James Voogt

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

James Voogt is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, James Voogt has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Environmental Engineering, 42 papers in Building and Construction and 31 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in James Voogt's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (86 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (40 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (27 papers). James Voogt is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (86 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (40 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (27 papers). James Voogt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. James Voogt's co-authors include T. R. Oke, Andreas Christen, Gerald Mills, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Wenfeng Zhan, Sue Grimmond, Valéry Masson, Jinling Quan, Yunhao Chen and Thoreau Rory Tooke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

James Voogt

94 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Thermal remote sensing of urban climates

2003 2.3k citations James Voogt, T. R. Oke Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Urban Climates

2017 887 citations T. R. Oke, Gerald Mills et al. profile →
SUHI analysis using Local Climate Zones—A comparison of 50 cities

2019 257 citations Benjamin Bechtel, Matthias Demuzere et al. Urban Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Voogt Canada	45	8.2k	4.0k	3.8k	2.7k	2.2k	95	9.2k
Chao Ren Hong Kong	48	5.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	3.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	150	7.1k
Valéry Masson France	48	5.7k 0.7×	4.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	4.1k 1.5×	1.8k 0.8×	149	9.0k
Matthias Demuzere Belgium	40	3.9k 0.5×	3.9k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	753 0.3×	115	6.9k
Alberto Martilli Spain	48	7.2k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	150	8.4k
Matthias Roth Singapore	36	4.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	68	5.3k
Andreas Christen Canada	33	3.4k 0.4×	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	806 0.4×	111	4.6k
E. Scott Krayenhoff Canada	38	3.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.6×	712 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	84	4.5k
Bo‐Hui Tang China	30	4.5k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	537 0.1×	3.2k 1.2×	649 0.3×	202	6.4k
Shiguang Miao China	37	3.6k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.9×	616 0.3×	127	5.0k
Huazhong Ren China	35	3.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	554 0.1×	2.3k 0.8×	508 0.2×	132	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by James Voogt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Voogt

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Chang, Yue, Qihao Weng, James Voogt, & Jingfeng Xiao. (2025). Urban thermal anisotropies by local climate zones: An assessment using multi-angle land surface temperatures from ECOSTRESS. Remote Sensing of Environment. 322. 114705–114705. 4 indexed citations

Jia, Siqi, et al.. (2025). Global investigation of pedestrian-level cooling and energy-saving potentials of green and cool roofs in 43 megacities. Energy and Buildings. 337. 115671–115671. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Fan, et al.. (2024). Instant infrared: Estimating urban surface temperatures from street view imagery. Building and Environment. 267. 112122–112122. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Dandan, Leiqiu Hu, James Voogt, et al.. (2023). Simulation of urban thermal anisotropy at remote sensing pixel scales: Evaluating three schemes using GUTA-T over Toulouse city. Remote Sensing of Environment. 300. 113893–113893. 8 indexed citations

Du, Huilin, Wenfeng Zhan, James Voogt, et al.. (2023). Contrasting Trends and Drivers of Global Surface and Canopy Urban Heat Islands. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(15). 40 indexed citations

Krayenhoff, E. Scott, et al.. (2023). Dynamically downscaled projection of urban outdoor thermal stress and indoor space cooling during future extreme heat. Urban Climate. 51. 101648–101648. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Zihan, Jiameng Lai, Wenfeng Zhan, et al.. (2022). Urban Heat Islands Significantly Reduced by COVID‐19 Lockdown. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(2). 55 indexed citations

Clemens, Kristin K., James Voogt, Melissa Macdonald, et al.. (2022). Impact of Ontario’s Harmonized Heat Warning and Information System on emergency department visits for heat-related illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based time series analysis. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 113(5). 686–697. 2 indexed citations

Krayenhoff, E. Scott, Ashley M. Broadbent, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2021). Cooling hot cities: a systematic and critical review of the numerical modelling literature. Environmental Research Letters. 16(5). 53007–53007. 148 indexed citations

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Clemens, Kristin K., Lihua Li, James Voogt, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the association between extreme heat and mortality in urban Southwestern Ontario using different temperature data sources. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 8153–8153. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Dandan, Yunhao Chen, Leiqiu Hu, et al.. (2021). Modeling the angular effect of MODIS LST in urban areas: A case study of Toulouse, France. Remote Sensing of Environment. 257. 112361–112361. 44 indexed citations

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Stewart, Iain D., et al.. (2021). Time Evolution of the Surface Urban Heat Island. Earth s Future. 9(10). 98 indexed citations

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Voogt, James, et al.. (2020). The effect of sub-facet scale surface structure on wall brightness temperatures at multiple scales. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 140(1-2). 767–785. 8 indexed citations

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Baklanov, Alexander, B. Cárdenas, Tsz-cheung Lee, et al.. (2020). Integrated urban services: Experience from four cities on different continents. Urban Climate. 32. 100610–100610. 26 indexed citations

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Grimmond, Sue, V. S. Bouchet, L. T. Molina, et al.. (2020). Integrated urban hydrometeorological, climate and environmental services: Concept, methodology and key messages. Urban Climate. 33. 100623–100623. 45 indexed citations

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Jiang, Lu, Wenfeng Zhan, James Voogt, et al.. (2018). Remote estimation of complete urban surface temperature using only directional radiometric temperatures. Building and Environment. 135. 224–236. 28 indexed citations

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Lai, Jiameng, Wenfeng Zhan, Fan Huang, et al.. (2018). Identification of typical diurnal patterns for clear-sky climatology of surface urban heat islands. Remote Sensing of Environment. 217. 203–220. 116 indexed citations

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Christen, Andreas, et al.. (2015). The effect of radiometer placement and view on inferred directional and hemispheric radiometric temperatures of an urban canopy. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(7). 2699–2714. 35 indexed citations

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Voogt, James. (2007). The Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities (EPiCC) Network. 3 indexed citations

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Voogt, James & T. R. Oke. (2003). Thermal remote sensing of urban climates. Remote Sensing of Environment. 86(3). 370–384. 2319 indexed citations breakdown →

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