Olivier Samain

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Olivier Samain is a scholar working on Ecology, Media Technology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Samain has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ecology, 2 papers in Media Technology and 2 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Olivier Samain's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (2 papers). Olivier Samain is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (2 papers). Olivier Samain collaborates with scholars based in France. Olivier Samain's co-authors include Bernhard Geiger, Jean‐Louis Roujean, Frédéric Baret, Olivier Hagolle, P. Bicheron, M. Leroy, Marie Weiss, Mireille Huc, Béatrice Berthelot and Fernando Niño 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

Olivier Samain

8 papers receiving 976 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

LAI, fAPAR and fCover CYCLOPES global products derived from VEGETATION

2007 624 citations Frédéric Baret, Olivier Hagolle et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olivier Samain France	6	727	645	443	219	174	8	1.0k
R. Bryant United States	12	437 0.6×	590 0.9×	311 0.7×	233 1.1×	183 1.1×	17	977
R. R. Nemani United States	12	566 0.8×	656 1.0×	310 0.7×	124 0.6×	262 1.5×	24	995
Dirk Schüttemeyer Netherlands	17	344 0.5×	639 1.0×	269 0.6×	126 0.6×	349 2.0×	45	929
G Pavlic Canada	9	456 0.6×	328 0.5×	339 0.8×	188 0.9×	141 0.8×	14	766
Tommaso Julitta Italy	23	1.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.8×	308 0.7×	398 1.8×	233 1.3×	54	1.6k
J. Widlowski Italy	20	1.1k 1.6×	1.0k 1.6×	719 1.6×	224 1.0×	271 1.6×	29	1.6k
J.J. van der Sanden Canada	19	564 0.8×	453 0.7×	579 1.3×	204 0.9×	430 2.5×	50	1.3k
T. Kaminski Italy	18	427 0.6×	965 1.5×	256 0.6×	64 0.3×	425 2.4×	31	1.2k
Sébastien Rapinel France	16	612 0.8×	501 0.8×	358 0.8×	59 0.3×	121 0.7×	39	923
M. V. R. Sesha Sai India	14	287 0.4×	767 1.2×	173 0.4×	90 0.4×	207 1.2×	43	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Olivier Samain

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Fields of papers citing papers by Olivier Samain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olivier Samain

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Elliott, Simon, et al.. (2010). Pre-Operational NDVI Product Derived from MSG SEVIRI. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3903. 4 indexed citations

2.

Samain, Olivier, Laurent Kergoat, Pierre Hiernaux, et al.. (2008). Analysis of the in situ and MODIS albedo variability at multiple timescales in the Sahel. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D14). 97 indexed citations

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Samain, Olivier, Jean‐Louis Roujean, & Bernhard Geiger. (2007). Use of a Kalman filter for the retrieval of surface BRDF coefficients with a time-evolving model based on the ECOCLIMAP land cover classification. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112(4). 1337–1346. 41 indexed citations

4.

Baret, Frédéric, Olivier Hagolle, Bernhard Geiger, et al.. (2007). LAI, fAPAR and fCover CYCLOPES global products derived from VEGETATION. Remote Sensing of Environment. 110(3). 275–286. 624 indexed citations breakdown →

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Samain, Olivier, Bernhard Geiger, & Jean‐Louis Roujean. (2006). Spectral Normalization and Fusion of Optical Sensors for the Retrieval of BRDF and Albedo: Application to VEGETATION, MODIS, and MERIS Data Sets. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 44(11). 3166–3179. 33 indexed citations

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Samain, Olivier, Jean‐Louis Roujean, & Bernhard Geiger. (2005). Fusion of AVHRR and vegetation data using a Kalman filter for the retrieval of surface BRDF and albedo. 2. 1142–1145. 4 indexed citations

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Geiger, Bernhard, Olivier Samain, Frédéric Baret, et al.. (2004). Multi-sensor data fusion for deriving bio-physical variables in the cyclopes project. 4. 2524–2527. 6 indexed citations

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Kouraev, Alexei, Elena Zakharova, Olivier Samain, N. M. Mognard, & Anny Cazenave. (2004). Ob' river discharge from TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimetry (1992–2002). Remote Sensing of Environment. 93(1-2). 238–245. 198 indexed citations

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