Richard G. Oderwald

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Richard G. Oderwald is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard G. Oderwald has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 15 papers in Environmental Engineering and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Richard G. Oderwald's work include Forest ecology and management (21 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (14 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (9 papers). Richard G. Oderwald is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (21 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (14 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (9 papers). Richard G. Oderwald collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. Richard G. Oderwald's co-authors include Roy A. Mead, Russell G. Congalton, Randolph H. Wynne, Mahadev Sharma, J. A. N. van Aardt, Timothy G. Grégoire, Ross Nelson, James B. Campbell, James A. Burger and Jason A. Rodrigue and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Bioresource Technology and Soil Science Society of America Journal.

In The Last Decade

Richard G. Oderwald

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Assessing Landsat classification accuracy using discrete ... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Assessing Landsat classification accuracy using discrete multivariate analysis statistical techniques.
    1983 553 citations Russell G. Congalton, Richard G. Oderwald et al. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard G. Oderwald United States 18 599 584 549 468 192 50 1.5k
Greg S. Biging United States 16 753 1.3× 818 1.4× 749 1.4× 710 1.5× 364 1.9× 21 1.8k
Andrew Haywood Australia 21 726 1.2× 938 1.6× 484 0.9× 780 1.7× 121 0.6× 59 1.5k
Raymond L. Czaplewski United States 17 547 0.9× 892 1.5× 303 0.6× 752 1.6× 211 1.1× 53 1.5k
Alan R. Ek United States 23 770 1.3× 591 1.0× 1.5k 2.6× 1.5k 3.2× 84 0.4× 107 2.4k
Thomas E. Burk United States 21 550 0.9× 297 0.5× 1.1k 2.1× 995 2.1× 54 0.3× 83 1.7k
Dominique Guyon France 26 1.3k 2.2× 927 1.6× 421 0.8× 631 1.3× 94 0.5× 44 2.1k
J. A. N. van Aardt United States 22 708 1.2× 654 1.1× 386 0.7× 277 0.6× 151 0.8× 37 1.2k
Heather Reese Sweden 20 983 1.6× 1.1k 2.0× 485 0.9× 650 1.4× 166 0.9× 42 1.9k
Guillermo Castilla Canada 18 607 1.0× 714 1.2× 254 0.5× 463 1.0× 223 1.2× 37 1.3k
Francesca Giannetti Italy 24 990 1.7× 723 1.2× 556 1.0× 605 1.3× 83 0.4× 69 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aardt, J. A. N. van, Randolph H. Wynne, & Richard G. Oderwald. (2006). Forest Volume and Biomass Estimation Using Small-Footprint Lidar-Distributional Parameters on a Per-Segment Basis. Forest Science. 52(6). 636–649. 124 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G. & James E. Johnson. (2004). Measuring standing trees and logs. VTechWorks (Virginia Tech). 4 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G., et al.. (2003). GPS after Selective Availability: How Accurate Is Accurate Enough?. Journal of Forestry. 101(4). 24–27. 23 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G.. (2003). Augmenting inventories with basal area points to achieve desired precision. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 33(7). 1208–1210. 1 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G. & Sorin Popescu. (2003). A Simplified Method of Predicting Percent Volume in Log Portions. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 27(3). 149–152. 5 indexed citations
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Wynne, Randolph H., Richard G. Oderwald, & James B. Campbell. (2001). Spectral Separability among Six Southern Tree Species. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 67(12). 1367–1375. 80 indexed citations
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Sharma, Mahadev & Richard G. Oderwald. (2001). Dimensionally compatible volume and taper equations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(5). 797–803. 9 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G. & Randolph H. Wynne. (2000). Field Applications for Statistical Data and Techniques. Journal of Forestry. 98(6). 58–60. 2 indexed citations
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Wynne, Randolph H., Richard G. Oderwald, Gregory A. Reams, & John A. Scrivani. (2000). Optical Remote Sensing for Forest Area Estimation. Journal of Forestry. 98(5). 31–36. 36 indexed citations
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Gregoire, T. G., et al.. (1998). The Effects of Fixed-Area Plot Width on Forest Canopy Height Simulation. Forest Science. 44(3). 438–444. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Ross, Richard G. Oderwald, & Timothy G. Grégoire. (1997). Separating the ground and airborne laser sampling phases to estimate tropical forest basal area, volume, and biomass. Remote Sensing of Environment. 60(3). 311–326. 92 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G.. (1994). Stock and stand tables for point, double sampling with a ratio of means estimator. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 24(12). 2350–2352. 2 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G.. (1986). The Relascope Idea: Relative Measurements in Forestry. Forest Science. 32(1). 35–36. 2 indexed citations
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Congalton, Russell G., Richard G. Oderwald, & Roy A. Mead. (1983). Assessing Landsat classification accuracy using discrete multivariate analysis statistical techniques.. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 49(12). 1671–1678. 553 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sharik, Terry L., et al.. (1982). Phytomass: Structural relationships for woody plant species in the understory of an Appalachian oak forest. Canadian Journal of Botany. 60(10). 1923–1927. 2 indexed citations
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Oderwald, Richard G.. (1981). Comparison of Point and Plot Sampling Basal Area Estimators. Forest Science. 27(1). 42–48. 6 indexed citations
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Congalton, R. G., et al.. (1981). Nationwide forestry applications program. Analysis of forest classification accuracy. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
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Oderwald, Richard G., et al.. (1980). The Forest Model File: A Mapped Stand Library at Virginia Tech. Forest Science. 26(2). 193–194. 1 indexed citations
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Somers, Greg L., et al.. (1980). Predicting Mortality with a Weibull Distribution. Forest Science. 26(2). 291–300. 30 indexed citations
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Scanlon, Patrick F., Timothy G. O’Brien, N L Schauer, & Richard G. Oderwald. (1979). Lead levels in primary feathers of American woodcocks harvested by hunters throughout the United States range. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 21(1). 683–688. 9 indexed citations

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