 1.0× 374 2.0× 144 0.9× 34 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ele Vahtmäe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ele Vahtmäe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ele Vahtmäe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vahtmäe, Ele, et al.. (2025). Hyperspectral library of submerged aquatic vegetation and benthic substrates in the Baltic Sea. Earth system science data. 17(4). 1685–1692. 1 indexed citations
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Vahtmäe, Ele, et al.. (2024). Assessing Seasonal and Inter-Annual Changes in the Total Cover of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Using Sentinel-2 Imagery. Remote Sensing. 16(8). 1396–1396. 1 indexed citations
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Kutser, Tiit, et al.. (2024). Field measurements of spectral backscattering coefficient of the Baltic Sea and boreal lakes. Boreal environment research. 14(2). 305–312.
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Vahtmäe, Ele, et al.. (2023). On the possibility to map submerged aquatic vegetation cover with Sentinel-2 in low-transparency waters. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 17(4). 1 indexed citations
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Burnside, Niall G., Ele Vahtmäe, Tiit Kutser, et al.. (2022). Toward Automated Machine Learning-Based Hyperspectral Image Analysis in Crop Yield and Biomass Estimation. Remote Sensing. 14(5). 1114–1114. 47 indexed citations
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Vahtmäe, Ele, Tiit Kutser, & Birgot Paavel. (2020). Performance and Applicability of Water Column Correction Models in Optically Complex Coastal Waters. Remote Sensing. 12(11). 1861–1861. 11 indexed citations
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Kutser, Tiit, et al.. (2020). Detecting Long Time Changes in Benthic Macroalgal Cover Using Landsat Image Archive. Remote Sensing. 12(11). 1901–1901. 9 indexed citations
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Kotta, Jonne, Kalle Remm, Ele Vahtmäe, Tiit Kutser, & Helen Orav‐Kotta. (2014). In-air spectral signatures of the Baltic Sea macrophytes and their statistical separability. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 8(1). 83634–83634. 27 indexed citations
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Vahtmäe, Ele & Tiit Kutser. (2013). Classifying the Baltic Sea Shallow Water Habitats Using Image-Based and Spectral Library Methods. Remote Sensing. 5(5). 2451–2474. 42 indexed citations
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Herkül, Kristjan, Jonne Kotta, Tiit Kutser, & Ele Vahtmäe. (2013). Relating Remotely Sensed Optical Variability to Marine Benthic Biodiversity. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55624–e55624. 21 indexed citations
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Kutser, Tiit, et al.. (2012). REMOTE SENSING OF WATER QUALITY IN OPTICALLY COMPLEX LAKES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XXXIX-B8. 165–169. 28 indexed citations
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Vahtmäe, Ele. (2011). Detecting patterns and changes in a complex benthic environment of the Baltic Sea. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 5(1). 53559–53559. 13 indexed citations
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Kutser, Tiit, Birgot Paavel, Liisa Metsamaa, & Ele Vahtmäe. (2009). Mapping coloured dissolved organic matter concentration in coastal waters. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 30(22). 5843–5849. 34 indexed citations
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Kutser, Tiit, et al.. (2007). Operative Monitoring of the Extent of Dredging Plumes in Coastal Ecosystems Using MODIS Satellite Imagery. Journal of Coastal Research. 50(sp1). 9 indexed citations
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Jaanus, Andres, et al.. (2007). Effect of cyanobacterial blooms on the abundance of the flounder Platichthys flesus (L.) in the Gulf of Finland. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Biology Ecology. 56(3). 196–208. 8 indexed citations
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Vahtmäe, Ele & Tiit Kutser. (2007). Mapping Bottom Type and Water Depth in Shallow Coastal Waters with Satellite Remote Sensing. Journal of Coastal Research. 50(sp1). 31 indexed citations
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Kutser, Tiit, Ele Vahtmäe, & Georg Martin. (2006). Assessing suitability of multispectral satellites for mapping benthic macroalgal cover in turbid coastal waters by means of model simulations. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 67(3). 521–529. 56 indexed citations

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