This map shows the geographic impact of Timo Melkas's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Timo Melkas with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Timo Melkas more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Timo Melkas. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Timo Melkas. The network helps show where Timo Melkas may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timo Melkas
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Timo Melkas.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Timo Melkas 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 Timo Melkas. Timo Melkas is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Petty, Aaron M. & Timo Melkas. (2012). Crane scale accuracy: A case study on timber truck and forwarder crane scale measurement. 45–46.1 indexed citations
Vastaranta, Mikko, Markus Holopainen, Xiaowei Yu, et al.. (2011). Individual tree detection and area-based approach in retrieval of forest inventory characteristics from low-pulse airborne laser scanning data. 22(2). 1–13.23 indexed citations
Holopainen, Markus, Mikko Vastaranta, Jussi Rasinmäki, et al.. (2010). Estimation of timber assortments using low-density ALS data.2 indexed citations
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Melkas, Timo, Mikko Vastaranta, Reija Haapanen, et al.. (2009). Updating forest resource data by using ALS measurements and information collected with a harvester.6 indexed citations
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Vastaranta, Mikko, Markus Holopainen, Reija Haapanen, et al.. (2009). Comparison between an area-based and individual tree detection method for low-pulse density als-based forest inventory.11 indexed citations
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Vastaranta, Mikko, Timo Melkas, Markus Holopainen, et al.. (2009). LASER-BASED FIELD MEASUREMENTS IN TREE-LEVEL FOREST DATA ACQUISITION. 21(2). 51–61.40 indexed citations
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