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Royal Centre for Remote Sensing

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Research works
48
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
479
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Royal Centre for Remote Sensing

Not ranked overall: Royal Centre for Remote Sensing is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Royal Centre for Remote Sensing work in?

In all years, 56% of research at Royal Centre for Remote Sensing is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Environmental Science (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 55.7% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 18.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 13.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 12.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal Centre forRemote Sensing48fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering918.7%
    2. Environmental Science713.6%
    3. Computer Science612.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences47.3%
    5. Energy11.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    7. Chemistry00.7%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences47.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting23.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.7%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences611.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine613.1%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.77× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.60× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.51× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy5.51×1 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.77×2 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.62×0 works
  4. Computer Science2.60×3 works
  5. Environmental Science2.21×1 works
  6. Engineering1.93×4 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.14×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.95×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.40×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.32×0 works
  13. Medicine0.24×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.22×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Centre for Remote Sensing?

Ranked on the quality score, Abderrahman Atillah and Mohammed Faouzi Smiej lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Centre for Remote Sensing.

  1. 1 Abderrahman Atillah Morocco · #3,506,927 worldwide 385 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Mohammed Faouzi Smiej Morocco · #4,488,110 worldwide 69 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Centre for Remote Sensing

What are the most cited papers from Royal Centre for Remote Sensing?

The most cited paper from Royal Centre for Remote Sensing is "An improved coastal upwelling index from sea surface temperature using satellite-based approach – The case of the Canary Current upwelling system" (Aïssa Benazzouz, Soumia Mordane, A. Orbi et al., 2014), with 204 citations. Next come "Developing a Remotely Sensed Drought Monitoring Indicator for Morocco" (95) and "Tsunami vulnerability and damage assessment in the coastal area of Rabat and Salé, Morocco" (44).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An improved coastal upwelling index from sea surface temperature using satellite-based approach – The case of the Canary Current upwelling system Aïssa Benazzouz, Soumia Mordane, A. Orbi et al. · Continental Shelf Research 2 Apr 2014 204
2 Developing a Remotely Sensed Drought Monitoring Indicator for Morocco Noureddine Bijaber, Driss El Hadani, Mariam Saidi et al. · Geosciences Open access 6 Feb 2018 95
3 Tsunami vulnerability and damage assessment in the coastal area of Rabat and Salé, Morocco Abderrahman Atillah, Driss El Hadani, H. Moudni et al. · Natural hazards and earth system sciences Open access 22 Dec 2011 44
4 Seasonal estimation of evaporation and stomatal conductance over a soybean field using surface IR temperatures O. Taconet, Albert Olioso, M. Ben Mehrez et al. · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Mar 1995 42
5 Intelligent mapping of irrigated areas from Landsat 8 images using transfer learning Z. Benbahria, Imane Sebari, Hicham Hajji et al. · International Journal of Engineering and Geosciences Open access 18 May 2020 33
All 84 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Centre for Remote Sensing?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, CubeSat, small satellite, Global Warming and Support Vector Machines.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Climate Change6▲ 4.3×18 topics
  2. Remote Sensing6▲ 10×11 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 3.5×13 topics
  4. Deep Learning3▲ 3.2×13 topics
  5. CubeSat2▲ 157×1 topic
  6. small satellite2▲ 157×1 topic
  7. Global Warming2▲ 10×5 topics
  8. Support Vector Machines2▲ 12×4 topics
  9. LEO Satellite Constellation2▲ 169×1 topic
  10. Satellite Communications2▲ 169×1 topic
  11. Anemia2▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Hyperspectral2▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  14. Alloimmunization1▲ 78×1 topic
  15. Blood Groups1▲ 78×1 topic
  16. Degenerative Disc Disease1▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Spinal Fusion1▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Drought1▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Evapotranspiration1▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 14×2 topics
  21. International Trade1▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Inventory Management1▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Risk Perception1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Blood Donation1▲ 163×1 topic
  25. Blood Transfusion1▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Donor Behavior1▲ 163×1 topic
  27. Feature Extraction1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  28. Land Use Change1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  29. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Image Analysis1▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Satellite Imagery1▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Subduction1▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Change Detection1▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Chronic Hepatitis B1▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Classification1▲ 6.0×1 topic
  36. Economic Diplomacy1▲ 139×1 topic
  37. Foreign Policy1▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Hepatitis B Virus1▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Hyperspectral Imaging1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  40. Ocean Circulation1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Centre for Remote Sensing publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Satellite Communication Systems and Inertial Sensor and Navigation.

Spacecraft Design and Te…1Spacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…0Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 0 fractional worksSatellite Communication …0Satellite Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navi…0Inertial Sensor and Navigation: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Text Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photov…0Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 0 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 0 fractional worksSolar Radiation and Phot…0Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringPlant ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 0 works
  3. 3 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  8. 8 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics Artificial Intelligence 0 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Centre for Remote Sensing's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Royal Centre for Remote Sensing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000060% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Royal Centre for Remote Sensing0.000059% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Centre for Remote Sensing over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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