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Center For Remote Sensing (United States)

In research, Center For Remote Sensing (United States) stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,799 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,721 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change (Atmospheric Science is 21.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,099
of 22,385 · #9,757 all time
Rank in United States
#1,699
of 3,332
Research works
1.6k
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
46k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Center For Remote Sensing (United States)

What is Center For Remote Sensing (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #1,799 of 3,334 6.2%87 #1772
Physical SciencesDomain #6,721 of 10,670 6.6%206 #5700

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center For Remote Sensing (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Center For Remote Sensing (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Center For Remote Sensing (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (38%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Engineering (16%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 268 fractional works · 83.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 121 fractional works · 37.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 29 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 55 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 9.4% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 16.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter For RemoteSensing (United…322fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science12137.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5517.0%
    3. Engineering5316.4%
    4. Computer Science216.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy92.9%
    6. Chemistry31.0%
    7. Materials Science30.9%
    8. Energy20.6%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences195.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences113.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Psychology10.3%
    1. Medicine82.5%
    2. Health Professions20.7%
    3. Nursing10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Center For Remote Sensing (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 21.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 30.4 works21×
  2. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 28.8 works17×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 38.6 works16×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 54.8 works11×
  5. EcologySubfield · 22.2 works8.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.85× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.58× its world share, 121 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.85×55 works
  2. Environmental Science7.58×121 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.30×9 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×19 works
  5. Engineering1.09×53 works
  6. Computer Science0.82×21 works
  7. Energy0.66×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.63×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×3 works
  10. Nursing0.37×1 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.35×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.30×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.27×3 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.27×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.27×11 works
  16. Health Professions0.26×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.25×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×4 works
  19. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  21. Medicine0.13×8 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  23. Psychology0.09×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center For Remote Sensing (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, David Riaño, Wolfgang Wanner and 千葉大学環境リモートセンシング研究センター lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center For Remote Sensing (United States).

  1. 1 David Riaño United States · #594,966 worldwide 7.3k citations · 116 works
  2. 2 Wolfgang Wanner United States · #2,764,424 worldwide 2.7k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 千葉大学環境リモートセンシング研究センター United States · #3,010,875 worldwide 0 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Shou Hao Chiang United States · #3,274,843 worldwide 397 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Tetuko Sri Sumantyo JOSAPHAT United States · #3,456,988 worldwide 0 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 千葉大学環境リモートセンシング研究センター United States · #3,521,723 worldwide 0 citations · 72 works
  7. 7 F.J. Ahern United States · #3,619,973 worldwide 1.2k citations · 61 works
  8. 8 William D. Hudson United States · #4,964,441 worldwide 69 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Glenn K. Yue United States · #5,010,730 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Suman Ganguly United States · #5,113,893 worldwide 320 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Center For Remote Sensing (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Center For Remote Sensing (United States)?

The most cited paper from Center For Remote Sensing (United States) is "Global land cover mapping from MODIS: algorithms and early results" (M. A. Friedl, Douglas K. McIver, J.C.F. Hodges et al., 2002), with 2,773 citations. Next come "First operational BRDF, albedo nadir reflectance products from MODIS" (2,596) and "Monitoring vegetation phenology using MODIS" (2,590).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global land cover mapping from MODIS: algorithms and early results M. A. Friedl, Douglas K. McIver, J.C.F. Hodges et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment Nov 2002 2,773
2 First operational BRDF, albedo nadir reflectance products from MODIS Crystal Schaaf et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment Nov 2002 2,596
3 Monitoring vegetation phenology using MODIS Xiaoyang Zhang, M. A. Friedl, Crystal Schaaf et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 4 Feb 2003 2,590
4 Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery Zhe Zhu, Curtis E. Woodcock · Remote Sensing of Environment 14 Dec 2011 2,241
5 Integrated narrow-band vegetation indices for prediction of crop chlorophyll content for application to precision agriculture D. Haboudane, John R. Miller, Nicolas Tremblay et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 25 Jul 2002 2,046
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Center For Remote Sensing (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Land Use Change, Climate, Biomass Estimation, Machine Learning and Satellite Observations.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing85▲ 22×34 topics
  2. Climate Change73▲ 8.3×64 topics
  3. Machine Learning29▲ 2.7×21 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling24▲ 31×5 topics
  5. Land Use Change19▲ 20×7 topics
  6. Climate18▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Deep Learning18▲ 1.64×38 topics
  8. Biomass Estimation18▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Sustainability18▲ 2.3×33 topics
  10. Satellite Observations14▲ 43×3 topics
  11. Global Warming14▲ 10×11 topics
  12. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.4×34 topics
  13. Data Assimilation13▲ 24×4 topics
  14. Global Change13▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Phenology12▲ 54×1 topic
  16. Vegetation Monitoring12▲ 54×1 topic
  17. Air Quality11▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Support Vector Machines11▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Hydrological Cycle11▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Water Resources10▲ 13×9 topics
  21. Satellite Imagery10▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Ocean Circulation10▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Hydrology10▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services9▲ 7.5×10 topics
  25. Hyperspectral Imaging9▲ 11×6 topics
  26. GIS9▲ 38×5 topics
  27. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 7.6×11 topics
  28. Validation9▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Sea Level Rise8▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Sediment Transport8▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Urban Heat Island8▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Model Evaluation8▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Greenhouse Gas Emissions7▲ 8.3×8 topics
  34. Hyperspectral7▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Soil Moisture7▲ 31×4 topics
  36. Disaster Management7▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 15×5 topics
  38. Flood Risk7▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Surface Water Mapping7▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Terrestrial Laser Scanning7▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Center For Remote Sensing (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Remote Sensing in Agricu…12Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 12 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…7Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 7 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 6 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 6 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 6 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…5Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 5 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 5 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …4Cryospheric studies and observations: 4 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeWater Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 12 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  5. 5 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 6 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  9. 9 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.0%domestic only49.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center For Remote Sensing (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Center For Remote Sensing (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Center For Remote Sensing (United States)0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Center For Remote Sensing (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Center For Remote Sensing (United States)8.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 1999.

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