Josh Gray

4.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
41 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Josh Gray is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Josh Gray has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Josh Gray's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (31 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Josh Gray is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (31 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (17 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Josh Gray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Josh Gray's co-authors include M. A. Friedl, Andrew D. Richardson, E. K. Melaas, Damien Sulla‐Menashe, S. P. Abercrombie, Trevor F. Keenan, John O’Keefe, Steve Frolking, Minkyu Moon and Koen Hufkens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Josh Gray

40 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology

2014 770 citations Trevor F. Keenan, Josh Gray et al. profile →
Hierarchical mapping of annual global land cover 2001 to present: The MODIS Collection 6 Land Cover product

2019 511 citations Damien Sulla‐Menashe, Josh Gray et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse North American biomes using PhenoCam imagery

2018 356 citations Andrew D. Richardson, Koen Hufkens et al. Scientific Data profile →
Continental-scale land surface phenology from harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery

2020 305 citations Douglas K. Bolton, Josh Gray et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Josh Gray United States	22	2.5k	2.4k	1.1k	977	695	41	3.6k
Alemu Gonsamo Canada	44	3.0k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	887 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	99	4.8k
Dirk Pflugmacher Germany	37	2.7k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	546 0.6×	573 0.8×	56	4.2k
Rogier de Jong Switzerland	26	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	747 0.7×	571 0.6×	836 1.2×	43	3.4k
Koen Hufkens United States	32	2.9k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	763 1.1×	67	4.6k
Kamel Soudani France	25	2.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	952 0.9×	562 0.6×	497 0.7×	50	3.0k
E. K. Melaas United States	21	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	932 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	328 0.5×	29	2.6k
Wenquan Zhu China	29	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	534 0.5×	433 0.4×	603 0.9×	122	2.8k
J.C.F. Hodges United States	8	3.2k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	832 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	13	4.5k
Matthew L. Clark United States	29	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	649 0.7×	330 0.5×	53	3.8k
Nikolay V. Shabanov United States	30	3.4k 1.3×	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	596 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	47	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Josh Gray

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Fields of papers citing papers by Josh Gray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josh Gray

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20 of 20 papers shown

McGregor, Ian R., Grant M. Connette, & Josh Gray. (2024). A multi-source change detection algorithm supporting user customization and near real-time deforestation detections. Remote Sensing of Environment. 308. 114195–114195. 7 indexed citations

Thorp, Kelly R., Mirela G. Tulbure, Josh Gray, et al.. (2024). Advancing food security: Rice yield estimation framework using time-series satellite data & machine learning. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0309982–e0309982. 1 indexed citations

Solomon, Divya, Asif Ishtiaque, Josh Gray, et al.. (2024). The role of rural circular migration in shaping weather risk management for smallholder farmers in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Global Environmental Change. 89. 102937–102937. 4 indexed citations

Richardson, Andrew D., et al.. (2024). Thermal Forcing Versus Chilling? Misspecification of Temperature Controls in Spring Phenology Models. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(12). 6 indexed citations

Ardón, Marcelo, et al.. (2024). Detecting Trajectories of Regime Shifts and Loss of Resilience in Coastal Wetlands using Remote Sensing. Ecosystems. 27(8). 1060–1075. 1 indexed citations

McGregor, Ian R., et al.. (2023). Observations of Satellite Land Surface Phenology Indicate That Maximum Leaf Greenness Is More Associated With Global Vegetation Productivity Than Growing Season Length. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(3). 23 indexed citations

Gray, Josh, et al.. (2023). Machine learning approach for modeling daily pluvial flood dynamics in agricultural landscapes. Environmental Modelling & Software. 167. 105758–105758. 8 indexed citations

Gray, Josh, et al.. (2023). Spatial associations of long-term exposure to diesel particulate matter with seasonal and annual mortality due to COVID-19 in the contiguous United States. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 423–423. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Haoyu, David F. Fouhey, Weiqi Zhou, et al.. (2022). Using Deep Learning and Very-High-Resolution Imagery to Map Smallholder Field Boundaries. Remote Sensing. 14(13). 3046–3046. 20 indexed citations

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Gray, Josh, et al.. (2022). Multiresolution Broad Area Search: Monitoring Spatial Characteristics of Gapless Remote Sensing Data. Journal of Data Science. 545–565. 1 indexed citations

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Moorman, Christopher E., et al.. (2020). Predictors of fire-tolerant oak and fire-sensitive hardwood distribution in a fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management. 477. 118468–118468. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, Kunwar K. & Josh Gray. (2020). Mapping Understory Invasive Plants in Urban Forests with Spectral and Temporal Unmixing of Landsat Imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 86(8). 509–518. 13 indexed citations

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Bolton, Douglas K., Josh Gray, E. K. Melaas, et al.. (2020). Continental-scale land surface phenology from harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment. 240. 111685–111685. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

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Richardson, Andrew D., Koen Hufkens, Tom Milliman, et al.. (2018). Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse North American biomes using PhenoCam imagery. Scientific Data. 5(1). 180028–180028. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

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Singh, Kunwar K., Marguerite Madden, Josh Gray, & Ross K. Meentemeyer. (2018). The managed clearing: An overlooked land-cover type in urbanizing regions?. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192822–e0192822. 7 indexed citations

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Pickard, Brian, Josh Gray, & Ross K. Meentemeyer. (2017). Comparing Quantity, Allocation and Configuration Accuracy of Multiple Land Change Models. Land. 6(3). 52–52. 38 indexed citations

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Senthilnath, J., et al.. (2016). Validation of VIIRS Land Surface Phenology using Field Observations, PhenoCam Imagery, and Landsat data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Melaas, E. K., Damien Sulla‐Menashe, Josh Gray, & M. A. Friedl. (2015). Using three decades of Landsat data to characterize changes and vulnerability of temperate and boreal forest phenology to climate change. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Klosterman, Stephen, Koen Hufkens, Josh Gray, et al.. (2014). Evaluating remote sensing of deciduous forest phenology at multiple spatial scales using PhenoCam imagery. Biogeosciences. 11(16). 4305–4320. 291 indexed citations

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Gray, Josh, Steve Frolking, E. A. Kort, et al.. (2014). Direct human influence on atmospheric CO2 seasonality from increased cropland productivity. Nature. 515(7527). 398–401. 105 indexed citations

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