Han Ma

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Han Ma is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Han Ma has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Environmental Engineering, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Han Ma's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (24 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (14 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (10 papers). Han Ma is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (24 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (14 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (10 papers). Han Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Han Ma's co-authors include Shunlin Liang, Tao He, Zhiqiang Xiao, Aolin Jia, Hanyu Shi, Dongdong Wang, Yufang Zhang, Zhiliang Zhu, Jindi Wang and Bing Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Advanced Functional Materials and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Han Ma

48 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Development of the GLASS 250-m leaf area index product (v... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Development of the GLASS 250-m leaf area index product (version 6) from MODIS data using the bidirectional LSTM deep learning model
    2022 173 citations Han Ma, Shunlin Liang Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Han Ma China 19 554 530 481 385 106 54 1.2k
Caiyun Zhang United States 23 461 0.8× 512 1.0× 221 0.5× 700 1.8× 43 0.4× 55 1.5k
Adam Oliphant United States 14 749 1.4× 344 0.6× 286 0.6× 957 2.5× 256 2.4× 26 1.6k
Thomas E. L. Smith United Kingdom 23 903 1.6× 337 0.6× 541 1.1× 303 0.8× 38 0.4× 41 1.5k
Xiaoming Xie China 16 523 0.9× 417 0.8× 529 1.1× 138 0.4× 41 0.4× 18 1.3k
Sarah Féron Chile 18 410 0.7× 249 0.5× 320 0.7× 170 0.4× 80 0.8× 40 1.3k
Yun Chen China 20 306 0.6× 224 0.4× 157 0.3× 245 0.6× 191 1.8× 71 1.2k
Hongrui Ren China 16 341 0.6× 286 0.5× 124 0.3× 408 1.1× 96 0.9× 34 969
Shun Hu China 13 414 0.7× 360 0.7× 188 0.4× 651 1.7× 253 2.4× 42 1.1k
T. A. Boden United States 6 767 1.4× 209 0.4× 387 0.8× 147 0.4× 104 1.0× 14 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Han Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Han Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Han Ma. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Han Ma. The network helps show where Han Ma may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Han Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Han Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Han Ma 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 Han Ma. Han Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liang, Shunlin, et al.. (2025). A universal physically-based topographic correction framework for high-resolution optical satellite data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 227. 459–480. 2 indexed citations
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Ding, Anxin, et al.. (2024). Improved Hapke Model to Characterize Soil Moisture Content Variation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 76–76.
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Ding, Anxin, Shunlin Liang, Han Ma, et al.. (2024). Improved estimation of daily blue-sky snow shortwave albedo from MODIS data and reanalysis information. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 100163–100163. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Shunlin, et al.. (2023). A daily 5-km all-sky sea-surface longwave radiation product based on statistically modified deep neural network and spatiotemporal analysis for 1981–2018. Remote Sensing of Environment. 290. 113550–113550. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yufang, Shunlin Liang, Han Ma, et al.. (2023). Generation of global 1 km daily soil moisture product from 2000 to 2020 using ensemble learning. Earth system science data. 15(5). 2055–2079. 36 indexed citations
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Ma, Han, et al.. (2023). Improved global 250 m 8-day NDVI and EVI products from 2000–2021 using the LSTM model. Scientific Data. 10(1). 800–800. 19 indexed citations
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Liang, Shunlin, et al.. (2023). Variability and trends in land surface longwave radiation fluxes from six satellite and reanalysis products. International Journal of Digital Earth. 16(1). 2912–2940. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Han, Xing Dong, Ke Shi, et al.. (2023). Acclimation of electroactive biofilms under different operating conditions: comprehensive analysis from architecture, composition, and metabolic activity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(49). 108176–108187. 1 indexed citations
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Ding, Anxin, Shunlin Liang, Ziti Jiao, et al.. (2022). Improving the Asymptotic Radiative Transfer Model to Better Characterize the Pure Snow Hyperspectral Bidirectional Reflectance. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–16. 6 indexed citations
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Ma, Rui, Jingfeng Xiao, Shunlin Liang, et al.. (2022). Pixel-level parameter optimization of a terrestrial biosphere model for improving estimation of carbon fluxes with an efficient model–data fusion method and satellite-derived LAI and GPP data. Geoscientific model development. 15(17). 6637–6657. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, Shunlin Liang, Tao He, et al.. (2020). Estimation of Land Surface Incident Shortwave Radiation From Geostationary Advanced Himawari Imager and Advanced Baseline Imager Observations Using an Optimization Method. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–11. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaotong, Xiang Zhao, Wenhong Li, et al.. (2019). An Operational Approach for Generating the Global Land Surface Downward Shortwave Radiation Product From MODIS Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(7). 4636–4650. 58 indexed citations
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Ma, Han, Shunlin Liang, Zhiqiang Xiao, & Dongdong Wang. (2017). Simultaneous Estimation of Multiple Land-Surface Parameters From VIIRS Optical-Thermal Data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 15(1). 156–160. 13 indexed citations
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Jiang, Bo, Shunlin Liang, Han Ma, et al.. (2016). GLASS Daytime All-Wave Net Radiation Product: Algorithm Development and Preliminary Validation. Remote Sensing. 8(3). 222–222. 41 indexed citations
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Ma, Han. (2007). RENEWAL OF CITY VILLAGE IN SHENZHEN FROM PERSPECTIVE OF URBAN SOCIOLOGY. Chengshi guihua.
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Ma, Han. (2006). Persistence and Transformation of Chinese Traditional Villages——Rethinking the Planning of Traditional Settlements. Chengshi guihua huikan. 5 indexed citations

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