Shoaib Ahmad Anees

1.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
33 papers, 772 citations indexed

About

Shoaib Ahmad Anees is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Shoaib Ahmad Anees has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 772 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Shoaib Ahmad Anees's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers), Forest ecology and management (10 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers). Shoaib Ahmad Anees is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers), Forest ecology and management (10 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (9 papers). Shoaib Ahmad Anees collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Malaysia. Shoaib Ahmad Anees's co-authors include Kaleem Mehmood, Waseem Razzaq Khan, Mi Luo, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Khalid Ali Khan, Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Zubair, Sultan Muhammad, Qijing Liu and Aqil Tariq and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Shoaib Ahmad Anees

30 papers receiving 738 citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Exploring spatiotemporal dynamics of NDVI and climate-driven responses in ecosystems: Insights for sustainable management and climate resilience

2024 71 citations Kaleem Mehmood, Shoaib Ahmad Anees et al. Ecological Informatics profile →
Integration of machine learning and remote sensing for above ground biomass estimation through Landsat-9 and field data in temperate forests of the Himalayan region

2024 68 citations Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood et al. Ecological Informatics profile →
Assessing Chilgoza Pine (Pinus gerardiana) forest fire severity: Remote sensing analysis, correlations, and predictive modeling for enhanced management strategies

2024 48 citations Kaleem Mehmood, Shoaib Ahmad Anees et al. Trees Forests and People profile →
Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation cover: integrative machine learning analysis of multispectral imagery and environmental predictors

2025 22 citations Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood et al. Earth Science Informatics profile →
Machine Learning and Spatio Temporal Analysis for Assessing Ecological Impacts of the Billion Tree Afforestation Project

2025 19 citations Kaleem Mehmood, Shoaib Ahmad Anees et al. Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shoaib Ahmad Anees China	20	425	413	248	179	171	33	772
Kaleem Mehmood China	15	311 0.7×	307 0.7×	183 0.7×	137 0.8×	117 0.7×	31	584
Agata Hościło Poland	11	621 1.5×	553 1.3×	223 0.9×	126 0.7×	89 0.5×	31	891
E. Brown De Colstoun United States	7	374 0.9×	454 1.1×	174 0.7×	126 0.7×	72 0.4×	13	672
J. Anchang United States	12	201 0.5×	352 0.9×	187 0.8×	65 0.4×	87 0.5×	20	629
Munkhnasan Lamchin South Korea	8	344 0.8×	404 1.0×	94 0.4×	131 0.7×	50 0.3×	15	590
Abdullah F. Alqurashi Saudi Arabia	10	241 0.6×	322 0.8×	196 0.8×	130 0.7×	59 0.3×	17	559
Natalya Panov Israel	10	394 0.9×	620 1.5×	365 1.5×	275 1.5×	46 0.3×	15	969
C. Kenneth Brewer United States	7	401 0.9×	463 1.1×	233 0.9×	78 0.4×	135 0.8×	11	690
Pulakesh Das India	15	206 0.5×	370 0.9×	170 0.7×	97 0.5×	53 0.3×	37	598
Zhengxiang Zhang China	14	467 1.1×	525 1.3×	166 0.7×	226 1.3×	61 0.4×	44	817

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20 of 20 papers shown

Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal dynamics and environmental drivers of fractional vegetation cover in a Semi-Arid region using machine learning. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 156(9). 3 indexed citations

Mehmood, Kaleem, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Qijing Liu, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning and Spatio Temporal Analysis for Assessing Ecological Impacts of the Billion Tree Afforestation Project. Ecology and Evolution. 15(2). e70736–e70736. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Mehmood, Kaleem, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Sultan Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Exploring vegetation health in Southern Thailand under climate stress from temperature and water impacts between 2000 and 2023. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 30491–30491. 4 indexed citations

Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, et al.. (2025). Advancing forest fire burn severity and vegetation recovery assessments using remote sensing and machine learning approaches. Ecological Informatics. 92. 103446–103446.

Mehmood, Kaleem, et al.. (2025). Advancing forest fire prediction: A multi-layer stacking ensemble model approach. Earth Science Informatics. 18(3). 10 indexed citations

Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, Kaleem Mehmood, Waseem Razzaq Khan, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation cover: integrative machine learning analysis of multispectral imagery and environmental predictors. Earth Science Informatics. 18(1). 22 indexed citations breakdown →

Mehmood, Kaleem, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Muhammad Adnan, et al.. (2025). Understanding green house gases emission dynamics from forest fires in Thailand using predictive models. Global and Planetary Change. 257. 105236–105236.

Khan, Waseem Razzaq, Michele Giani, Stanislao Bevilacqua, et al.. (2025). Derivation of allometric equations and carbon content estimation in mangrove forests of Malaysia. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 26. 100618–100618. 3 indexed citations

Mehmood, Kaleem, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Sultan Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Spatial and temporal vegetation dynamics from 2000 to 2023 in the Western Himalayan regions. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 39(6). 2309–2330. 11 indexed citations

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Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, Kaleem Mehmood, Nazir Ur Rehman, et al.. (2024). Unveiling fractional vegetation cover dynamics: A spatiotemporal analysis using MODIS NDVI and machine learning. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 24. 100485–100485. 40 indexed citations

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Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, Kaleem Mehmood, Sebastian Pfautsch, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal analysis of surface Urban Heat Island intensity and the role of vegetation in six major Pakistani cities. Ecological Informatics. 85. 102986–102986. 22 indexed citations

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Luo, Mi, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Qiuyan Huang, et al.. (2024). Improving Forest Above-Ground Biomass Estimation by Integrating Individual Machine Learning Models. Forests. 15(6). 975–975. 36 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Kaleem, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Nazir Ur Rehman, et al.. (2024). Assessment of climatic influences on net primary productivity along elevation gradients in temperate ecoregions. Trees Forests and People. 18. 100657–100657. 31 indexed citations

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Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, Kaleem Mehmood, Waseem Razzaq Khan, et al.. (2024). Integration of machine learning and remote sensing for above ground biomass estimation through Landsat-9 and field data in temperate forests of the Himalayan region. Ecological Informatics. 82. 102732–102732. 68 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mehmood, Kaleem, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Sultan Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Analyzing vegetation health dynamics across seasons and regions through NDVI and climatic variables. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11775–11775. 42 indexed citations

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Khan, Waseem Razzaq, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Productivity of the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve: Review of One of the Best-Managed Mangrove Forests. Forests. 15(5). 747–747. 22 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Kaleem, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Mi Luo, et al.. (2024). Assessing Chilgoza Pine (Pinus gerardiana) forest fire severity: Remote sensing analysis, correlations, and predictive modeling for enhanced management strategies. Trees Forests and People. 16. 100521–100521. 48 indexed citations breakdown →

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Anees, Shoaib Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Non-Structural Carbohydrates in Faxon Fir (Abies fargesii var. faxoniana), Subalpine Mountains of Southwest China. Forests. 14(7). 1438–1438. 21 indexed citations

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Akram, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Association of the Female Flight Ability of Asian Spongy Moths (Lymantria dispar asiatica) with Locality, Age and Mating: A Case Study from China. Forests. 13(8). 1158–1158. 22 indexed citations

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Lin, Hui, et al.. (2022). A Comparative Pattern for Populus spp. and Betula spp. Stand Biomass in Eurasian Climate Gradients. Croatian journal of forest engineering. 43(2). 457–467. 17 indexed citations

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