Milton O. Smith

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Milton O. Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Media Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Milton O. Smith has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Media Technology and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Milton O. Smith's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (19 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (13 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (7 papers). Milton O. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (19 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (13 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (7 papers). Milton O. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ukraine. Milton O. Smith's co-authors include J. B. Adams, P. E. Johnson, Alan R. Gillespie, Dar A. Roberts, Susan L. Ustin, Paul Johnson, Donald E. Sabol, Paul E. Johnson, Compton J. Tucker and C. M. Pieters and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Milton O. Smith

38 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Spectral mixture modeling: A new analysis of rock and soil types at the Viking Lander 1 Site

1986 1.0k citations J. B. Adams, Milton O. Smith et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Vegetation in deserts: I. A regional measure of abundance from multispectral images

1990 611 citations Milton O. Smith, Susan L. Ustin et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Green vegetation, nonphotosynthetic vegetation, and soils in AVIRIS data

1993 553 citations Dar A. Roberts, Milton O. Smith 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
Milton O. Smith United States	16	1.9k	1.2k	1.2k	970	726	40	3.4k
Raymond F. Kokaly United States	31	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	828 1.1×	99	5.5k
Kathleen B. Heidebrecht United States	9	1.3k 0.7×	714 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	782 0.8×	552 0.8×	16	3.6k
Alexander Berk United States	33	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 2.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	1.8k 2.5×	89	5.4k
Michael L. Hoke United States	22	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	792 0.7×	832 0.9×	919 1.3×	51	2.9k
Philippe Teillet Canada	28	2.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.8×	804 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	1.7k 2.3×	100	4.7k
A. F. H. Goetz United States	18	937 0.5×	535 0.5×	2.1k 1.8×	853 0.9×	518 0.7×	63	3.7k
Daniel Schläpfer Switzerland	23	1.4k 0.7×	880 0.8×	682 0.6×	798 0.8×	413 0.6×	97	2.5k
John R. Schott United States	27	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	168	4.1k
D.G. Goodenough Canada	21	1.4k 0.8×	719 0.6×	701 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	548 0.8×	135	2.9k
Philip J. Howarth Canada	25	1.2k 0.6×	963 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	651 0.7×	929 1.3×	74	2.7k

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Smith, Milton O., et al.. (2016). Identification of solid materials using HSI spectral oscillators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9840. 98400U–98400U. 1 indexed citations

Henderson, John R., et al.. (2012). Overhead Detection of Underground Nuclear Explosions by Multi-Spectral and Infrared Imaging. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 171(3-5). 763–777. 1 indexed citations

Adams, J. B., et al.. (2005). Predicting The Spectral Detectability Of Surface Materials Using Spectral Mixture Analysis. 967–970. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Milton O., et al.. (2004). Use of Aerial Hyperspectral Imaging For Monitoring Forest Health. 1 indexed citations

Sabol, Donald E., Alan R. Gillespie, J. B. Adams, Milton O. Smith, & Compton J. Tucker. (2002). Structural stage in Pacific Northwest forests estimated using simple mixing models of multispectral images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 80(1). 1–16. 77 indexed citations

Pinzón, Jorge Enrique Díaz, et al.. (1998). Investigation of leaf biochemistry by hierarchical foreground/background analysis. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 36(6). 1913–1927. 18 indexed citations

Bohlman, Stephanie, J. B. Adams, Milton O. Smith, & David L. Peterson. (1998). Seasonal Foliage Changes in the Eastern Amazon Basin Detected from Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Images¹. Biotropica. 30(3). 376–391. 22 indexed citations

Gillespie, Alan R., et al.. (1995). Forest Mapping Potential of ASTER. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 15(2). 154–163. 2 indexed citations

Sabol, Donald E., Dar A. Roberts, Milton O. Smith, & J. B. Adams. (1992). Temporal variation in spectral detection thresholds of substrate and vegetation in AVIRIS images. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Milton O., J. B. Adams, Susan L. Ustin, & Dar A. Roberts. (1992). Using endmembers in AVIRIS images to estimate changes in vegetative biomass. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations

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Ustin, Susan L., Milton O. Smith, Dar A. Roberts, John A. Gamon, & Christopher B. Field. (1992). Using AVIRIS images to measure temporal trends in abundance of photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic canopy components. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations

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Sabol, Donald E., J. B. Adams, & Milton O. Smith. (1992). Quantitative subpixel spectral detection of targets in multispectral images. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(E2). 2659–2672. 181 indexed citations

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Evans, Diane L. & Milton O. Smith. (1991). Separation of vegetation and rock signatures in thematic mapper and polarimetric SAR images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 37(1). 63–75. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, Milton O., Susan L. Ustin, J. B. Adams, & Alan R. Gillespie. (1990). Vegetation in deserts: I. A regional measure of abundance from multispectral images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 31(1). 1–26. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Milton O., Susan L. Ustin, J. B. Adams, & Alan R. Gillespie. (1990). Vegetation in deserts: II. Environmental influences on regional abundance. Remote Sensing of Environment. 31(1). 27–52. 67 indexed citations

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Adams, J. B., et al.. (1987). Surface composition of Mars: A Viking multispectral view. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4041. 191–193. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Milton O., et al.. (1987). Calibrating AIS images using the surface as a reference. 9 indexed citations

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Adams, J. B., Milton O. Smith, & P. E. Johnson. (1986). Spectral mixture modeling: A new analysis of rock and soil types at the Viking Lander 1 Site. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 91(B8). 8098–8112. 1013 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Milton O., Paul Johnson, & J. B. Adams. (1985). Quantitative determination of mineral types and abundances from reflectance spectra using principal components analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 90(S02). 269 indexed citations

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Johnson, Paul, et al.. (1983). A semiempirical method for analysis of the reflectance spectra of binary mineral mixtures. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 88(B4). 3557–3561. 166 indexed citations

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