Zhihui Mao

620 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 476 citations indexed

About

Zhihui Mao is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhihui Mao has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 476 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Environmental Engineering and 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Zhihui Mao's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers) and Forest ecology and management (3 papers). Zhihui Mao is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers) and Forest ecology and management (3 papers). Zhihui Mao collaborates with scholars based in China. Zhihui Mao's co-authors include Lei Deng, Fuzhou Duan, Xiaojuan Li, Yanan Yan, Zhuowei Hu, Aiwu Zhang, Jie Sun, Daqing Chen, Fan Ding and Siyu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Sensors and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Zhihui Mao

10 papers receiving 467 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.

UAV-based multispectral remote sensing for precision agriculture: A comparison between different cameras

2018 361 citations Lei Deng, Zhihui Mao et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhihui Mao China	7	306	196	184	86	56	11	476
Yanan Yan China	7	312 1.0×	190 1.0×	194 1.1×	72 0.8×	63 1.1×	11	610
B. Aragon Saudi Arabia	13	269 0.9×	178 0.9×	202 1.1×	171 2.0×	63 1.1×	19	555
Ali Masjedi United States	10	160 0.5×	177 0.9×	100 0.5×	97 1.1×	110 2.0×	15	421
Yoseline Angel Saudi Arabia	9	273 0.9×	127 0.6×	239 1.3×	57 0.7×	28 0.5×	15	449
Tao Duan China	9	465 1.5×	286 1.5×	445 2.4×	86 1.0×	51 0.9×	36	751
Raquel Alves de Oliveira Finland	14	302 1.0×	225 1.1×	131 0.7×	87 1.0×	80 1.4×	40	549
Jakob Geipel Norway	8	331 1.1×	262 1.3×	229 1.2×	77 0.9×	54 1.0×	13	492
David Gómez-Candón Spain	9	234 0.8×	174 0.9×	221 1.2×	92 1.1×	62 1.1×	27	439
Ethan Shavers United States	8	279 0.9×	193 1.0×	186 1.0×	115 1.3×	16 0.3×	19	455
Meng Zhou China	7	300 1.0×	186 0.9×	152 0.8×	78 0.9×	26 0.5×	19	396

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhihui Mao

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

Mao, Zhihui, et al.. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of SAR and Optical Remote Sensing for Sparse Forest Structure Parameters: A Simulation Study. Forests. 16(8). 1244–1244.

Dong, Lili, et al.. (2024). Improving AGB estimations by integrating tree height and crown radius from multisource remote sensing. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0311642–e0311642. 4 indexed citations

Mao, Zhihui, et al.. (2024). Assessing the Efficacy of Pixel-Level Fusion Techniques for Ultra-High-Resolution Imagery: A Case Study of BJ-3A. Sensors. 24(5). 1410–1410. 4 indexed citations

Mao, Zhihui, Fan Ding, Lilai Yuan, et al.. (2023). The Classification of Riparian Habitats and Assessment of Fish-Spawning Habitat Suitability: A Case Study of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Sustainability. 15(17). 12773–12773. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Zhihui, et al.. (2023). DBH Estimation for Individual Tree: Two-Dimensional Images or Three-Dimensional Point Clouds?. Remote Sensing. 15(16). 4116–4116. 10 indexed citations

Mao, Zhihui, et al.. (2023). Forest Volume Estimation Method Based on Allometric Growth Model and Multisource Remote Sensing Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 16. 8900–8912. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Hui, Kun Cao, Dengqiang Wang, et al.. (2022). Managing Water Level for Large Migratory Fish at the Poyang Lake Outlet: Implications Based on Habitat Suitability and Connectivity. Water. 14(13). 2076–2076. 9 indexed citations

Mao, Zhihui, et al.. (2020). Angle effects of vegetation indices and the influence on prediction of SPAD values in soybean and maize. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 93. 102198–102198. 50 indexed citations

Deng, Lei, et al.. (2018). A Subband Radiometric Calibration Method for UAV-Based Multispectral Remote Sensing. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 11(8). 2869–2880. 22 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, et al.. (2018). An improved building detection approach using L-band POLSAR two-dimensional time-frequency decomposition over oriented built-up areas. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 56(1). 1–21. 7 indexed citations

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Deng, Lei, Zhihui Mao, Xiaojuan Li, et al.. (2018). UAV-based multispectral remote sensing for precision agriculture: A comparison between different cameras. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 146. 124–136. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

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