Vasco Mantas

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 828 citations indexed

About

Vasco Mantas is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Vasco Mantas has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 828 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Environmental Engineering, 11 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Vasco Mantas's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (9 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (3 papers). Vasco Mantas is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (9 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (3 papers). Vasco Mantas collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Spain. Vasco Mantas's co-authors include Sofia L. Ermida, Frank Göttsche, Isabel F. Trigo, Alcides Pereira, Zhong Liu, N. Lewyckyj, Marian-Daniel Iordache, Klaas Pauly, João Carlos Marques and Paula V. Morais and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing and Ecological Indicators.

In The Last Decade

Vasco Mantas

20 papers receiving 804 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.

  1. Google Earth Engine Open-Source Code for Land Surface Temperature Estimation from the Landsat Series
    2020 439 citations Sofia L. Ermida, Vasco Mantas et al. Remote Sensing profile →

Peers

Vasco Mantas
Imán Rousta Iran
Sadegh Jamali Sweden
Zhaoning Gong China
Matt Paget Australia
Shi Chen China
Natalya Panov Israel
Céline Lamarche Belgium
Zunyi Xie China
James D. Hurd United States
Imán Rousta Iran
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Countries citing papers authored by Vasco Mantas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vasco Mantas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vasco Mantas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vasco Mantas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vasco Mantas 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 Vasco Mantas. Vasco Mantas 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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Tanase, Mihai A., et al.. (2025). Normalized Radar Burn Ratio: A Case Study for Burned Area Mapping in Mediterranean Forests. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 22. 1–5.
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Mantas, Vasco, et al.. (2023). User-Relevant Land Cover Products for Informed Decision-Making in the Complex Terrain of the Peruvian Andes. Remote Sensing. 15(13). 3303–3303. 4 indexed citations
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Viegas, D. X., et al.. (2023). Vegetation Fuel Type Classification Using Optimised Synergy of Sentinel Data and Texture Feature. Estudo Geral (Universidad de Coimbra). 3098–3101.
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Mantas, Vasco, et al.. (2022). Detection of Tree Decline (Pinus pinaster Aiton) in European Forests Using Sentinel-2 Data. Remote Sensing. 14(9). 2028–2028. 22 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, et al.. (2021). Maximizing forest value through using Sentinel-2 in combination with hyperspectral UAVs. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Liu, Zhong, Vasco Mantas, Jennifer Wei, Menglin Jin, & David Meyer. (2020). Creating Data Tool Kits That Everyone Can Use. Eos. 101. 4 indexed citations
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Ermida, Sofia L., et al.. (2020). Google Earth Engine Open-Source Code for Land Surface Temperature Estimation from the Landsat Series. Remote Sensing. 12(9). 1471–1471. 439 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mantas, Vasco, Alcides Pereira, & João Carlos Marques. (2019). Partitioning the ocean using dense time series of Earth Observation data. Regions and natural boundaries in the Western Iberian Peninsula. Ecological Indicators. 103. 9–21. 5 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, et al.. (2018). Improving tropical deforestation detection through using photosynthetic vegetation time series – (PVts-β). Ecological Indicators. 94. 367–379. 10 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, João Carlos Marques, & Alcides Pereira. (2016). A Data Fusion Approach for the Production of Impervious Surface Area Estimates Using Sentinel-1 A and Landsat-8 Data. ESASP. 740. 112. 2 indexed citations
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Pereira, Alcides, et al.. (2016). Morphostructural characterization of the western edge of the Huila Plateau (SW Angola), based on remote sensing techniques. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 117. 114–123. 16 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, João Carlos Marques, & Alcides Pereira. (2016). A geospatial approach to monitoring impervious surfaces in watersheds using Landsat data (the Mondego Basin, Portugal as a case study). Ecological Indicators. 71. 449–466. 18 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, Zhong Liu, & Alcides Pereira. (2015). A web service and android application for the distribution of rainfall estimates and Earth observation data. Computers & Geosciences. 77. 66–76. 9 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, et al.. (2014). Validation of TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis (TMPA) products in the Peruvian Andes. Atmospheric Research. 163. 132–145. 125 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, Alcides Pereira, João M. Neto, Joana Patrício, & João Carlos Marques. (2011). Monitoring estuarine water quality using satellite imagery. The Mondego river estuary (Portugal) as a case study. Ocean & Coastal Management. 72. 13–21. 15 indexed citations
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Mantas, Vasco, Alcides Pereira, & Paula V. Morais. (2011). Plumes of discolored water of volcanic origin and possible implications for algal communities. The case of the Home Reef eruption of 2006 (Tonga, Southwest Pacific Ocean). Remote Sensing of Environment. 115(6). 1341–1352. 27 indexed citations

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