Markus Immitzer

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
62 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Markus Immitzer is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Immitzer has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, 35 papers in Environmental Engineering and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Markus Immitzer's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (37 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (33 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers). Markus Immitzer is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (37 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (33 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers). Markus Immitzer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Italy. Markus Immitzer's co-authors include Clement Atzberger, Francesco Vuolo, Tatjana Koukal, Sebastian Böck, Wai‐Tim Ng, Julia Maschler, Guerric Le Maire, Andrew K. Skidmore, Roshanak Darvishzadeh and Martin Schlerf and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Forest Ecology and Management and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

In The Last Decade

Markus Immitzer

55 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

First Experience with Sentinel-2 Data for Crop and Tree Species Classifications in Central Europe

2016 724 citations Markus Immitzer, Francesco Vuolo et al. Remote Sensing profile →
Tree Species Classification with Random Forest Using Very High Spatial Resolution 8-Band WorldView-2 Satellite Data

2012 618 citations Markus Immitzer, Clement Atzberger et al. Remote Sensing profile →
How much does multi-temporal Sentinel-2 data improve crop type classification?

2018 247 citations Francesco Vuolo, Markus Immitzer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Immitzer Austria	24	2.6k	1.6k	1.1k	569	531	62	3.3k
John Odindi South Africa	34	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	307 0.5×	375 0.7×	150	3.2k
Aniruddha Ghosh United States	20	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	800 0.7×	403 0.7×	334 0.6×	39	2.6k
Zbyněk Malenovský Australia	30	3.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	606 1.1×	272 0.5×	89	4.7k
Derek R. Peddle Canada	30	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	252 0.4×	402 0.8×	79	2.8k
Lênio Soares Galvão Brazil	31	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	214 0.4×	439 0.8×	124	3.0k
Moses Azong Cho South Africa	31	3.8k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	746 1.3×	479 0.9×	98	4.7k
Elhadi Adam South Africa	17	1.9k 0.7×	992 0.6×	972 0.9×	274 0.5×	370 0.7×	22	2.6k
Francesco Vuolo Austria	25	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	350 0.6×	419 0.8×	73	3.1k
Fabian Ewald Fassnacht Germany	36	3.2k 1.2×	2.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.8×	364 0.7×	89	4.5k
Carol A. Wessman United States	34	2.6k 1.0×	856 0.5×	2.0k 1.9×	524 0.9×	399 0.8×	64	4.2k

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Lechner, Michael, et al.. (2025). Sentinel-2 vs. PlanetScope: Comparison and combination for tree species classification in two central European forest ecosystems. Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment. 38. 101617–101617. 1 indexed citations

Immitzer, Markus, et al.. (2025). Exploring new mangrove horizons: A scalable remote sensing approach with Planet-NICFI and Sentinel-2 images. Ecological Informatics. 88. 103152–103152. 2 indexed citations

Immitzer, Markus, et al.. (2025). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Mangrove Forest Change in the Mekong Region over Four Decades Based on a Remote Sensing Data-Driven Approach. Remote Sensing. 17(22). 3728–3728.

Hietz, Peter, et al.. (2025). Unveiling drought stress in conifers: canopy temperature and transpiration monitoring in a controlled setting. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research. 99(2).

Sohrabi, Hormoz, et al.. (2025). Optimal integration of forest inventory data and aerial image-based canopy height models for forest stand management. Forest Ecosystems. 13. 100299–100299. 3 indexed citations

Som-ard, Jaturong, Markus Immitzer, Francesco Vuolo, & Clement Atzberger. (2024). Sugarcane yield estimation in Thailand at multiple scales using the integration of UAV and Sentinel-2 imagery. Precision Agriculture. 25(3). 1581–1608. 11 indexed citations

Sohrabi, Hormoz, et al.. (2024). Estimating biomass and carbon storage of mangrove forests using UAV-image-derived variables. 13(3). 1–11.

Preti, Federico, et al.. (2024). Soil and Water Bioengineering in Fire-Prone Lands: Detecting Erosive Areas Using RUSLE and Remote Sensing Methods. Fire. 7(9). 319–319. 1 indexed citations

Milanović, Slobodan, S. Milanović, Eduard Hochbichler, et al.. (2023). Country-Level Modeling of Forest Fires in Austria and the Czech Republic: Insights from Open-Source Data. Sustainability. 15(6). 5269–5269. 5 indexed citations

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Immitzer, Markus & Clement Atzberger. (2023). Tree Species Diversity Mapping—Success Stories and Possible Ways Forward. Remote Sensing. 15(12). 3074–3074. 11 indexed citations

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Immitzer, Markus, et al.. (2022). Analyzing Fire Severity and Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery in the Temperate Andes Using Earth Observation Data. Fire. 5(6). 211–211. 4 indexed citations

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Lechner, Michael, Alena Dostálová, Markus Hollaus, Clement Atzberger, & Markus Immitzer. (2022). Combination of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data for Tree Species Classification in a Central European Biosphere Reserve. Remote Sensing. 14(11). 2687–2687. 34 indexed citations

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Immitzer, Markus, et al.. (2022). Designing a European-Wide Crop Type Mapping Approach Based on Machine Learning Algorithms Using LUCAS Field Survey and Sentinel-2 Data. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Immitzer, Markus, et al.. (2022). Designing a European-Wide Crop Type Mapping Approach Based on Machine Learning Algorithms Using LUCAS Field Survey and Sentinel-2 Data. Remote Sensing. 14(3). 541–541. 44 indexed citations

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Immitzer, Markus, et al.. (2021). Water-Stressed Plants Do Not Cool: Leaf Surface Temperature of Living Wall Plants under Drought Stress. Sustainability. 13(7). 3910–3910. 34 indexed citations

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Som-ard, Jaturong, Clement Atzberger, Emma Izquierdo‐Verdiguier, Francesco Vuolo, & Markus Immitzer. (2021). Remote Sensing Applications in Sugarcane Cultivation: A Review. Remote Sensing. 13(20). 4040–4040. 69 indexed citations

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Maschler, Julia, Clement Atzberger, & Markus Immitzer. (2018). Individual Tree Crown Segmentation and Classification of 13 Tree Species Using Airborne Hyperspectral Data. Remote Sensing. 10(8). 1218–1218. 129 indexed citations

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Ng, Wai‐Tim, et al.. (2017). Assessing the Potential of Sentinel-2 and Pléiades Data for the Detection of Prosopis and Vachellia spp. in Kenya. Remote Sensing. 9(1). 74–74. 87 indexed citations

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Sanches, Ieda Del’Arco, Antônio Roberto Formaggio, Clement Atzberger, et al.. (2016). Cloud Cover Assessment for Operational Crop Monitoring Systems in Tropical Areas. Remote Sensing. 8(3). 219–219. 50 indexed citations

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Ng, Wai‐Tim, et al.. (2014). Method Analysis for Collecting and Processing in-situ Hyperspectral Needle Reflectance Data for Monitoring Norway Spruce. Photogrammetrie - Fernerkundung - Geoinformation. 2014(5). 423–434. 14 indexed citations

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