Simon Plank

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Simon Plank is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Plank has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Simon Plank's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (36 papers), Landslides and related hazards (20 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (17 papers). Simon Plank is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (36 papers), Landslides and related hazards (20 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (17 papers). Simon Plank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United Kingdom. Simon Plank's co-authors include Sandro Martinis, André Twele, Wenxi Cao, Kurosch Thuro, Ralf Ludwig, Yu Li, Christian Geiß, Sivasakthy Selvakumaran, Cristian Rossi and Campbell Middleton and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Simon Plank

74 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Sentinel-1-based flood mapping: a fully automated processing chain

2016 416 citations André Twele, Wenxi Cao et al. International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Plank Germany	21	943	721	575	409	333	78	1.9k
Alberto Refice Italy	20	563 0.6×	525 0.7×	665 1.2×	515 1.3×	378 1.1×	106	1.5k
Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos Greece	25	493 0.5×	315 0.4×	257 0.4×	602 1.5×	645 1.9×	188	2.1k
André Stumpf France	17	868 0.9×	627 0.9×	201 0.3×	922 2.3×	494 1.5×	26	2.1k
André Twele Germany	14	1.5k 1.6×	721 1.0×	349 0.6×	179 0.4×	484 1.5×	45	1.9k
Sigrid Roessner Germany	24	715 0.8×	950 1.3×	420 0.7×	860 2.1×	445 1.3×	57	2.2k
Sandro Martinis Germany	29	2.4k 2.5×	1.2k 1.6×	481 0.8×	251 0.6×	844 2.5×	96	3.2k
Fabiana Calò Italy	19	389 0.4×	475 0.7×	837 1.5×	570 1.4×	409 1.2×	44	1.5k
Luca Pulvirenti Italy	27	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.9×	758 1.3×	160 0.4×	1.2k 3.5×	136	2.5k
Tapas R. Martha India	25	1.2k 1.3×	821 1.1×	291 0.5×	2.0k 4.8×	338 1.0×	69	2.6k
Kalifa Goı̈ta Canada	25	419 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	426 0.7×	129 0.3×	1.2k 3.5×	103	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Plank

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Orynbaikyzy, Aiym, et al.. (2025). Landslide mapping with deep learning: the role of pre-/post-event SAR features and multi-sensor data fusion. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 62(1). 1 indexed citations

Motagh, Mahdi, et al.. (2024). A framework for automated landslide dating utilizing SAR-Derived Parameters Time-Series, An Enhanced Transformer Model, and Dynamic Thresholding. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 129. 103795–103795. 10 indexed citations

Wieland, Marc, et al.. (2023). S1S2-Water: A Global Dataset for Semantic Segmentation of Water Bodies From Sentinel- 1 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 17. 1084–1099. 27 indexed citations

Wieland, Marc, et al.. (2022). Sentinel-1-Based Water and Flood Mapping: Benchmarking Convolutional Neural Networks Against an Operational Rule-Based Processing Chain. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 15. 2023–2036. 46 indexed citations

Schlaffer, Stefan, Marco Chini, Wouter Dorigo, & Simon Plank. (2022). Monitoring surface water dynamics in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota using dual-polarised Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) time series. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(3). 841–860. 16 indexed citations

Zorn, Edgar U., Aiym Orynbaikyzy, Simon Plank, et al.. (2022). Identification and ranking of subaerial volcanic tsunami hazard sources in Southeast Asia. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(9). 3083–3104. 15 indexed citations

Plank, Simon, et al.. (2021). The DLR FireBIRD Small Satellite Mission: Evaluation of Infrared Data for Wildfire Assessment. Remote Sensing. 13(8). 1459–1459. 6 indexed citations

Marchese, Francesco, et al.. (2021). Mapping and characterizing the Kīlauea (Hawaiʻi) lava lake through Sentinel-2 MSI and Landsat-8 OLI observations of December 2020–February 2021. Environmental Modelling & Software. 148. 105273–105273. 12 indexed citations

Plank, Simon, et al.. (2020). Estimates of lava discharge rate of 2018 Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaiʻi eruption using multi-sensor satellite and laboratory measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 42(4). 1492–1511. 21 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon, Francesco Marchese, Carolina Filizzola, et al.. (2019). The July/August 2019 Lava Flows at the Sciara del Fuoco, Stromboli–Analysis from Multi-Sensor Infrared Satellite Imagery. Remote Sensing. 11(23). 2879–2879. 34 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon, et al.. (2018). Full-polarimetric burn scar mapping – the differences of active fire and post-fire situations. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 40(1). 253–268. 6 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon & Sandro Martinis. (2018). A Fully Automatic Burnt Area Mapping Processor Based on AVHRR Imagery—A TIMELINE Thematic Processor. Remote Sensing. 10(2). 341–341. 7 indexed citations

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Cao, Wenxi, André Twele, Simon Plank, & Sandro Martinis. (2017). A three-class change detection methodology for SAR-data based on hypothesis testing and Markov Random field modelling. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 39(2). 488–504. 7 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon, et al.. (2017). A Fully Automatic Instantaneous Fire Hotspot Detection Processor Based on AVHRR Imagery—A TIMELINE Thematic Processor. Remote Sensing. 9(1). 30–30. 12 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon, André Twele, & Sandro Martinis. (2016). Landslide Mapping in Vegetated Areas Using Change Detection Based on Optical and Polarimetric SAR Data. Remote Sensing. 8(4). 307–307. 100 indexed citations

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Cerra, Daniele, Simon Plank, Vasiliki Lysandrou, & Jiaojiao Tian. (2016). Cultural Heritage Sites in Danger—Towards Automatic Damage Detection from Space. Remote Sensing. 8(9). 781–781. 36 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon, Sandro Martinis, & André Twele. (2016). Rapid Landslide Mapping by Means of Post-Event Polarimetric SAR Imagery. elib (German Aerospace Center). 740. 307. 1 indexed citations

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Martinis, Sandro, et al.. (2016). Improving the extraction of crisis information in the context of flood, fire, and landslide rapid mapping using SAR and optical remote sensing data. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon. (2014). Rapid Damage Assessment by Means of Multi-Temporal SAR — A Comprehensive Review and Outlook to Sentinel-1. Remote Sensing. 6(6). 4870–4906. 185 indexed citations

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Plank, Simon, John Singer, Christian Minet, & Kurosch Thuro. (2009). GIS based suitability evaluation of the Differential Radar Interferometry method (D-InSAR) for detection and deformation monitoring of landslides. elib (German Aerospace Center). 677. 105. 8 indexed citations

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