William L. Stefanov

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

William L. Stefanov is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Stefanov has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Environmental Engineering and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William L. Stefanov's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (11 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers). William L. Stefanov is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (11 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers). William L. Stefanov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. William L. Stefanov's co-authors include Sharon L. Harlan, Anthony J. Brazel, Larissa Larsen, G. Darrel Jenerette, P. R. Christensen, Lela Prashad, M. S. Ramsey, Juan Declet‐Barreto, Chris Martin and Diana B. Petitti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

William L. Stefanov

28 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Neighborhood microclimates and vulnerability to heat stress 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William L. Stefanov United States 15 1.8k 1.7k 1.4k 468 443 32 3.5k
Hadas Saaroni Israel 32 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 207 0.4× 1.3k 2.9× 72 3.6k
Robert C. Balling United States 39 813 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 3.1k 2.1× 481 1.0× 2.0k 4.4× 180 4.8k
P. T. Nastos Greece 40 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 2.6k 1.8× 178 0.4× 2.0k 4.6× 176 4.7k
J. Marshall Shepherd United States 37 1.2k 0.7× 3.3k 2.0× 4.7k 3.3× 369 0.8× 3.0k 6.8× 114 6.4k
Anthony J. Brazel United States 41 3.5k 1.9× 4.4k 2.6× 3.1k 2.2× 1.0k 2.2× 1.5k 3.3× 108 7.5k
TC Chakraborty United States 24 1.9k 1.0× 2.5k 1.5× 1.6k 1.1× 193 0.4× 818 1.8× 78 3.4k
Dimitrios Melas Greece 40 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 2.2k 1.5× 82 0.2× 2.9k 6.5× 182 4.4k
Laurence S. Kalkstein United States 37 3.4k 1.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 246 0.5× 1.4k 3.1× 83 5.8k
Marcus Thatcher Australia 28 594 0.3× 783 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 206 0.4× 893 2.0× 86 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by William L. Stefanov

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Fields of papers citing papers by William L. Stefanov

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William L. Stefanov

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William L. Stefanov. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William L. Stefanov 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 William L. Stefanov. William L. Stefanov is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Miguel, Alejandro Sánchez de, J. Zamorano, Martin Aubé, et al.. (2021). Colour remote sensing of the impact of artificial light at night (II): Calibration of DSLR-based images from the International Space Station. Remote Sensing of Environment. 264. 112611–112611. 36 indexed citations
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Jenerette, G. Darrel, Sharon L. Harlan, Alexander Buyantuev, et al.. (2015). Micro-scale urban surface temperatures are related to land-cover features and residential heat related health impacts in Phoenix, AZ USA. Landscape Ecology. 31(4). 745–760. 227 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L., et al.. (2015). The I4 Online Query Tool for Earth Observations Data. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L. & Cynthia A. Evans. (2014). The International Space Station: A Unique Platform for Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 4 indexed citations
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Evans, Cynthia A., et al.. (2012). Crew Earth Observations: Twelve Years of Documenting Earth from the International Space Station. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Harlan, Sharon L., Juan Declet‐Barreto, William L. Stefanov, & Diana B. Petitti. (2012). Neighborhood Effects on Heat Deaths: Social and Environmental Predictors of Vulnerability in Maricopa County, Arizona. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(2). 197–204. 342 indexed citations
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Evans, Cynthia A., et al.. (2012). Human Settlements in the South-Central U.S., Viewed at Night from the International Space Station. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations
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Jenerette, G. Darrel, Sharon L. Harlan, William L. Stefanov, & Chris Martin. (2011). Ecosystem services and urban heat riskscape moderation: water, green spaces, and social inequality in Phoenix, USA. Ecological Applications. 21(7). 2637–2651. 386 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L., et al.. (2009). The Urban Environmental Monitoring/100 Cities Project: Legacy of the First Phase and Next Steps. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Wentz, Elizabeth A., David M. Nelson, Atiqur Rahman, William L. Stefanov, & Shouraseni Sen Roy. (2008). Expert system classification of urban land use/cover for Delhi, India. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29(15). 4405–4427. 61 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L., et al.. (2006). Ecological Landscape Classification Using Astronaut Photography. AGUFM. 2006.
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Harlan, Sharon L., Anthony J. Brazel, Lela Prashad, William L. Stefanov, & Larissa Larsen. (2006). Neighborhood microclimates and vulnerability to heat stress. Social Science & Medicine. 63(11). 2847–2863. 807 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jenerette, G. Darrel, et al.. (2006). Regional relationships between surface temperature, vegetation, and human settlement in a rapidly urbanizing ecosystem. Landscape Ecology. 22(3). 353–365. 331 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L.. (2003). Identification of Fugitive Dust Generation, Transport, and Deposition Areas Using Remote Sensing. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. 9(2). 151–165. 13 indexed citations
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Grossman‐Clarke, Susanne, et al.. (2002). Modeling Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Nitrogen dry Deposition in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L., M. S. Ramsey, & P. R. Christensen. (2001). Mapping of Fugitive Dust Generation, Transport, and Deposition in the Nogales, Arizona Region Using Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Data. AGUSM. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L., M. S. Ramsey, & P. R. Christensen. (2001). Monitoring urban land cover change. Remote Sensing of Environment. 77(2). 173–185. 376 indexed citations
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Stefanov, William L.. (2000). Investigation of hillslope processes and land cover change using remote sensing and laboratory spectroscopy. PhDT. 3 indexed citations
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Christensen, P. R., J. L. Bandfield, V. E. Hamilton, et al.. (2000). A thermal emission spectral library of rock‐forming minerals. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(E4). 9735–9739. 327 indexed citations

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