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Wei Yao

Wei Yao publishes mostly in Environmental Engineering, Insect Science and Geology, on topics such as Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage.

World rank
#634,503
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Hong Kong
#2,784
of 5,618
Works
44
Citations
139
Citations per work
3.2

What does Wei Yao research?

Environmental Engineering: 23.3%Insect Science: 11.7%Geology: 10.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 8.3%other fields: 46.7%23%top field
Environmental Engineering23.3%Insect Science11.7%Geology10.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation8.3%other fields46.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Environmental Engineering23% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science12% of their works
  3. 3Geology10% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation8% of their works
  5. 5Ecology7% of their works
  6. 6Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wei Yao's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomass Estimation, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Aboveground Biomass, Forest Carbon Stocks, Lidar Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, Dead Wood and Forest Management.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomass Estimation223 topics
  2. Terrestrial Laser Scanning192 topics
  3. Aboveground Biomass182 topics
  4. Forest Carbon Stocks131 topic
  5. Lidar Remote Sensing131 topic
  6. Remote Sensing123 topics
  7. Dead Wood71 topic
  8. Forest Management71 topic
  9. Photogrammetry61 topic
  10. UAV61 topic
  11. Allometric Models51 topic
  12. Carbon Stocks51 topic
  13. Phenology41 topic
  14. Vegetation Monitoring41 topic
  15. 3D Mapping21 topic
  16. Deep Learning21 topic
  17. Road Extraction21 topic
  18. SLAM21 topic
  19. Genetics11 topic
  20. Grapevine11 topic

Where does Wei Yao work?

Wei Yao's main affiliation in the publication record is Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

How many publications and citations does Wei Yao have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 139 citations for Wei Yao, ranking #634,503 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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