Sean P. Healey

9.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
87 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Sean P. Healey is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean P. Healey has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 48 papers in Environmental Engineering and 47 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sean P. Healey's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (46 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (42 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (33 papers). Sean P. Healey is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (46 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (42 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (33 papers). Sean P. Healey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Norway. Sean P. Healey's co-authors include Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, Robert E. Kennedy, Gretchen G. Moisen, Noel Gorelick, Yang Zhi-qiang, Olga N. Krankina, Michael A. Wulder, Todd A. Schroeder and Paul L. Patterson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sean P. Healey

83 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: High-resolution laser ranging of the Earth’s forests and topography

2020 764 citations Ralph Dubayah, J. B. Blair et al. profile →
Quantification of live aboveground forest biomass dynamics with Landsat time-series and field inventory data: A comparison of empirical modeling approaches

2010 435 citations Warren B. Cohen, Sean P. Healey et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Implementation of the LandTrendr Algorithm on Google Earth Engine

2018 402 citations Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang et al. profile →
Benefits of the free and open Landsat data policy

2019 327 citations Zhe Zhu, Michael A. Wulder et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space

2022 137 citations Ralph Dubayah, John Armston et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean P. Healey United States	33	3.2k	3.2k	2.8k	1.7k	582	87	5.5k
Txomin Hermosilla Canada	43	3.6k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	774 1.3×	121	6.0k
Dirk Pflugmacher Germany	37	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	775 0.4×	573 1.0×	56	4.2k
Zhiqiang Yang United States	37	4.3k 1.3×	4.3k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	935 1.6×	86	6.6k
Damiano Gianelle Italy	35	3.2k 1.0×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	119	6.1k
Thomas Hilker United States	43	4.5k 1.4×	3.6k 1.1×	3.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	899 1.5×	83	7.4k
Darius Culvenor Australia	32	3.3k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	3.7k 1.3×	2.4k 1.4×	496 0.9×	54	5.8k
Heiko Balzter United Kingdom	41	2.5k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	950 0.6×	1.1k 2.0×	182	6.4k
Forrest G. Hall United States	35	4.0k 1.2×	4.2k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	958 0.6×	1.3k 2.2×	65	6.5k
James E. Vogelmann United States	32	4.3k 1.3×	3.7k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	997 1.7×	59	6.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean P. Healey

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Yang, Zhiqiang, Angela Erb, Ryan M. Bright, et al.. (2025). Integrating albedo offsets in reforestation decisions for climate change mitigation outcomes in 2050: A case study in the USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 587. 122699–122699. 1 indexed citations

Roy, David P., Michael A. Wulder, Noel Gorelick, et al.. (2025). The next Landsat: Mission turning point?. Remote Sensing of Environment. 332. 115087–115087.

Healey, Sean P., Zhiqiang Yang, Angela Erb, et al.. (2025). Enhanced observation of forest albedo reveals significant offsets to reported carbon benefits. Environmental Research Letters. 20(7). 74025–74025. 1 indexed citations

Betts, Matthew G., Zhiqiang Yang, John Gunn, & Sean P. Healey. (2024). Congruent Long‐Term Declines in Carbon and Biodiversity Are a Signature of Forest Degradation. Global Change Biology. 30(11). e17541–e17541. 3 indexed citations

Ståhl, Göran, Terje Gobakken, Svetlana Saarela, et al.. (2024). Why ecosystem characteristics predicted from remotely sensed data are unbiased and biased at the same time – and how this affects applications. Forest Ecosystems. 11. 100164–100164. 10 indexed citations

Babcock, Chad, John Armston, Maurizio Santoro, et al.. (2024). A geostatistical approach to enhancing national forest biomass assessments with Earth Observation to aid climate policy needs. Remote Sensing of Environment. 318. 114557–114557. 6 indexed citations

Betts, Matthew G., Zhiqiang Yang, Adam S. Hadley, et al.. (2024). Quantifying forest degradation requires a long-term, landscape-scale approach. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(6). 1054–1057. 9 indexed citations

Saarela, Svetlana, Lauri Korhonen, Zhiqiang Yang, et al.. (2023). Three-phase hierarchical model-based and hybrid inference. MethodsX. 11. 102321–102321. 7 indexed citations

Jones, Gavin M., Andrew J. Shirk, Zhiqiang Yang, et al.. (2023). Correction to: Spatial and temporal dynamics of Mexican spotted owl habitat in the southwestern US. Landscape Ecology. 38(1). 39–40.

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Gorelick, Noel, et al.. (2023). A global time series dataset to facilitate forest greenhouse gas reporting. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8). 84001–84001. 6 indexed citations

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Saarela, Svetlana, Sören Holm, Sean P. Healey, et al.. (2022). Comparing frameworks for biomass prediction for the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation. Remote Sensing of Environment. 278. 113074–113074. 27 indexed citations

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Dubayah, Ralph, John Armston, Sean P. Healey, et al.. (2022). GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space. Environmental Research Letters. 17(9). 95001–95001. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davis, Raymond J., Zhiqiang Yang, Joseph L. Ganey, et al.. (2022). Linking robust spatiotemporal datasets to assess and monitor habitat attributes of a threatened species. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0265175–e0265175. 7 indexed citations

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Bullock, Eric L., et al.. (2021). Three Decades of Land Cover Change in East Africa. Land. 10(2). 150–150. 56 indexed citations

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Lister, Andrew J., Hans Henrik Andersen, Tracey S. Frescino, et al.. (2020). Use of Remote Sensing Data to Improve the Efficiency of National Forest Inventories: A Case Study from the United States National Forest Inventory. Forests. 11(12). 1364–1364. 66 indexed citations

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Zhao, Feng, Sean P. Healey, Chengquan Huang, et al.. (2018). Assessing the Effects of Fire Disturbances and Timber Management on Carbon Storage in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Environmental Management. 62(4). 766–776. 3 indexed citations

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Dubayah, Ralph, S. J. Goetz, J. B. Blair, et al.. (2014). The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 29 indexed citations

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Anderson, Nathaniel, Kenneth E. Skog, Sean P. Healey, et al.. (2012). Estimates of carbon stored in harvested wood products from the United States forest service northern region, 1906-2010. Carbon Balance and Management. 7(1). 1–1. 64 indexed citations

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Nelson, Mark D., Sean P. Healey, W. Keith Moser, Jeffrey G. Masek, & Warren B. Cohen. (2011). CONSISTENCY OF FOREST PRESENCE AND BIOMASS PREDICTIONS MODELED ACROSS OVERLAPPING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL EXTENTS. 3(2). 102–113. 7 indexed citations

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Healey, Sean P. & Warren B. Cohen. (2004). Using Landsat Imagery to Detect Forest Disturbance in the Pacific Northwest. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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