Patrick Jantz

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Patrick Jantz is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Jantz has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick Jantz's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (11 papers). Patrick Jantz is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (12 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (11 papers). Patrick Jantz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and Canada. Patrick Jantz's co-authors include S. J. Goetz, Claire A. Jantz, Laura Duncanson, Ralph Dubayah, Steven Hancock, Matthew C. Hansen, Logan T. Berner, Hao Tang, Wenlu Qi and Carlos Silva and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Jantz

36 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: High-resolution laser ranging of the Earth’s forests and topography

2020 764 citations Ralph Dubayah, S. J. Goetz et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome

2020 265 citations Logan T. Berner, Richard Massey et al. Nature Communications profile →
Change in Terrestrial Human Footprint Drives Continued Loss of Intact Ecosystems

2020 207 citations Oscar Venter, Scott Atkinson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Jantz United States	18	1.1k	1.0k	790	601	393	41	2.2k
Marcos Longo United States	30	2.5k 2.3×	1.1k 1.0×	585 0.7×	987 1.6×	753 1.9×	75	3.3k
Steven R. Schill United States	22	694 0.6×	795 0.8×	478 0.6×	259 0.4×	223 0.6×	51	1.7k
Jeffrey A. Cardille Canada	25	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	397 0.5×	353 0.6×	236 0.6×	67	2.5k
Saurabh Channan United States	17	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	996 1.3×	224 0.4×	461 1.2×	29	2.5k
Todd R. Lookingbill United States	22	916 0.9×	981 1.0×	238 0.3×	566 0.9×	217 0.6×	43	1.8k
Terry L. Sohl United States	28	1.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	424 0.5×	367 0.6×	347 0.9×	61	2.8k
Timo Kumpula Finland	26	881 0.8×	911 0.9×	440 0.6×	223 0.4×	1.0k 2.6×	74	2.6k
Emanuel Gloor United Kingdom	29	2.2k 2.1×	818 0.8×	355 0.4×	897 1.5×	1.0k 2.6×	55	3.3k
Laurel G. Larsen United States	30	978 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	432 0.5×	428 0.7×	436 1.1×	67	2.7k
Xiaowei Tong China	19	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	387 0.5×	417 0.7×	495 1.3×	33	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Jantz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Jantz

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All Works

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Jantz, Patrick, et al.. (2025). Maps of forest vertical structure for Colombia, a megadiverse country. Scientific Data. 13(1). 1–1.

Hansen, Andrew J., et al.. (2025). Forecasting the potential habitat for the spectacled bear and the Páramo ecoregion for current conditions and climate change scenarios in 2050: A contribution to SDG 15 in Perú, Ecuador and Colombia. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 26. 100639–100639.

Cushman, Samuel A., Żaneta Kaszta, Patrick Burns, et al.. (2024). Simulating multi-scale optimization and variable selection in species distribution modeling. Ecological Informatics. 83. 102832–102832. 3 indexed citations

Burns, Patrick, Andrew J. Abraham, Patrick Jantz, et al.. (2024). Using multiscale lidar to determine variation in canopy structure from African forest elephant trails. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 10(5). 655–667. 3 indexed citations

Burns, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Soundscape mapping: understanding regional spatial and temporal patterns of soundscapes incorporating remotely-sensed predictors and wildfire disturbance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 25002–25002. 5 indexed citations

Wan, Ho Yi, et al.. (2024). Variability in habitat selection between herds for a widespread ungulate. Ecological Modelling. 501. 110991–110991.

Hansen, Andrew J., et al.. (2024). Validation and Error Minimization of Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Relative Height Metrics in the Amazon. Remote Sensing. 16(19). 3550–3550. 4 indexed citations

Pillay, Rajeev, James Watson, Andrew J. Hansen, et al.. (2024). Global rarity of high-integrity tropical rainforests for threatened and declining terrestrial vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(51). e2413325121–e2413325121. 6 indexed citations

Pillay, Rajeev, James Watson, S. J. Goetz, et al.. (2024). The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework needs headline indicators that can actually monitor forest integrity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 43001–43001. 3 indexed citations

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Jantz, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Mapping Tropical Dry Forest Gradients in an Andean Region with High Environmental Variability. Ecological Indicators. 168. 112744–112744. 1 indexed citations

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Hansen, Andrew J., et al.. (2023). Measuring Understory Fire Effects from Space: Canopy Change in Response to Tropical Understory Fire and What This Means for Applications of GEDI to Tropical Forest Fire. Remote Sensing. 15(3). 696–696. 14 indexed citations

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Hakkenberg, Christopher R., Jeff W. Atkins, Jedediah F. Brodie, et al.. (2023). Inferring alpha, beta, and gamma plant diversity across biomes with GEDI spaceborne lidar. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 35005–35005. 11 indexed citations

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Rodríguez‐Buriticá, Susana, et al.. (2023). Advancing High-Resolution Land Cover Mapping in Colombia: The Importance of a Locally Appropriate Legend. Remote Sensing. 15(10). 2522–2522. 6 indexed citations

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Doughty, Christopher E., Patrick Burns, Andrew J. Abraham, et al.. (2023). Tropical forests are mainly unstratified especially in Amazonia and regions with lower fertility or higher temperatures. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 35002–35002. 5 indexed citations

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Dutta, Anwesha, et al.. (2021). Forest livelihoods and a “green recovery” from the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights and emerging research priorities from India. Forest Policy and Economics. 131. 102550–102550. 27 indexed citations

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Berner, Logan T., Richard Massey, Patrick Jantz, et al.. (2020). Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4621–4621. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burns, Patrick, Matthew L. Clark, Leonardo Salas, et al.. (2020). Incorporating canopy structure from simulated GEDI lidar into bird species distribution models. Environmental Research Letters. 15(9). 95002–95002. 46 indexed citations

18.

Hansen, Andrew J., Kevin Barnett, Patrick Jantz, et al.. (2019). Global humid tropics forest structural condition and forest structural integrity maps. Scientific Data. 6(1). 232–232. 48 indexed citations

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Goetz, S. J., et al.. (2005). Resource Land Loss and Forest Vulnerability in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park). 2 indexed citations

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Jantz, Patrick, S. J. Goetz, & Claire A. Jantz. (2005). Urbanization and the Loss of Resource Lands in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Environmental Management. 36(6). 808–825. 105 indexed citations

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