Kazuo Isono

593 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 501 citations indexed

About

Kazuo Isono is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuo Isono has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 501 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 3 papers in Environmental Engineering and 1 paper in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kazuo Isono's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (5 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (3 papers) and Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (3 papers). Kazuo Isono is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (5 papers), Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing (3 papers) and Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (3 papers). Kazuo Isono collaborates with scholars based in Japan and Switzerland. Kazuo Isono's co-authors include Masanobu Shimada, Takeo Tadono, Osamu Isoguchi, R. Higuchi, Hayato NAKATANI, Marina Takane, Hiroshi Murakami, Yusuke Kobayashi, Y. Suzuki and Ichio Asanuma and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Advances in Space Research and Geospatial health.

In The Last Decade

Kazuo Isono

6 papers receiving 480 citations

Hit Papers

PALSAR Radiometric and Geometric Calibration 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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. PALSAR Radiometric and Geometric Calibration
    2009 458 citations Masanobu Shimada, Osamu Isoguchi et al. 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
Kazuo Isono Japan 5 275 273 156 86 83 8 501
Shiv Mohan India 12 169 0.6× 153 0.6× 130 0.8× 61 0.7× 75 0.9× 38 365
C. Williams United States 5 258 0.9× 164 0.6× 85 0.5× 43 0.5× 98 1.2× 14 337
J.P. Rudant France 10 211 0.8× 310 1.1× 117 0.8× 58 0.7× 152 1.8× 38 699
Wenxue Fu China 12 173 0.6× 109 0.4× 132 0.8× 243 2.8× 148 1.8× 33 535
Karlis Zalite Estonia 10 230 0.8× 172 0.6× 172 1.1× 169 2.0× 105 1.3× 14 441
C. Albinet Italy 11 209 0.8× 193 0.7× 46 0.3× 64 0.7× 100 1.2× 32 377
José–Luis Bueso–Bello Germany 9 143 0.5× 173 0.6× 85 0.5× 79 0.9× 244 2.9× 29 472
Ron Morfitt United States 8 129 0.5× 149 0.5× 200 1.3× 192 2.2× 144 1.7× 20 481
Tapan Misra India 12 153 0.6× 210 0.8× 41 0.3× 48 0.6× 164 2.0× 30 420
J. Kuyper United States 5 160 0.6× 124 0.5× 242 1.6× 280 3.3× 245 3.0× 6 544

Countries citing papers authored by Kazuo Isono

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kazuo Isono

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kazuo Isono. 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 Kazuo Isono. The network helps show where Kazuo Isono may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuo Isono

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Takane, Marina, Yusuke Kobayashi, Akihiko Hino, et al.. (2016). Satellite imagery technology in public health: analysis of site catchment areas for assessment of poliovirus circulation in Nigeria and Niger. Geospatial health. 11(3). 462–462. 4 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, Osamu Isoguchi, Takeo Tadono, & Kazuo Isono. (2009). PALSAR Radiometric and Geometric Calibration. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 47(12). 3915–3932. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shimada, Masanobu, Osamu Isoguchi, Takeo Tadono, R. Higuchi, & Kazuo Isono. (2007). Palsar Calibration and Validation. 23(1). 36–42. 2 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, Osamu Isoguchi, Takeo Tadono, R. Higuchi, & Kazuo Isono. (2007). PALSAR CALVAL summary and update 2007. 3593–3596. 22 indexed citations
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Murakami, Hiroshi, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Jens Nieke, et al.. (2003). GLI early calibration results for oceanographic applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5155. 73–73. 6 indexed citations
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Shimada, Masanobu, et al.. (1999). Removal of the interference appeared within the SAR images. Advances in Space Research. 23(8). 1505–1508. 8 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Y., Kazuo Isono, Masanobu Shimada, & Hiroyuki OGUMA. (1998). Monitoring of Natural Disasters by Using the Visualization Technique of Remotely Sensed Data. Journal of the Visualization Society of Japan. 18(Supplement1). 97–100. 1 indexed citations
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Isoguchi, Osamu, et al.. (1998). JERS-1 SAR Global Rain and Boreal Forest Mapping Project.. Journal of the Japan society of photogrammetry and remote sensing. 37(2). 35–44.

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