Paul M. Mather

9.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
78 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Paul M. Mather is a scholar working on Media Technology, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul M. Mather has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Media Technology, 17 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul M. Mather's work include Remote-Sensing Image Classification (18 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (9 papers). Paul M. Mather is often cited by papers focused on Remote-Sensing Image Classification (18 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (9 papers). Paul M. Mather collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and United States. Paul M. Mather's co-authors include Mahesh Pal, Brandt Tso, Taşkın Kavzoğlu, Magaly Koch, Stan Openshaw, John Townshend, J. C. Doornkamp, Tony Gatrell, Thomas Schmid and Neill A. Kipp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Paul M. Mather

72 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

  1. An assessment of the effectiveness of decision tree methods for land cover classification
    2003 897 citations Mahesh Pal, Paul M. Mather profile →
  2. Support vector machines for classification in remote sensing
    2005 833 citations Mahesh Pal, Paul M. Mather International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
  3. Computer processing of remotely‐sensed images — An introduction
    1987 821 citations Paul M. Mather Geocarto International profile →
  4. Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data
    2001 563 citations Paul M. Mather, Brandt Tso profile →
  5. Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data
    2010 442 citations Paul M. Mather, Brandt Tso profile →

Peers

Paul M. Mather
John A. Richards United States
Mahesh Pal India
Timothy A. Warner United States
John R. Jensen United States
Lucian Drăguţ Romania
Mario Chica‐Olmo Spain
Giorgos Mountrakis United States
T. M. Lillesand United States
Dirk Tiede Austria
Mariana Belgiu Netherlands
John A. Richards United States
Paul M. Mather
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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul M. Mather

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul M. Mather

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kavzoğlu, Taşkın, Brandt Tso, & Paul M. Mather. (2024). Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data. 6 indexed citations
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Tso, Brandt & Paul M. Mather. (2009). Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data, Second Edition. 20 indexed citations
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Pal, Mahesh & Paul M. Mather. (2006). Some issues in the classification of DAIS hyperspectral data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(14). 2895–2916. 100 indexed citations
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Pal, Mahesh & Paul M. Mather. (2005). Support vector machines for classification in remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26(5). 1007–1011. 833 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mather, Paul M., et al.. (2003). IMPROVING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK PERFORMANCE BY USING TEMPORAL-SPECTRAL FEATURES FOR AGRICULTURAL CROP CLASSIFICATION. 3 indexed citations
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Kavzoğlu, Taşkın & Paul M. Mather. (2002). Using feature selection techniques to produce smaller neural networks with better generalisation capabilities. 7. 3069–3071. 11 indexed citations
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Tso, Brandt & Paul M. Mather. (2001). Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data. 281 indexed citations
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Mather, Paul M., Brandt Tso, & Magaly Koch. (1998). An evaluation of Landsat TM spectral data and SAR-derived textural information for lithological discrimination in the Red Sea Hills, Sudan. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 19(4). 587–604. 40 indexed citations
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Fox, Edward A., R. H. Hall, Neill A. Kipp, et al.. (1997). NDLTD: Encouraging International Collaboration in the Academy. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. 17(6). 45–56. 10 indexed citations
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Fox, Edward A., Robert E. Hall, Neill A. Kipp, et al.. (1997). NDLTD: Encouraging International Collaboration in the Academy. 17(6). 45–56. 6 indexed citations
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Mather, Paul M., et al.. (1995). TERRA-2 : understanding the terrestrial environment : remote sensing data systems and networks. Wiley eBooks.
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Mather, Paul M.. (1995). Map-image registration accuracy using least-squares polynomials. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 9(5). 543–554. 6 indexed citations
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Gatrell, Tony & Paul M. Mather. (1994). Geographical Information Handling - Research and Applications. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 19(4). 506–506. 41 indexed citations
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Stephen, Graham A & Paul M. Mather. (1993). Sweeping Away the Problems that Dog the Industry?. AI Communications. 6(3-4). 213–220. 3 indexed citations
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Jarvis, P. G., J. B. Moncrieff, & Paul M. Mather. (1992). Atmosphere-biosphere exchange of CO2.. 85–99. 4 indexed citations
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Mather, Paul M.. (1987). Computer processing of remotely‐sensed images — An introduction. Geocarto International. 2(4). 64–64. 821 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mather, Paul M., et al.. (1977). Computational Methods of Multivariate Analysis in Physical Geography. Journal of Biogeography. 4(2). 201–201. 51 indexed citations
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Giggs, John A. & Paul M. Mather. (1975). Factorial Ecology and Factor Invariance: An Investigation. Economic Geography. 51(4). 366–366. 17 indexed citations
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King, Cuchlaine A. M. & Paul M. Mather. (1972). Spectral analysis applied to the study of time series from the beach environment. Marine Geology. 13(2). 123–142. 1 indexed citations

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