Rosa Lasaponara

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
204 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Rosa Lasaponara is a scholar working on Space and Planetary Science, Global and Planetary Change and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rosa Lasaponara has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Space and Planetary Science, 69 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 59 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Rosa Lasaponara's work include Archaeological Research and Protection (96 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (59 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (38 papers). Rosa Lasaponara is often cited by papers focused on Archaeological Research and Protection (96 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (59 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (38 papers). Rosa Lasaponara collaborates with scholars based in Italy, China and Egypt. Rosa Lasaponara's co-authors include Nicola Masini, Luciano Telesca, Antonio Lanorte, Fulong Chen, Abdelaziz Elfadaly, Nicodemo Abate, Beniamino Murgante, Maria Danese, Deodato Tapete and Francesca Cigna and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Rosa Lasaponara

191 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Airborne and spaceborne remote sensing for archaeological and cultural heritage applications: A review of the century (1907–2017)

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Άθως Αγαπίου Cyprus

Marc Van Meirvenne Belgium

Nicola Masini Italy

Apostolos Sarris Greece

Philippe De Smedt Belgium

Jean Bourgeois Belgium

James Brasington United Kingdom

John M. Reynolds United Kingdom

Lei Luo China

J. P. Mills United Kingdom

Άθως Αγαπίου Cyprus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rosa Lasaponara

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Abate, Nicodemo, et al.. (2025). An Open-Source Machine Learning–Based Methodological Approach for Processing High-Resolution UAS LiDAR Data in Archaeological Contexts: A Case Study from Epirus, Greece. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 32(2).

Danese, Maria, et al.. (2025). AI methods for enhancing and recognizing archaeological features in heterogeneous geophysical datasets. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 32742–32742.

Elfadaly, Abdelaziz, et al.. (2024). Multi-Sensor Satellite Images for Detecting the Effects of Land-Use Changes on the Archaeological Area of Giza Necropolis, Egypt. Land. 13(4). 471–471. 1 indexed citations

Telesca, Luciano, Nicodemo Abate, Michele Lovallo, & Rosa Lasaponara. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Xylella Fastidiosa on Olive Trees by the Analysis of MODIS Terra Satellite Evapotranspiration Time Series by Using the Fisher Information Measure and the Shannon Entropy: A Case Study in Southern Italy. Remote Sensing. 16(7). 1242–1242.

Lasaponara, Rosa, Nicodemo Abate, & Nicola Masini. (2024). Early Identification of Vegetation Pest Diseases Using Sentinel 2 NDVI Time Series 2016–2023: The Case of Toumeyella Parvicorvis at Castel Porziano (Italy). IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 21. 1–5. 6 indexed citations

Masini, Nicola, Gerardo Romano, Luigi Capozzoli, et al.. (2023). Non invasive subsurface imaging to investigate the site evolution of Machu Picchu. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16035–16035. 2 indexed citations

Elfadaly, Abdelaziz, et al.. (2023). Tracking the effects of the long‐term changes on the coastal archaeological sites of the Mediterranean using remote sensing data: The case study from the northern shoreline of Nile Delta of Egypt. Archaeological Prospection. 30(3). 369–390. 6 indexed citations

Lasaponara, Rosa, et al.. (2023). Satellite automatic extraction and characterization of looting features in the Peruvian desert. 88–92.

Piroddi, Luca, Nasser Abu Zeid, Patrizia Capizzi, et al.. (2023). Imaging Cultural Heritage at Different Scales: Part I, the Micro-Scale (Manufacts). Remote Sensing. 15(10). 2586–2586. 12 indexed citations

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Lasaponara, Rosa, et al.. (2023). Imaging Burned Areas and Fire Severity in Mediterranean Fragmented Ecosystems Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2: The Case Study of Tortoli–Ogliastra Fire (Sardinia). IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 20. 1–5. 4 indexed citations

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Masini, Nicola, Nicodemo Abate, Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi, et al.. (2022). UAV LiDAR Based Approach for the Detection and Interpretation of Archaeological Micro Topography under Canopy—The Rediscovery of Perticara (Basilicata, Italy). Remote Sensing. 14(23). 6074–6074. 18 indexed citations

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Masini, Nicola & Rosa Lasaponara. (2021). Remote and Close Range Sensing for the Automatic Identification and Characterization of Archaeological Looting. The Case of Peru. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 126–144. 5 indexed citations

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Lasaponara, Rosa, Nicodemo Abate, & Nicola Masini. (2021). On the Use of Google Earth Engine and Sentinel Data to Detect “Lost” Sections of Ancient Roads. The Case of Via Appia. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19. 1–5. 18 indexed citations

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Mohamed, Elsayed Said, Ahmed A. El Baroudy, Abdel-Aziz Belal, et al.. (2020). Vis-NIR Spectroscopy and Satellite Landsat-8 OLI Data to Map Soil Nutrients in Arid Conditions: A Case Study of the Northwest Coast of Egypt. Remote Sensing. 12(22). 3716–3716. 49 indexed citations

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Sileo, Maria, et al.. (2020). Multi-Scale Monitoring of Rupestrian Heritage: Methodological Approach and Application to a Case Study. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 16(3). 469–484. 10 indexed citations

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Gizzi, Fabrizio Terenzio, Mario Bentivenga, Rosa Lasaponara, et al.. (2019). Natural Hazards, Human Factors, and “Ghost Towns”: a Multi-Level Approach. Geoheritage. 11(4). 1533–1565. 24 indexed citations

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Lasaponara, Rosa, et al.. (2019). Identification of Burned Areas and Severity Using SAR Sentinel-1. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 16(6). 917–921. 35 indexed citations

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Lasaponara, Rosa, et al.. (2019). On the Mapping of Burned Areas and Burn Severity Using Self Organizing Map and Sentinel-2 Data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 17(5). 854–858. 23 indexed citations

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Lasaponara, Rosa, et al.. (2019). Multispectral Contrast of Archaeological Features: A Quantitative Evaluation. Remote Sensing. 11(8). 913–913. 30 indexed citations

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Lasaponara, Rosa, et al.. (2017). Spatial Open Data for Monitoring Risks and Preserving Archaeological Areas and Landscape: Case Studies at Kom el Shoqafa, Egypt and Shush, Iran. Sustainability. 9(4). 572–572. 31 indexed citations

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