João Valente

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

João Valente is a scholar working on Plant Science, Environmental Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, João Valente has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Environmental Engineering and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in João Valente's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (28 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (28 papers) and Smart Agriculture and AI (25 papers). João Valente is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (28 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (28 papers) and Smart Agriculture and AI (25 papers). João Valente collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Spain and China. João Valente's co-authors include Antonio Barrientos, Jaime del Cerro, David Sanz, Lammert Kooistra, Mar Ariza-Sentís, Sergio Vélez, Cláudio Rossi, Julian D. Colorado, A. Martínez and Mariska van der Voort and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Access and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

João Valente

82 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Object detection and tracking in Precision Farming: a systematic review

2024 61 citations Mar Ariza-Sentís, Sergio Vélez et al. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
João Valente Netherlands	24	689	634	586	442	396	89	2.0k
Inkyu Sa Australia	19	1.4k 2.0×	500 0.8×	647 1.1×	448 1.0×	225 0.6×	41	2.3k
Annalisa Milella Italy	21	472 0.7×	416 0.7×	493 0.8×	166 0.4×	174 0.4×	88	1.6k
Cunjia Liu United Kingdom	33	580 0.8×	745 1.2×	472 0.8×	479 1.1×	270 0.7×	124	2.9k
Lei Tian United States	25	917 1.3×	232 0.4×	290 0.5×	708 1.6×	493 1.2×	98	2.3k
Noboru Noguchi Japan	27	1.3k 2.0×	341 0.5×	458 0.8×	251 0.6×	255 0.6×	208	2.6k
Stamatia Bibi Greece	15	501 0.7×	342 0.5×	214 0.4×	307 0.7×	221 0.6×	59	1.7k
Raghav Khanna Switzerland	11	627 0.9×	292 0.5×	309 0.5×	381 0.9×	195 0.5×	18	1.2k
Grzegorz Cielniak United Kingdom	22	511 0.7×	380 0.6×	677 1.2×	128 0.3×	166 0.4×	90	1.6k
Jinya Su United Kingdom	33	832 1.2×	338 0.5×	243 0.4×	603 1.4×	289 0.7×	91	3.1k
Rasmus Nyholm Jørgensen Denmark	28	1.4k 2.0×	178 0.3×	221 0.4×	658 1.5×	289 0.7×	111	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ariza-Sentís, Mar, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of single-view and multiple-view data collection strategies for detecting partially-occluded grape bunches: Field trials. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 19. 101736–101736. 1 indexed citations

Valente, João, et al.. (2025). Fields2Benchmark: An open-source benchmark for coverage path planning methods in agriculture. Smart Agricultural Technology. 12. 101156–101156.

Valente, João, et al.. (2025). AI-Powered Augmented Reality for Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test. 1–9. 2 indexed citations

Vélez, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Integrated framework for multipurpose UAV Path Planning in hedgerow systems considering the biophysical environment. Crop Protection. 187. 106992–106992. 6 indexed citations

Ariza-Sentís, Mar, et al.. (2024). Object detection and tracking in Precision Farming: a systematic review. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 219. 108757–108757. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

Valente, João, et al.. (2024). Continuous Curvature Path Planning for Headland Coverage With Agricultural Robots. Journal of Field Robotics. 42(3). 641–656. 3 indexed citations

Vélez, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Assessing the impact of overhead agrivoltaic systems on GNSS signal performance for precision agriculture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100664–100664. 5 indexed citations

Valente, João, et al.. (2023). A fast two-stage approach for multi-goal path planning in a fruit tree. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1586–1593. 3 indexed citations

Valente, João, et al.. (2023). Shell-Based Workspace Decomposition for Rapid Multi-Goal Path Planning in Up-Close Fruit Tree Inspection. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Valente, João, et al.. (2023). The ReFiBot makers guide: Fostering academic open science and circularity with a robotic educational kit. HardwareX. 16. e00484–e00484.

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Vélez, Sergio, Mar Ariza-Sentís, & João Valente. (2023). Dataset on unmanned aerial vehicle multispectral images acquired over a vineyard affected by Botrytis cinerea in northern Spain. Data in Brief. 46. 108876–108876. 14 indexed citations

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Ariza-Sentís, Mar, Sergio Vélez, & João Valente. (2022). Dataset on UAV RGB videos acquired over a vineyard including bunch labels for object detection and tracking. Data in Brief. 46. 108848–108848. 17 indexed citations

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Vélez, Sergio, Mar Ariza-Sentís, & João Valente. (2022). Mapping the spatial variability of Botrytis bunch rot risk in vineyards using UAV multispectral imagery. European Journal of Agronomy. 142. 126691–126691. 44 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chenglong, et al.. (2022). Automatic flower cluster estimation in apple orchards using aerial and ground based point clouds. Biosystems Engineering. 221. 164–180. 18 indexed citations

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Aguiar, André, Sandro Augusto Magalhães, Filipe Neves dos Santos, et al.. (2021). Grape Bunch Detection at Different Growth Stages Using Deep Learning Quantized Models. Agronomy. 11(9). 1890–1890. 47 indexed citations

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Apolo-Apolo, Orly Enrique, Manuel Pérez Ruiz, Jorge Martínez-Guanter, & João Valente. (2020). A Cloud-Based Environment for Generating Yield Estimation Maps From Apple Orchards Using UAV Imagery and a Deep Learning Technique. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 1086–1086. 75 indexed citations

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Valente, João, et al.. (2020). An Adaptive Informative Path Planning Algorithm for Real-time Air Quality Monitoring Using UAVs. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1121–1130. 1 indexed citations

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Valente, João, David Sanz, Jaime del Cerro, Antonio Barrientos, & M.Á. Frutos. (2012). Near-optimal coverage trajectories for image mosaicing using a mini quad-rotor over irregular-shaped fields. Precision Agriculture. 14(1). 115–132. 70 indexed citations

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Valente, João, et al.. (2011). Techniques for Area Discretization and Coverage in Aerial Photography for Precision Agriculture employing mini quad-rotors. UPM Digital Archive (Technical University of Madrid). 3 indexed citations

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Valente, João, et al.. (2011). A waypoint-based mission planner for a farmland coverage with an aerial robot - a precision farming tool. UPM Digital Archive (Technical University of Madrid). 9 indexed citations

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