Remote Sensing and Land Use
Remote Sensing and Land Use is a research topic within Atmospheric Science. Science Explorer counts 65k research works in it since 1950. 7.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the applications of remote sensing technology in geoscience, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. It covers topics such as hyperspectral imaging, geohazards induced by earthquakes, urban heat island effects, vegetation classification, and the impact of land use change. Additionally, it explores the use of remote sensing for assessing earthquake damage, monitoring medicinal plants, and analyzing spatial patterns in various environments.
- Remote Sensing
- Hyperspectral Imaging
- Geohazards
- Earthquake Damage
- Urban Heat Island
- Vegetation Classification
- Medicinal Plants
- Land Use Change
- Object-Oriented Analysis
- Spatial Pattern Analysis
- Research works
- 65k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -35% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Remote Sensing and Land Use research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (6k and 772 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 6k works
- 2 India 772 works
- 3 United States 328 works
- 4 Indonesia 192 works
- 5 Japan 158 works
- 6 Italy 121 works
- 7 South Korea 109 works
- 8 ?? 98 works
- 9 Vietnam 93 works
- 10 Iran 91 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Remote Sensing and Land Use research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Remote Sensing and Land Use research, followed by Wuhan University and Xidian University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 145 works
- 2 Wuhan UniversityChina 98 works
- 3 Xidian UniversityChina 77 works
- 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 67 works
- 5 Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina 64 works
- 6 China University of GeosciencesChina 62 works
- 7 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 54 works
- 8 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 53 works
- 9 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 52 works
- 10 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 45 works
Who are the leading researchers in Remote Sensing and Land Use?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Remote Sensing and Land Use include Dacheng Tao, Lei Zhang and Vipin Kumar.
- 1 Dacheng Tao Australia 6.1k citations
- 2 Lei Zhang Hong Kong 5.3k citations
- 3 Vipin Kumar United States 3.9k citations
- 4 Antonio Plaza Spain 3.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Remote Sensing and Land Use research done?
The largest centres of Remote Sensing and Land Use research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fuxin and Jiaozuo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- FuxinCN · 24.8 works16×
- JiaozuoCN · 40.4 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Remote Sensing and Land Use than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Remote Sensing and Land Use?
Among universities, judged by research, Xidian University, Aerospace Information Research Institute and Wuhan University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xidian UniversityChina | 66.7 | 36.3% | 11.6× | 77 | +37.3% |
| 2 | Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina | 62.5 | 29.3% | 59.8× | 64 | — |
| 3 | Wuhan UniversityChina | 62.0 | 38.3% | 8.9× | 98 | -45.0% |
| 4 | China University of GeosciencesChina | 61.3 | 36.4% | 14.9× | 62 | -69.1% |
| 5 | Mississippi State UniversityUnited States | 60.0 | 56.7% | 7.3× | 13 | +56.7% |
| 6 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina | 53.9 | 24.3% | 14.4× | 53 | -68.8% |
| 7 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 53.7 | 32.7% | 8.9× | 45 | -69.4% |
| 8 | Beijing Forestry UniversityChina | 52.4 | 32.2% | 11.4× | 30 | -87.2% |
| 9 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 51.1 | 26.1% | 8.7× | 54 | -66.7% |
| 10 | Shandong Institute of Business and TechnologyChina | 50.9 | 41.3% | 17.5× | 13 | -80.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Remote Sensing and Land Use research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 35% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.