Yanjun Su

7.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
122 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Yanjun Su is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanjun Su has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Environmental Engineering, 65 papers in Ecology and 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yanjun Su's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (68 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (58 papers) and Forest ecology and management (39 papers). Yanjun Su is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (68 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (58 papers) and Forest ecology and management (39 papers). Yanjun Su collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yanjun Su's co-authors include Qinghua Guo, Tianyu Hu, Qin Ma, Shichao Jin, Xiaoqian Zhao, Shengli Tao, Fangfang Wu, Hongcan Guan, Maggi Kelly and Wenkai Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yanjun Su

116 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Improved progressive TIN densification filtering algorithm for airborne LiDAR data in forested areas

2016 284 citations Xiaoqian Zhao, Qinghua Guo et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →
Neural network guided interpolation for mapping canopy height of China's forests by integrating GEDI and ICESat-2 data

2021 158 citations Yanjun Su, Tianyu Hu et al. profile →
Carbon storage through China’s planted forest expansion

2024 63 citations Haitao Yang, Shengli Tao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanjun Su China	43	3.1k	2.6k	1.5k	1.4k	827	122	5.0k
Harm Bartholomeus Netherlands	42	3.7k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	950 1.1×	122	5.8k
Bruce D. Cook United States	40	2.6k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	2.9k 2.0×	1.4k 1.0×	567 0.7×	117	5.5k
Felix Morsdorf Switzerland	37	3.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	340 0.4×	96	4.7k
Glenn Newnham Australia	32	3.4k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	321 0.4×	63	5.1k
Teemu Hakala Finland	35	2.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	796 0.5×	478 0.3×	629 0.8×	134	4.4k
Svein Solberg Norway	36	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.8×	456 0.6×	89	4.6k
Darius Culvenor Australia	32	3.7k 1.2×	3.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	383 0.5×	54	5.8k
Sorin Popescu United States	38	5.2k 1.7×	3.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	3.1k 2.3×	610 0.7×	104	6.3k
Barbara Koch Germany	34	3.8k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	260 0.3×	124	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanjun Su

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanjun Su

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanjun Su

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jin, Shichao, et al.. (2025). PhenoSR: Enhancing organ-level phenotyping with super-resolution RGB UAV imagery for large-scale field experiments. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 228. 582–602.

Zhou, Guoyi, Shaopeng Wang, Yanjun Su, et al.. (2025). Spatial patterns and future potential of tree species richness and structural diversity in China’s forests. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10(1). 70–82.

Wang, Xin, Zhengbing Yan, Jin Wu, et al.. (2024). Leaf stomatal configuration and photosynthetic traits jointly affect leaf water use efficiency in forests along climate gradients. New Phytologist. 244(4). 1250–1262. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Haitao, Shengli Tao, Yanjun Su, et al.. (2024). Carbon storage through China’s planted forest expansion. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4106–4106. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Wenkai, Xiaomei Hu, Yanjun Su, et al.. (2024). A new method for voxel‐based modelling of three‐dimensional forest scenes with integration of terrestrial and airborne LiDAR data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(3). 569–582. 11 indexed citations

Peng, Ziyang, Yuntao Wu, Lulu Guo, et al.. (2023). Foliar nutrient resorption stoichiometry and microbial phosphatase catalytic efficiency together alleviate the relative phosphorus limitation in forest ecosystems. New Phytologist. 238(3). 1033–1044. 34 indexed citations

Su, Yanjun, Wenkai Li, Hongcan Guan, et al.. (2023). Segmenting Individual Trees From Terrestrial LiDAR Data Using Tree Branch Directivity. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 17. 956–969. 9 indexed citations

Wei, Wei & Yanjun Su. (2023). Function of CD8+, conventional CD4+, and regulatory CD4+ T cell identification in lung cancer. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 160. 106933–106933. 2 indexed citations

Ju, Yuanzhen, Qiang Xu, Shichao Jin, et al.. (2022). Loess Landslide Detection Using Object Detection Algorithms in Northwest China. Remote Sensing. 14(5). 1182–1182. 51 indexed citations

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Ma, Qin, Yanjun Su, Tianyu Hu, et al.. (2022). The coordinated impact of forest internal structural complexity and tree species diversity on forest productivity across forest biomes. Fundamental Research. 4(5). 1185–1195. 15 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiliang, et al.. (2021). A tightly coupled SLAM method for precise urban mapping. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Jin, Shichao, Yanjun Su, Yongguang Zhang, et al.. (2021). Exploring Seasonal and Circadian Rhythms in Structural Traits of Field Maize from LiDAR Time Series. Plant Phenomics. 2021. 9895241–9895241. 23 indexed citations

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Hu, Tianyu, Xiliang Sun, Yanjun Su, et al.. (2020). Development and Performance Evaluation of a Very Low-Cost UAV-Lidar System for Forestry Applications. Remote Sensing. 13(1). 77–77. 113 indexed citations

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Wu, Shengbiao, Jing Wang, Zhengbing Yan, et al.. (2020). Monitoring tree-crown scale autumn leaf phenology in a temperate forest with an integration of PlanetScope and drone remote sensing observations. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 171. 36–48. 70 indexed citations

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Jin, Shichao, Yanjun Su, Xiaoqian Zhao, Tianyu Hu, & Qinghua Guo. (2020). A Point-Based Fully Convolutional Neural Network for Airborne LiDAR Ground Point Filtering in Forested Environments. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 13. 3958–3974. 40 indexed citations

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Su, Yanjun, Qinghua Guo, Shichao Jin, et al.. (2020). The Development and Evaluation of a Backpack LiDAR System for Accurate and Efficient Forest Inventory. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 18(9). 1660–1664. 50 indexed citations

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Hu, Tianyu, Yingying Zhang, Yanjun Su, et al.. (2020). Mapping the Global Mangrove Forest Aboveground Biomass Using Multisource Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing. 12(10). 1690–1690. 74 indexed citations

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Jin, Shichao, Yanjun Su, Shang Gao, et al.. (2019). Separating the Structural Components of Maize for Field Phenotyping Using Terrestrial LiDAR Data and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 58(4). 2644–2658. 77 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaoqian, Yanjun Su, Wenkai Li, et al.. (2018). A Comparison of LiDAR Filtering Algorithms in Vegetated Mountain Areas. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 44(4). 287–298. 27 indexed citations

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Su, Yanjun, et al.. (2018). Retrieving 2-D Leaf Angle Distributions for Deciduous Trees From Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 56(8). 4945–4955. 27 indexed citations

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