Peter M. Atkinson

30.9k total citations · 14 hit papers
516 papers, 22.7k citations indexed

About

Peter M. Atkinson is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter M. Atkinson has authored 516 papers receiving a total of 22.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Ecology, 147 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 146 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter M. Atkinson's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (161 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (117 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (75 papers). Peter M. Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (161 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (117 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (75 papers). Peter M. Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Netherlands. Peter M. Atkinson's co-authors include Qunming Wang, Jadunandan Dash, Ce Zhang, Paul J. Curran, Hugh G. Lewis, A.R.L. Tatnall, C. Jeganathan, Christopher Lloyd, Andrew J. Tatem and Giles M. Foody and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter M. Atkinson

494 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Introduction Neural networks in remote sensing 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2022 2012 1998 2021 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Introduction Neural networks in remote sensing
    1997 763 citations Peter M. Atkinson et al. profile →
  2. UNetFormer: A UNet-like transformer for efficient semantic segmentation of remote sensing urban scene imagery
    2022 657 citations Ce Zhang, Peter M. Atkinson et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →
  3. Random Forest classification of Mediterranean land cover using multi-seasonal imagery and multi-seasonal texture
    2012 478 citations Víctor Rodríguez‐Galiano, Peter M. Atkinson et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  4. GENERALISED LINEAR MODELLING OF SUSCEPTIBILITY TO LANDSLIDING IN THE CENTRAL APENNINES, ITALY
    1998 454 citations Peter M. Atkinson et al. profile →
  5. Explainable artificial intelligence: an analytical review
    2021 425 citations Plamen Angelov, Eduardo Soares et al. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery profile →
  6. Multisource and Multitemporal Data Fusion in Remote Sensing: A Comprehensive Review of the State of the Art
    2019 418 citations Peter M. Atkinson, Qunming Wang et al. profile →
  7. Inter-comparison of four models for smoothing satellite sensor time-series data to estimate vegetation phenology
    2012 408 citations Peter M. Atkinson, Jadunandan Dash et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  8. Joint Deep Learning for land cover and land use classification
    2018 363 citations Ce Zhang, Huapeng Li et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  9. An object-based convolutional neural network (OCNN) for urban land use classification
    2018 358 citations Ce Zhang, Huapeng Li et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  10. A hybrid MLP-CNN classifier for very fine resolution remotely sensed image classification
    2017 331 citations Ce Zhang, Huapeng Li et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →
  11. Spatio-temporal fusion for daily Sentinel-2 images
    2017 294 citations Qunming Wang, Peter M. Atkinson Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  12. Deep learning-based landslide susceptibility mapping
    2021 288 citations Peter M. Atkinson et al. profile →
  13. A systematic review of landslide probability mapping using logistic regression
    2015 247 citations Peter M. Atkinson, Hugh G. Lewis et al. profile →
  14. ABCNet: Attentive bilateral contextual network for efficient semantic segmentation of Fine-Resolution remotely sensed imagery
    2021 234 citations Ce Zhang, Peter M. Atkinson et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter M. Atkinson United Kingdom 75 7.9k 6.5k 6.1k 5.6k 4.2k 516 22.7k
Giles M. Foody United Kingdom 76 15.0k 1.9× 11.5k 1.8× 7.7k 1.3× 7.8k 1.4× 5.3k 1.3× 310 27.9k
Jin Chen China 73 10.0k 1.3× 9.3k 1.4× 3.7k 0.6× 6.1k 1.1× 4.2k 1.0× 792 24.7k
Peng Gong China 91 12.9k 1.6× 15.0k 2.3× 4.3k 0.7× 10.5k 1.9× 6.1k 1.4× 597 31.2k
Qihao Weng China 81 5.5k 0.7× 13.9k 2.1× 4.1k 0.7× 13.4k 2.4× 6.7k 1.6× 448 26.4k
Thomas Blaschke Austria 74 5.7k 0.7× 10.3k 1.6× 4.7k 0.8× 5.4k 1.0× 4.8k 1.1× 339 22.3k
Alfred Stein Netherlands 58 2.9k 0.4× 3.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.3× 4.3k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 476 13.0k
Stephen V. Stehman United States 66 14.2k 1.8× 16.4k 2.5× 2.5k 0.4× 6.7k 1.2× 3.2k 0.8× 193 27.3k
