Ville Lehtola

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ville Lehtola is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Geology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ville Lehtola has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 16 papers in Geology and 15 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ville Lehtola's work include 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (16 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (15 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (15 papers). Ville Lehtola is often cited by papers focused on 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (16 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (15 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (15 papers). Ville Lehtola collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Netherlands and Germany. Ville Lehtola's co-authors include Juho‐Pekka Virtanen, Juha Hyyppä, Harri Kaartinen, Antero Kukko, Kimmo Kaski, R. P. Linna, Risto Kaijaluoto, Anttoni Jaakkola, George Vosselman and Matti Kurkela and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Ville Lehtola

37 papers receiving 998 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Digital twin of a city: Review of technology serving city needs
    2022 123 citations Ville Lehtola, Juho‐Pekka Virtanen et al. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ville Lehtola Finland 16 392 356 306 182 142 39 1.0k
Haihong Zhu China 20 445 1.1× 378 1.1× 151 0.5× 135 0.7× 226 1.6× 79 1.3k
M. Saadatseresht Iran 14 141 0.4× 158 0.4× 194 0.6× 224 1.2× 225 1.6× 61 756
Xianfeng Huang China 15 711 1.8× 619 1.7× 158 0.5× 177 1.0× 219 1.5× 71 1.7k
Craig Hancock China 21 176 0.4× 224 0.6× 610 2.0× 81 0.4× 99 0.7× 83 1.4k
Campbell Middleton United Kingdom 23 112 0.3× 253 0.7× 140 0.5× 104 0.6× 49 0.3× 74 1.6k
Dieter Fritsch Germany 21 641 1.6× 825 2.3× 403 1.3× 354 1.9× 518 3.6× 141 1.7k
Yunsheng Zhang China 16 285 0.7× 209 0.6× 149 0.5× 124 0.7× 205 1.4× 81 886
Shibiao Xu China 20 475 1.2× 96 0.3× 252 0.8× 435 2.4× 919 6.5× 126 1.7k
Allison Kealy Australia 20 140 0.4× 133 0.4× 533 1.7× 211 1.2× 171 1.2× 110 1.2k
Qian Zheng China 15 166 0.4× 160 0.4× 156 0.5× 97 0.5× 602 4.2× 53 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ville Lehtola

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ville Lehtola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ville Lehtola

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ville Lehtola. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ville Lehtola 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 Ville Lehtola. Ville Lehtola 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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Zhao, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Bearing estimation using foghorn sounds. Applied Acoustics. 231. 110560–110560.
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Wu, Hangbin, et al.. (2024). Indoor functional subspace division from point clouds based on graph neural network. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 127. 103656–103656. 3 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, et al.. (2024). Recognition of Indoor Scenes Using 3-D Scene Graphs. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 62. 1–16. 3 indexed citations
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Borsci, Simone, Ville Lehtola, Francesco Nex, et al.. (2022). Embedding artificial intelligence in society: looking beyond the EU AI master plan using the culture cycle. AI & Society. 38(4). 1465–1484. 14 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, et al.. (2021). Simple loop closing for continuous 6DOF LIDAR&IMU graph SLAM with planar features for indoor environments. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 181. 413–426. 23 indexed citations
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Thombre, Sarang, et al.. (2020). Sensors and AI Techniques for Situational Awareness in Autonomous Ships: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(1). 64–83. 177 indexed citations
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Diakité, Abdoulaye, et al.. (2020). Consistency grammar for 3D indoor model checking. Transactions in GIS. 25(1). 189–212. 10 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, et al.. (2019). SINGLE PHOTON LIDAR IN MOBILE LASER SCANNING: THE SAMPLING RATE PROBLEM AND INITIAL SOLUTIONS VIA SPATIAL CORRELATIONS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLII-2/W18. 91–97. 2 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, et al.. (2019). INTEGRATING A LOW-COST MEMS IMU INTO A LASER-BASED SLAM FOR INDOOR MOBILE MAPPING. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLII-2/W17. 149–156. 11 indexed citations
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Vaaja, Matti, et al.. (2018). Mobile mapping of night-time road environment lighting conditions. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 26(1). 1–17. 8 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, Harri Kaartinen, Andreas Nüchter, et al.. (2017). Comparison of the Selected State-Of-The-Art 3D Indoor Scanning and Point Cloud Generation Methods. Remote Sensing. 9(8). 796–796. 166 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, Juho‐Pekka Virtanen, Matti Vaaja, Hannu Hyyppä, & Andreas Nüchter. (2016). Localization of a mobile laser scanner via dimensional reduction. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 121. 48–59. 18 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, et al.. (2016). LOCALIZATION CORRECTIONS FOR MOBILE LASER SCANNER USING LOCAL SUPPORT-BASED OUTLIER FILTERING. ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. III-4. 81–88. 3 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, Juho‐Pekka Virtanen, Petri Rönnholm, & Andreas Nüchter. (2016). LOCALIZATION CORRECTIONS FOR MOBILE LASER SCANNER USING LOCAL SUPPORT-BASED OUTLIER FILTERING. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. III-4. 81–88. 5 indexed citations
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Kauhanen, Heikki, et al.. (2016). MOTORIZED PANORAMIC CAMERA MOUNT – CALIBRATION AND IMAGE CAPTURE. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. III-5. 89–96. 5 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville & Pirjo Ståhle. (2014). Societal innovation at the interface of the state and civil society. Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research. 27(2). 152–174. 33 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, Kimmo Kaski, & R. P. Linna. (2010). Pore-polymer interaction reveals nonuniversality in forced polymer translocation. Physical Review E. 82(3). 31908–31908. 21 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, R. P. Linna, & Kimmo Kaski. (2010). Unforced polymer translocation compared to the forced case. Physical Review E. 81(3). 31803–31803. 26 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, R. P. Linna, & Kimmo Kaski. (2008). Critical evaluation of the computational methods used in the forced polymer translocation. Physical Review E. 78(6). 61803–61803. 42 indexed citations
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Lehtola, Ville, et al.. (2007). Polymer scaling and dynamics in steady-state sedimentation at infinite Péclet number. Physical Review E. 76(5). 51802–51802. 3 indexed citations

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