N. Laporte

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

N. Laporte is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Laporte has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Environmental Engineering, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in N. Laporte's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (9 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (5 papers). N. Laporte is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (9 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (5 papers). N. Laporte collaborates with scholars based in United States, Cameroon and Italy. N. Laporte's co-authors include S. J. Goetz, Alessandro Baccini, M. Sun, R. A. Houghton, Wayne Walker, J. L. Hackler, Ralph Dubayah, M. A. Friedl, S. Samanta and Pieter S. A. Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Climate Change, International Journal of Remote Sensing and Environmental Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

N. Laporte

16 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforest... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 400 800 1.2k
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. Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps
    2012 1.3k citations Alessandro Baccini, S. J. Goetz et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
N. Laporte United States 11 1.2k 879 841 616 202 16 2.1k
Silvia Petrova United States 6 1.4k 1.1× 815 0.9× 865 1.0× 820 1.3× 185 0.9× 10 2.3k
Marc K. Steininger United States 17 1.1k 0.9× 823 0.9× 469 0.6× 413 0.7× 182 0.9× 24 1.7k
Erkki Tomppo Finland 21 1.1k 0.9× 859 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 987 1.6× 114 0.6× 37 2.2k
Fernando Del Bon Espírito-Santo Brazil 22 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 923 1.1× 903 1.5× 137 0.7× 40 2.6k
M. Sun United States 4 980 0.8× 689 0.8× 739 0.9× 585 0.9× 163 0.8× 7 1.6k
Matti Katila Finland 16 821 0.7× 788 0.9× 887 1.1× 782 1.3× 111 0.5× 26 1.8k
John O. Niles United States 10 1.7k 1.4× 618 0.7× 801 1.0× 726 1.2× 346 1.7× 14 2.4k
S. Samanta United States 8 1.3k 1.0× 562 0.6× 542 0.6× 545 0.9× 159 0.8× 10 1.7k
Paulo Maurı́cio Lima de Alencastro Graça Brazil 27 1.2k 0.9× 601 0.7× 414 0.5× 442 0.7× 147 0.7× 69 1.9k
René Beuchle Italy 20 1.2k 1.0× 910 1.0× 354 0.4× 331 0.5× 114 0.6× 33 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by N. Laporte

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Fields of papers citing papers by N. Laporte

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Laporte

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Zhuravleva, Ilona, Svetlana Turubanova, Peter Potapov, et al.. (2013). Satellite-based primary forest degradation assessment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000–2010. Environmental Research Letters. 8(2). 24034–24034. 61 indexed citations
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Tyukavina, Alexandra, Stephen V. Stehman, Peter Potapov, et al.. (2013). National-scale estimation of gross forest aboveground carbon loss: a case study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Environmental Research Letters. 8(4). 44039–44039. 51 indexed citations
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Baccini, Alessandro, S. J. Goetz, Wayne Walker, et al.. (2012). Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation improved by carbon-density maps. Nature Climate Change. 2(3). 182–185. 1259 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cartus, Oliver, Josef Kellndorfer, Wayne Walker, et al.. (2011). Large-area Mapping of Forest Cover and Biomass using ALOS PALSAR. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Baccini, Alessandro, et al.. (2011). Reply to Comment on ‘A first map of tropical Africa’s above-ground biomass derived from satellite imagery’. Environmental Research Letters. 6(4). 49002–49002. 6 indexed citations
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Baccini, Alessandro, Andrea Cattaneo, S. J. Goetz, et al.. (2010). The role of science in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Carbon Management. 1(2). 253–259. 28 indexed citations
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Johns, Tracy, Frank Merry, Claudia Stickler, et al.. (2008). A three-fund approach to incorporating government, public and private forest stewards into a REDD funding mechanism. The International Forestry Review. 10(3). 458–464. 29 indexed citations
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Rudant, J.P., et al.. (2008). A Flood Hazard Risk Assessment Map in Growing Urban Areas by Integrating Remote Sensing and DEM Data. 2. III – 1268. 1 indexed citations
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Baccini, Alessandro, et al.. (2008). A first map of tropical Africa’s above-ground biomass derived from satellite imagery. Environmental Research Letters. 3(4). 45011–45011. 324 indexed citations
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Laporte, N., et al.. (2004). Monitoring logging in the tropical forest of Republic of Congo with Landsat imagery. 4. 2565–2567. 3 indexed citations
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Chan, Jonathan Cheung-Wai, N. Laporte, & Ruth DeFries. (2003). Texture classification of logged forests in tropical Africa using machine-learning algorithms. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 24(6). 1401–1407. 27 indexed citations
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Moigne, Jacqueline Le, Arlene Cole-Rhodes, Jason D. Eastman, et al.. (2003). Multiple sensor image registration, image fusion and dimension reduction of Earth science imagery. 2. 999–1006. 5 indexed citations
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Sunderlin, William D., et al.. (2000). Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in southern Cameroon. Environmental Conservation. 27(3). 284–290. 65 indexed citations
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Laporte, N., et al.. (1998). A new land cover map of central Africa derived from multi-resolution, multi-temporal AVHRR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 19(18). 3537–3550. 46 indexed citations
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Laporte, N., Chris Justice, & J. D. Kendall. (1995). Mapping the dense humid forest of Cameroon and Zaire using AVHRR satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 16(6). 1127–1145. 47 indexed citations
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Malingreau, J. P., Compton J. Tucker, & N. Laporte. (1989). AVHRR for monitoring global tropical deforestation. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 10(4-5). 855–867. 128 indexed citations

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