Russell G. Congalton United States 39 10.5k 1.3× 9.0k 1.4× 3.8k 0.6× 5.4k 1.0× 3.3k 0.8× 131 18.3k
J. R. Townshend United States 37 11.1k 1.4× 11.8k 1.8× 2.5k 0.4× 5.3k 0.9× 4.4k 1.0× 85 20.6k
Curtis E. Woodcock United States 87 19.1k 2.4× 17.5k 2.7× 5.5k 0.9× 10.9k 2.0× 7.0k 1.7× 221 31.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Qunming, et al.. (2024). Data fidelity-oriented spatial-spectral fusion of CRISM and CTX images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 220. 172–191. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Qunming, et al.. (2024). Unsupervised object-based spectral unmixing for subpixel mapping. Remote Sensing of Environment. 318. 114514–114514. 6 indexed citations
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Blackburn, George Alan, et al.. (2024). The Geographical Analysis of Megacities Through Changes in Their Individual Urban Objects. Geographical Analysis. 56(3). 451–470.
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Mansour, Shawky, et al.. (2023). Geospatial modelling of post-cyclone Shaheen recovery using nighttime light data and MGWR. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 93. 103761–103761. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Hui, et al.. (2023). A novel Greenness and Water Content Composite Index (GWCCI) for soybean mapping from single remotely sensed multispectral images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 295. 113679–113679. 40 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Peter M., et al.. (2023). Aether dynamics: Classical mechanics explained. Physics Essays. 36(2). 129–139. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Qunming, Yijie Tang, Yong Ge, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive review of spatial-temporal-spectral information reconstruction techniques. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100102–100102. 25 indexed citations
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Sedda, Luigi, et al.. (2022). A joint distribution framework to improve presence‐only species distribution models by exploiting opportunistic surveys. Journal of Biogeography. 49(6). 1176–1192. 4 indexed citations
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Simuunza, Martin, Boniface Namangala, Chitalu Miriam Chama‐Chiliba, et al.. (2022). Healthcare Management of Human African Trypanosomiasis Cases in the Eastern, Muchinga and Lusaka Provinces of Zambia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 7(10). 270–270. 2 indexed citations
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Angelov, Plamen, et al.. (2021). Explainable artificial intelligence: an analytical review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. 11(5). 425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tang, Yijie, Qunming Wang, Zhang Ka, & Peter M. Atkinson. (2020). Quantifying the Effect of Registration Error on Spatio-Temporal Fusion. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 13. 487–503. 26 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Galiano, Víctor, et al.. (2016). Modelling interannual variation in the spring and autumn land surface phenology of the European forest. Biogeosciences. 13(11). 3305–3317. 52 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Galiano, Víctor, M. Sánchez-Castillo, Jadunandan Dash, & Peter M. Atkinson. (2015). Modelling anomalies in the spring and autumn land surface phenology of the European forest. 3 indexed citations
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Lewis, Hugh G., et al.. (2011). NEOMiSS: A near-Earth object decision support tool. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Tate, Nicholas & Peter M. Atkinson. (2001). Modelling scale in geographical information science.. Wiley eBooks. 15(3). 111 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Peter M. & David Martín. (1999). Investigating the effect of support size on population surface models. Radiology. 216(2). 411–7. 5 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Peter M. & Christopher Lloyd. (1998). Mapping precipitation in Switzerland with ordinary and indicator kriging. Special issue: Spatial Interpolation Comparison 97. Genetika. 49(8). 1013–6. 9 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Peter M., et al.. (1997). Evaluating the potential of the forthcoming commercial US high-resolution satelite sensor imagery at the Ordnance Survey. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 63(8). 997–1005. 34 indexed citations
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Sharland, Mike, Peter M. Atkinson, Helen Maguire, Joanne White, & Norman Begg. (1995). Will London's COVER meet the target?. PubMed. 5(4). R53–R53. 1 indexed citations

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