Ralph Kiefl

739 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 524 citations indexed

About

Ralph Kiefl is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Kiefl has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 524 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ocean Engineering, 6 papers in Geology and 6 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Ralph Kiefl's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (6 papers), Plant Ecology and Soil Science (4 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (4 papers). Ralph Kiefl is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (6 papers), Plant Ecology and Soil Science (4 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (4 papers). Ralph Kiefl collaborates with scholars based in Germany and China. Ralph Kiefl's co-authors include Stefan Voigt, Torsten Riedlinger, Harald Mehl, Thomas Kemper, K. Schölte, Veronika Gstaiger, Marc Wieland, Sandro Martinis, Günter Strunz and Joachim Post and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Kiefl

18 papers receiving 499 citations

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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.

Semantic segmentation of water bodies in very high-resolution satellite and aerial images

2023 101 citations Marc Wieland, Sandro Martinis et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralph Kiefl Germany	7	155	140	107	96	86	20	524
Petra Füreder Austria	10	173 1.1×	195 1.4×	143 1.3×	70 0.7×	74 0.9×	24	544
Luis Moya Japan	15	131 0.8×	150 1.1×	126 1.2×	60 0.6×	74 0.9×	38	550
Torsten Riedlinger Germany	9	195 1.3×	130 0.9×	137 1.3×	67 0.7×	66 0.8×	37	613
Charles Huyck United States	15	206 1.3×	166 1.2×	179 1.7×	52 0.5×	80 0.9×	46	805
Phil Glassey New Zealand	6	184 1.2×	102 0.7×	140 1.3×	31 0.3×	90 1.0×	14	486
Chengming Li China	18	243 1.6×	108 0.8×	104 1.0×	102 1.1×	186 2.2×	96	1.0k
Stella Belliss New Zealand	9	198 1.3×	113 0.8×	150 1.4×	47 0.5×	167 1.9×	26	596
Saman Ghaffarian Netherlands	15	194 1.3×	267 1.9×	163 1.5×	109 1.1×	126 1.5×	34	769
Hideomi Gokon Japan	15	118 0.8×	216 1.5×	214 2.0×	68 0.7×	51 0.6×	56	772
Onuwa Okwuashi Nigeria	17	336 2.2×	136 1.0×	136 1.3×	32 0.3×	149 1.7×	40	913

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Kiefl

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wieland, Marc, Sandro Martinis, Ralph Kiefl, & Veronika Gstaiger. (2023). Semantic segmentation of water bodies in very high-resolution satellite and aerial images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 287. 113452–113452. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

Senaratne, Hansi, et al.. (2023). The Unseen—An Investigative Analysis of Thematic and Spatial Coverage of News on the Ongoing Refugee Crisis in West Africa. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 12(4). 175–175. 2 indexed citations

Merkle, Nina, et al.. (2022). User-driven flood response & monitoring information – Key findings of the Data4Human project. elib (German Aerospace Center). a247. 46–53. 4 indexed citations

Kiefl, Ralph, et al.. (2020). Trialing Innovative Technologies in Crisis Management—“Airborne and Terrestrial Situational Awareness” as Support Tool in Flood Response. Applied Sciences. 10(11). 3743–3743. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Xin, Danfeng Hong, Jiaojiao Tian, Ralph Kiefl, & Ran Tao. (2019). A Weakly-Supervised Deep Network for DSM-Aided Vehicle Detection. elib (German Aerospace Center). 96. 1318–1321. 4 indexed citations

Gstaiger, Veronika, Jiaojiao Tian, Ralph Kiefl, & Franz Kurz. (2018). 2D vs. 3D Change Detection Using Aerial Imagery to Support Crisis Management of Large-Scale Events. Remote Sensing. 10(12). 2054–2054. 9 indexed citations

Kiefl, Ralph, et al.. (2016). USING AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING TO INCREASE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF – THE IMPORTANCE OF USER INVOLVEMENT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLI-B8. 1363–1370. 5 indexed citations

Kersten, Jens, et al.. (2013). Airborne near-real-time monitoring of assembly and parking areas in case of large-scale public events and natural disasters. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 28(4). 682–699. 15 indexed citations

Müller, Rupert, et al.. (2013). An Interative Grahical User Interface for Maritime Security Services. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XL-7/W2. 201–206. 2 indexed citations

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Post, Joachim, Stephanie Wegscheider, Matthias Mück, et al.. (2009). Assessment of human immediate response capability related to tsunami threats in Indonesia at a sub-national scale. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 9(4). 1075–1086. 69 indexed citations

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Taubenböck, Hannes, Joachim Post, Ralph Kiefl, et al.. (2008). RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TO TSUNAMI HAZARD USING VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA - THE CASE STUDY OF PADANG, INDONESIA. elib (German Aerospace Center). 5 indexed citations

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Taubenböck, Hannes, Joachim Post, Achim Roth, et al.. (2008). Multi-scale assessment of population distribution utilizing remotely sensed data - The case study Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. elib (German Aerospace Center). 7 indexed citations

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Kiefl, Ralph, et al.. (2007). Geodatenmanagement und -dienste am Beispiel des Tsunami-Frühwarnsystems für den Indischen Ozean. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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Voigt, Stefan, Thomas Kemper, Torsten Riedlinger, et al.. (2007). Satellite Image Analysis for Disaster and Crisis-Management Support. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 45(6). 1520–1528. 274 indexed citations

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Becker, Helmut, et al.. (2006). Detection of Looting Activities at Archaeological Sites in Iraq using Ikonos Imagery. elib (German Aerospace Center). 14 indexed citations

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Keil, Mark, et al.. (2004). Examples and experiences of the update interpretation process for CLC2000 in Germany. elib (German Aerospace Center). 3 indexed citations

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Keil, Mark, et al.. (2003). Update of the CORINE Land Cover Data Base in Germany. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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Riedlinger, Torsten, Stefan Voigt, Gerhard Gesell, et al.. (2003). Multi-source satellite data facilitating disaster management during the 2003 forest fires in Portugal. elib (German Aerospace Center).

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Kiefl, Ralph, et al.. (2003). CORINE Land Cover 2000 - Stand des Teilprojektes in Deutschland. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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Keil, Mark, et al.. (2002). Das Projekt CORINE Land Cover 2000 in Deutschland. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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