James A. Smith

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

James A. Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Smith has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 20 papers in Environmental Engineering and 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in James A. Smith's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (29 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (9 papers). James A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (29 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (9 papers). James A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Brazil. James A. Smith's co-authors include Y. E. Shimabukuro, Curtis E. Woodcock, Alan H. Strahler, George W. Swenson, Martin Wikelski, Kasper Thorup, Roland Kays, N. Jeremy Kasdin, D. S. Kimes and K.J. Ranson and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

James A. Smith

34 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The least-squares mixing models to generate fraction imag... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300 400 500
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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. The least-squares mixing models to generate fraction images derived from remote sensing multispectral data
    1991 506 citations Y. E. Shimabukuro, James A. Smith IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James A. Smith United States 16 1.1k 643 603 334 225 38 1.7k
Jaime Nickeson United States 14 1.1k 1.0× 961 1.5× 685 1.1× 245 0.7× 344 1.5× 32 1.7k
R. J. Kauth United States 9 1.0k 1.0× 738 1.1× 616 1.0× 278 0.8× 359 1.6× 14 1.7k
Dennis C. Duro Canada 10 949 0.9× 610 0.9× 406 0.7× 410 1.2× 317 1.4× 11 1.7k
Pieter Kempeneers Belgium 21 743 0.7× 420 0.7× 392 0.7× 324 1.0× 250 1.1× 60 1.3k
Mathias Kneubühler Switzerland 23 1.4k 1.3× 658 1.0× 722 1.2× 298 0.9× 300 1.3× 89 2.0k
L. L. Biehl United States 22 881 0.8× 425 0.7× 688 1.1× 345 1.0× 254 1.1× 60 1.7k
Maxim Shoshany Israel 27 998 0.9× 843 1.3× 706 1.2× 174 0.5× 384 1.7× 100 2.2k
M. J. Barnsley United Kingdom 18 875 0.8× 735 1.1× 543 0.9× 254 0.8× 357 1.6× 37 1.5k
Alicia Palacios‐Orueta Spain 22 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 822 1.4× 131 0.4× 226 1.0× 47 1.9k
David Morin France 13 1.2k 1.1× 618 1.0× 548 0.9× 291 0.9× 266 1.2× 26 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, James A., et al.. (2004). Toward a high-temporal-frequency grass canopy thermal IR model for background signatures. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5431. 251–251. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, James A., et al.. (2003). A multi-wavelength thermal infrared and reflectance scene simulation model. 1. 45–47. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, James A., et al.. (2002). Advancing our biological and ecological predictive capabilities. 1. 154–156. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, James A., et al.. (2002). <title>Hyperspectral canopy reflectance modeling and EO-1 Hyperion</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4725. 515–520. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, James A., et al.. (2002). Remote sensing of land surface temperature: the directional viewing effect. 4. 2146–2148. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, James A. & S. M. Goltz. (1999). Simple forest canopy thermal-exitance model. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 37(6). 2733–2736.
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Smith, James A. & J. A. Pedelty. (1997). <title>Combined hyperspectral and thermal imaging for improved land surface flux estimation</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3071. 120–127. 1 indexed citations
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Otterman, J., Thomas W. Brakke, & James A. Smith. (1995). Effects of leaf-transmittance versus leaf-reflectance on bidirectional scattering from canopy/soil surface: An analytical study. Remote Sensing of Environment. 54(1). 49–60. 15 indexed citations
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Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir & James A. Smith. (1995). Fraction Images Derived from Landsat TM and MSS Data for Monitoring Reforested Areas. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 21(1). 67–74. 21 indexed citations
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Kimes, D. S., James A. Smith, P. A. Harrison, & Patrick R. Harrison. (1994). Application of AI techniques to infer vegetation characteristics from directional reflectance(s). Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 628328–628328. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, James A.. (1993). LAI inversion using a back-propagation neural network trained with a multiple scattering model. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 31(5). 1102–1106. 78 indexed citations
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Shimabukuro, Y. E. & James A. Smith. (1991). The least-squares mixing models to generate fraction images derived from remote sensing multispectral data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 29(1). 16–20. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brakke, Thomas W., et al.. (1989). Bidirectional scattering of light from tree leaves. Remote Sensing of Environment. 29(2). 175–183. 53 indexed citations
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McGuire, Mike, L. Balick, James A. Smith, & Boyd A. Hutchison. (1989). Modeling directional thermal radiance from a forest canopy. Remote Sensing of Environment. 27(2). 169–186. 34 indexed citations
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Cooper, Kevin D., James A. Smith, & D. E. Pitts. (1982). Reflectance of a vegetation canopy using the Adding method. Applied Optics. 21(22). 4112–4112. 54 indexed citations
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Kimes, D. S., et al.. (1981). Thermal IR exitance model of a plant canopy. Applied Optics. 20(4). 623–623. 37 indexed citations
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Kimes, D. S., James A. Smith, & K.J. Ranson. (1980). Vegetation reflectance measurements as a function of solar zenith angle. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 46. 50 indexed citations
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Smith, James A., Joseph K. Berry, & F.J. Heimes. (1975). Signature extension for sun angle, volume 1. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 7 indexed citations
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Oliver, Robert & James A. Smith. (1974). A stochastic canopy model of diurnal reflectance. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 11 indexed citations
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Francis, Richard E., et al.. (1974). ERTS-I data for classifying native plant communities - Central Colorado. 2 indexed citations

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