Gilles Rock

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

Gilles Rock is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilles Rock has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Environmental Engineering and 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gilles Rock's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (5 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (4 papers). Gilles Rock is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (5 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (4 papers). Gilles Rock collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Gilles Rock's co-authors include Fabian Neugirg, Andreas Kaiser, Thomas Udelhoven, Anette Eltner, Antonio Abellán, Carlos Castillo, Martin Schlerf, Max Gerhards, Willy Werner and Joachim Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Sensors and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Gilles Rock

16 papers receiving 979 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.

  1. Image-based surface reconstruction in geomorphometry – merits, limits and developments
    2016 421 citations Anette Eltner, Andreas Kaiser et al. Earth Surface Dynamics profile →

Peers

Gilles Rock
Xuelian Meng United States
Christian Briese Austria
Jakub Langhammer Czechia
Magnus Bremer Austria
Livia Piermattei Austria
Gottfried Mandlburger Austria
Aloysius Wehr Germany
Sebastian d’Oleire-Oltmanns Germany
Anssi Krooks Finland
Philippe Grandjean France
Xuelian Meng United States
Gilles Rock
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Countries citing papers authored by Gilles Rock

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gilles Rock

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gilles Rock

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gilles Rock. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gilles Rock based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gilles Rock. Gilles Rock is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Alexander, J. K., et al.. (2023). Calibration and Validation from Ground to Airborne and Satellite Level: Joint Application of Time-Synchronous Field Spectroscopy, Drone, Aircraft and Sentinel-2 Imaging. PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science. 91(1). 43–58. 8 indexed citations
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Heuner, Maike, et al.. (2022). Very High-Resolution Imagery and Machine Learning for Detailed Mapping of Riparian Vegetation and Substrate Types. Remote Sensing. 14(4). 954–954. 9 indexed citations
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Schlerf, Martin, Martin Kraft, Florian Werner, et al.. (2022). Revisiting crop water stress index based on potato field experiments in Northern Germany. Agricultural Water Management. 269. 107664–107664. 22 indexed citations
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Udelhoven, Thomas, Martin Schlerf, Karl Segl, et al.. (2017). A Satellite-Based Imaging Instrumentation Concept for Hyperspectral Thermal Remote Sensing. Sensors. 17(7). 1542–1542. 12 indexed citations
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Eltner, Anette, Andreas Kaiser, Carlos Castillo, et al.. (2016). Image-based surface reconstruction in geomorphometry – merits, limits and developments. Earth Surface Dynamics. 4(2). 359–389. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rock, Gilles, Max Gerhards, Martin Schlerf, C.A. Hecker, & Thomas Udelhoven. (2016). Plant species discrimination using emissive thermal infrared imaging spectroscopy. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 53. 16–26. 28 indexed citations
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Gerhards, Max, Gilles Rock, Martin Schlerf, & Thomas Udelhoven. (2016). Water stress detection in potato plants using leaf temperature, emissivity, and reflectance. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 53. 27–39. 98 indexed citations
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Eltner, Anette, Andreas Kaiser, Carlos Castillo, et al.. (2015). Image-based surface reconstruction in geomorphometry – merits, limits and developments of a promising tool for geoscientists. 24 indexed citations
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Buddenbaum, Henning, Gilles Rock, Joachim Hill, & Willy Werner. (2015). Measuring Stress Reactions of Beech Seedlings with PRI, Fluorescence, Temperatures and Emissivity from VNIR and Thermal Field Imaging Spectroscopy. European Journal of Remote Sensing. 48(1). 263–282. 16 indexed citations
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Gerhards, Max, Gilles Rock, Martin Schlerf, Thomas Udelhoven, & Willy Werner. (2015). Water stress detection using hyperspectral thermal infrared remote sensing. 4. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Andreas, Fabian Neugirg, Gilles Rock, et al.. (2014). Small-Scale Surface Reconstruction and Volume Calculation of Soil Erosion in Complex Moroccan Gully Morphology Using Structure from Motion. Remote Sensing. 6(8). 7050–7080. 132 indexed citations
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Schlerf, Martin, Gilles Rock, C.A. Hecker, et al.. (2013). A thermal infrared imaging spectrometer for natural resources applications — First results. University of Twente Research Information. 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Newnham, Glenn, et al.. (2013). The influence of scan mode and circle fitting on tree stem detection, stem diameter and volume extraction from terrestrial laser scans. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 77. 44–56. 116 indexed citations
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Wirtz, Stefan, Thomas Iserloh, Gilles Rock, et al.. (2012). Soil Erosion on Abandoned Land in Andalusia: A Comparison of Interrill- and Rill Erosion Rates. 2012. 1–16. 17 indexed citations
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Schlerf, Martin, et al.. (2012). A Hyperspectral Thermal Infrared Imaging Instrument for Natural Resources Applications. Remote Sensing. 4(12). 3995–4009. 34 indexed citations
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Rock, Gilles, J. B. Ries, & Thomas Udelhoven. (2012). SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF UAV-PHOTOGRAMMETRY FOR CREATING DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XXXVIII-1/C22. 69–73. 58 indexed citations

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