Mikko Vastaranta

10.9k citations
175 papers · 8.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 41
Topics
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (158 papers)Forest ecology and management (117 papers)Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (92 papers)

In The Last Decade

Mikko Vastaranta

163 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

Terrestrial laser scanning in forest inventories20122026201620212016201620132012200400600

Peers

Mikko Vastaranta
Comparison fields: 5 of 105
  • Environmental Engineering 7.2k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 4.7k
  • Ecology 2.9k
  • Insect Science 2.9k
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.5k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Mikko Vastaranta

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mikko Vastaranta

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

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About Mikko Vastaranta

Mikko Vastaranta is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Insect Science, having authored 175 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (158 papers), Forest ecology and management (117 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (92 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Engineering (7.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (4.7k citations) and Geology (1.4k citations). Mikko Vastaranta has collaborated with scholars based in Finland, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include Juha Hyyppä, Markus Holopainen, Xiaowei Yu, Ville Kankare, Harri Kaartinen, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Hannu Hyyppä, Nicholas C. Coops and Xinlian Liang. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

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