Soo Chin Liew

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
190 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Soo Chin Liew is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Soo Chin Liew has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 53 papers in Ecology and 39 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Soo Chin Liew's work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (29 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (26 papers). Soo Chin Liew is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (29 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (26 papers). Soo Chin Liew collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and France. Soo Chin Liew's co-authors include Jukka Miettinen, Chenghua Shi, Leong Keong Kwoh, Lian Pin Koh, Jaboury Ghazoul, Avijit Gupta, A. Hooijer, Santo V. Salinas, Jianjun Wang and Boon Ning Chew and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Soo Chin Liew

174 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Deforestation rates in insular Southeast Asia between 200... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2011 2016 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Deforestation rates in insular Southeast Asia between 2000 and 2010
    2011 440 citations Soo Chin Liew et al. profile →
  2. Remotely sensed evidence of tropical peatland conversion to oil palm
    2011 396 citations Soo Chin Liew et al. profile →
  3. Land cover distribution in the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2015 with changes since 1990
    2016 356 citations Soo Chin Liew et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Soo Chin Liew Singapore 34 2.3k 2.3k 766 642 397 190 4.8k
Jiahua Zhang China 44 3.5k 1.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 2.0× 1.2k 1.8× 98 0.2× 337 6.4k
Jinsong Wang China 38 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 900 1.2× 332 0.5× 77 0.2× 293 6.1k
Robert Fraser Canada 39 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.8k 2.4× 817 1.3× 78 0.2× 134 4.6k
Qiusheng Wu United States 40 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 819 1.1× 1.7k 2.7× 203 0.5× 97 5.4k
Tom Spencer United Kingdom 50 1.8k 0.8× 4.3k 1.9× 1.9k 2.4× 586 0.9× 124 0.3× 263 9.1k
Jörg Bendix Germany 45 3.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 2.9k 3.8× 1.2k 1.9× 72 0.2× 256 6.4k
Ulrich Weber Germany 29 1.9k 0.8× 923 0.4× 758 1.0× 374 0.6× 230 0.6× 119 4.9k
Jan Bogaert Belgium 36 2.0k 0.9× 970 0.4× 301 0.4× 406 0.6× 90 0.2× 323 4.6k
Hyungjun Kim Japan 35 4.9k 2.1× 688 0.3× 1.8k 2.3× 760 1.2× 97 0.2× 134 7.4k
Geoffrey M. Henebry United States 46 3.7k 1.6× 3.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.7× 1.8k 2.8× 35 0.1× 175 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Soo Chin Liew

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Fields of papers citing papers by Soo Chin Liew

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Soo Chin Liew

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Soo Chin Liew. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Soo Chin Liew based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Soo Chin Liew. Soo Chin Liew is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liew, Soo Chin, Tan Li, & Santo V. Salinas. (2024). Inverse Modeling for Methane Detection with Hyperspectral Satellite Sensors. 347–350.
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Salinas, Santo V., et al.. (2020). Characterization of Biomass Burning Aerosols During the 2019 Fire Event: Singapore and Kuching Cities. 5533–5536. 1 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, et al.. (2019). ITERATIVE MULTISTAGE MODEL-BASED DECOMPOSITION FOR POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGERY. National University of Singapore. 1 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, et al.. (2013). Land cover classification of very high spatial resolution satelite imagery. National University of Singapore. 2685–2687. 2 indexed citations
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Salinas, Santo V., et al.. (2013). First measurements of aerosol optical depth and Angstrom exponent number from AERONET's Kuching site. Atmospheric Environment. 78. 231–241. 18 indexed citations
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Yee, Alex Thiam Koon, Richard T. Corlett, Soo Chin Liew, & Hugh Tiang Wah Tan. (2011). The vegetation of Singapore―an updated map. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 106 indexed citations
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Thouret, Jean‐Claude, Avijit Gupta, Gert Lube, et al.. (2010). The 2006 pyroclastic deposits of Merapi Volcano, Java, Indonesia: High-spatial resolution IKONOS images and complementary ground based observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 114(9). 1949–1967. 27 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, Jean‐Claude Thouret, Avijit Gupta, & Leong Keong Kwoh. (2008). First Satellite Image of a Moving Pyroclastic Flow. Eos. 89(22). 202–202. 4 indexed citations
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Kam, Suan Pheng, et al.. (2006). Remote sensing and field assessment of tsunami effects on coastal pond aquaculture in northern Sumatra. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 29. 4–9. 2 indexed citations
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Gupta, Avijit, et al.. (2006). Sediment storage and transfer in the Mekong : generalizations on a large river. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 450–459. 1 indexed citations
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Salinas, Santo V., et al.. (2005). Quick analysis of wave patterns generated by tsunami waves and captured by SPOT imagery. National University of Singapore. 5. 3634–3636. 3 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, et al.. (2004). Retrieval of inherent optical properties from landsat ETM+ data: possibilities and limitations. 5. 3489–3492. 5 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, et al.. (2001). Land Cover Classification Using NASA/JPL Polarimeric Synthetic Aperture Radar (POLSAR) Data. 3 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, et al.. (2001). DEPENDENCE OF URBAN TEMPERATURE ELEVATION ON LAND COVER TYPES.
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Ribbes, F., et al.. (1997). Forest mapping in tropical region using multitemporal and interferometric ERS-1/2 data. National University of Singapore. 414. 351–356. 4 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, et al.. (1997). Landcover classification using ERS SAR/INSAR data on coastal region of Central Sumatra. National University of Singapore. 414. 391–396. 4 indexed citations
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Liew, Soo Chin, et al.. (1985). Anisotropic elasticity of bovine pericardial tissues.. The Japanese Journal of Physiology. 35(5). 831–840. 13 indexed citations

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