Piotr Tompalski

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Piotr Tompalski is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Piotr Tompalski has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Environmental Engineering, 52 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Piotr Tompalski's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (81 papers), Forest ecology and management (51 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (29 papers). Piotr Tompalski is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (81 papers), Forest ecology and management (51 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (29 papers). Piotr Tompalski collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Poland and United States. Piotr Tompalski's co-authors include Nicholas C. Coops, Joanne C. White, Michael A. Wulder, Tristan R.H. Goodbody, Mikko Vastaranta, Thomas Hilker, Alexis Achim, David Auty, Andrew J. Sánchez Meador and Florian de Boissieu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Piotr Tompalski

84 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

lidR: An R package for analysis of Airborne Laser Sc... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2020 2016 2021 200 400 600
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. lidR: An R package for analysis of Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) data
    2020 620 citations David Auty, Nicholas C. Coops et al. profile →
  2. Remote Sensing Technologies for Enhancing Forest Inventories: A Review
    2016 615 citations Joanne C. White, Nicholas C. Coops et al. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing profile →
  3. Modelling lidar-derived estimates of forest attributes over space and time: A review of approaches and future trends
    2021 229 citations Nicholas C. Coops, Piotr Tompalski et al. profile →

Peers

Piotr Tompalski
Hans Ole Ørka Norway
Carlos Alberto Silva United States
Håkan Olsson Sweden
Benoît St-Onge Canada
Robert J. McGaughey United States
Markus Hollaus Austria
Christopher W. Bater Canada
Petteri Packalén Finland
Ole Martin Bollandsås Norway
Mats Nilsson Sweden
Hans Ole Ørka Norway
Piotr Tompalski
Citations per year, relative to Piotr Tompalski Piotr Tompalski (= 1×) peers Hans Ole Ørka

Countries citing papers authored by Piotr Tompalski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Piotr Tompalski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piotr Tompalski

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

All Works

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Rogers, Cheryl, José Luis Bermúdez, Jingru Zhang, et al.. (2025). Aboveground biomass mapping of Canada with SAR and optical satellite observations aided by active learning. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 226. 204–220. 3 indexed citations
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Nasiri, Vahid, et al.. (2025). Linking remotely sensed growth-related canopy attributes to interannual tree-ring width variations: A species-specific study using Sentinel optical and SAR time series. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 221. 347–362. 2 indexed citations
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Tompalski, Piotr, Txomin Hermosilla, Sharad Kumar Baral, Michael A. Wulder, & Joanne C. White. (2025). National remote sensing-derived aboveground biomass yield curves for Canada. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research. 99(2).
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Smyth, C., et al.. (2024). 10-year progress on forest carbon research in Canada. Environmental Reviews. 32(4). 611–637. 1 indexed citations
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Coops, Nicholas C., et al.. (2024). Characterizing annual leaf area index changes and volume growth using ALS and satellite data in forest plantations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 100159–100159. 3 indexed citations
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Coops, Nicholas C., et al.. (2023). Modeling instream temperature from solar insolation under varying timber harvesting intensities using RPAS laser scanning. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169459–169459. 4 indexed citations
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Goodbody, Tristan R.H., Nicholas C. Coops, Martin Queinnec, et al.. (2023). sgsR: a structurally guided sampling toolbox for LiDAR-based forest inventories. Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research. 96(4). 411–424. 16 indexed citations
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Tompalski, Piotr, et al.. (2018). Combining Multi-Date Airborne Laser Scanning and Digital Aerial Photogrammetric Data for Forest Growth and Yield Modelling. Remote Sensing. 10(2). 347–347. 52 indexed citations
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Mao, Lingfeng, Christopher W. Bater, Piotr Tompalski, et al.. (2017). Using airborne laser scanning to predict plant species richness and assess conservation threats in the oil sands region of Alberta’s boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 409. 29–37. 24 indexed citations
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Mao, Lingfeng, Christopher W. Bater, J. John Stadt, et al.. (2017). Environmental landscape determinants of maximum forest canopy height of boreal forests. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(1). 96–102. 10 indexed citations
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White, Joanne C., Nicholas C. Coops, Michael A. Wulder, et al.. (2016). Remote Sensing Technologies for Enhancing Forest Inventories: A Review. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 42(5). 619–641. 615 indexed citations breakdown →
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White, Joanne C., Christoph Stepper, Piotr Tompalski, Nicholas C. Coops, & Michael A. Wulder. (2015). Comparing ALS and Image-Based Point Cloud Metrics and Modelled Forest Inventory Attributes in a Complex Coastal Forest Environment. Forests. 6(10). 3704–3732. 130 indexed citations
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Wężyk, Piotr, Marta Szostak, & Piotr Tompalski. (2012). Określenie biomasy sosny zwyczajnej (pinus sylvestris l.) w Puszczy Niepołomickiej na podstawie przestrzennego rozkładu chmury punktów naziemnego skaningu laserowego. Roczniki Geomatyki - Annals of Geomatics. 10. 79–89. 1 indexed citations
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Tompalski, Piotr & Piotr Wężyk. (2011). Kartowanie pokrycia terenów zurbanizowanych przy zastosowaniu klasyfikacji obiektowej zintegrowanych geodanych lotniczego skanowania laserowego oraz zobrazowań GeoEye-1. Roczniki Geomatyki - Annals of Geomatics. 9. 121–132. 1 indexed citations
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Wężyk, Piotr, et al.. (2010). Method of the tree number estimation in the pine stand using ALS data and true orthoimages.. Sylwan. 154(11). 773–782. 4 indexed citations
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Tompalski, Piotr. (2009). Naziemny skaning laserowy w inwentaryzacji zieleni miejskiej na przykładzie Plant w Krakowie. Archives of Photogrammetry Cartography and Remote Sensing. 20. 4 indexed citations
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Tompalski, Piotr, et al.. (2009). Determining the number of trees using airborne laser scanning and true orthoimagery. 133–141. 2 indexed citations

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