Si Gao

594 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 323 citations indexed

About

Si Gao is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Si Gao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 323 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Si Gao's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers). Si Gao is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (16 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers). Si Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Si Gao's co-authors include Kai Yan, Jianbo Qi, Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan, Jiabin Pu, Ranga B. Myneni, Wanjuan Song, Xuanlong Ma, Sicong Gao and Gaofei Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Si Gao

17 papers receiving 317 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evaluating the saturation effect of vegetation indices in forests using 3D radiative transfer simulations and satellite observations

2023 94 citations Si Gao, Kai Yan 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
Si Gao China	9	241	153	144	86	52	18	323
Jorge Sánchez-Zapero Spain	10	244 1.0×	169 1.1×	201 1.4×	69 0.8×	64 1.2×	14	348
Eric Chavanon France	8	292 1.2×	212 1.4×	198 1.4×	58 0.7×	80 1.5×	15	402
Jiabin Pu China	9	239 1.0×	136 0.9×	153 1.1×	81 0.9×	68 1.3×	17	315
Lan H. Nguyen United States	8	178 0.7×	85 0.6×	172 1.2×	90 1.0×	28 0.5×	10	309
Liying Geng China	9	249 1.0×	126 0.8×	252 1.8×	112 1.3×	40 0.8×	14	410
Marco A. Peña Chile	10	221 0.9×	189 1.2×	134 0.9×	95 1.1×	59 1.1×	26	378
Kirsten Lees United Kingdom	9	249 1.0×	70 0.5×	165 1.1×	61 0.7×	58 1.1×	12	343
Geethen Singh South Africa	3	132 0.5×	82 0.5×	127 0.9×	60 0.7×	18 0.3×	5	245
Chuang LIU China	8	195 0.8×	77 0.5×	172 1.2×	116 1.3×	25 0.5×	25	326
Mingzhu Xu China	10	268 1.1×	133 0.9×	229 1.6×	68 0.8×	119 2.3×	21	409

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Si Gao

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18 of 18 papers shown

Zhang, Linjing, et al.. (2025). Multi-Decision Vector Fusion Model for Enhanced Mapping of Aboveground Biomass in Subtropical Forests Integrating Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Airborne LiDAR Data. Remote Sensing. 17(7). 1285–1285. 3 indexed citations

Zeng, Yelu, Dalei Hao, Nikolay V. Shabanov, et al.. (2025). Combining geometric-optical and spectral invariants theories for modeling canopy fluorescence anisotropy. Remote Sensing of Environment. 323. 114716–114716.

Gao, Si, Kai Yan, Guangjian Yan, et al.. (2025). Rainfall-caused water film on canopy surface biases remotely-sensed vegetation greenness. Remote Sensing of Environment. 324. 114747–114747. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Kai, Si Gao, Guangjian Yan, et al.. (2025). A global systematic review of the remote sensing vegetation indices. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 139. 104560–104560. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Dandan, et al.. (2024). The anisotropy of MODIS LST in urban areas: A perspective from different time scales using model simulations. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 209. 448–460. 7 indexed citations

Yan, Kai, Jinxiu Liu, Si Gao, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the consistency of MODIS LAI products from a new perspective of spatiotemporal variability. International Journal of Digital Earth. 17(1). 2 indexed citations

Gao, Si, Kai Yan, Jinxiu Liu, et al.. (2024). Assessment of remote-sensed vegetation indices for estimating forest chlorophyll concentration. Ecological Indicators. 162. 112001–112001. 41 indexed citations

Yan, Kai, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Quality Control Methods on Vegetation Monitoring Using MODIS FPAR Time Series. Forests. 15(3). 553–553. 3 indexed citations

Pu, Jiabin, Kai Yan, Si Gao, et al.. (2023). Improving the MODIS LAI compositing using prior time-series information. Remote Sensing of Environment. 287. 113493–113493. 11 indexed citations

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Gao, Si, Kai Yan, Xuanlong Ma, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the saturation effect of vegetation indices in forests using 3D radiative transfer simulations and satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 295. 113665–113665. 94 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Tianchi, Kai Yan, Si Gao, et al.. (2023). Spatio-Temporal Variability Analysis of Vegetation Dynamics in China from 2000 to 2022 Based on Leaf Area Index: A Multi-Temporal Image Classification Perspective. Remote Sensing. 15(12). 2975–2975. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhao, Si Gao, Wenjia Cai, et al.. (2023). Projections of heat-related excess mortality in China due to climate change, population and aging. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering. 17(11). 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinxiu, et al.. (2023). A robust gap-filling method for predicting missing observations in daily Black Marble nighttime light data. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 60(1). 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Kai, Si Gao, Jiabin Pu, et al.. (2023). Improving the Quality of MODIS LAI Products by Exploiting Spatiotemporal Correlation Information. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 61. 1–19. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Hanliang, Kai Yan, Si Gao, Wanjuan Song, & Xihan Mu. (2022). Revisiting the Performance of the Kernel-Driven BRDF Model Using Filtered High-Quality POLDER Observations. Forests. 13(3). 435–435. 8 indexed citations

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Yan, Kai, Jiabin Pu, Si Gao, et al.. (2022). Revisit the Performance of MODIS and VIIRS Leaf Area Index Products from the Perspective of Time-Series Stability. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 15. 8958–8973. 8 indexed citations

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Yan, Kai, Si Gao, Jianbo Qi, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of the Vegetation-Index-Based Dimidiate Pixel Model for Fractional Vegetation Cover Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–14. 94 indexed citations

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Yan, Kai, Yelu Zeng, Jiabin Pu, et al.. (2021). Modeling the radiation regime of a discontinuous canopy based on the stochastic radiative transport theory: Modification, evaluation and validation. Remote Sensing of Environment. 267. 112728–112728. 20 indexed citations

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