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Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry

Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 9.2k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the geometric processing and accuracy assessment of remote sensing imagery, particularly from high-resolution satellite sensors. Topics include rational function models, orthorectification, DEM generation, sensor calibration, and geopositioning accuracy.

  • Remote Sensing
  • Geometric Processing
  • Satellite Imagery
  • High-Resolution Sensors
  • Rational Function Model
  • Orthorectification
  • DEM Generation
  • Sensor Calibration
  • Stereo Imagery
  • Geopositioning Accuracy
Research works
9.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
933
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+28%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry

Which countries lead Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (571 and 152 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 571 works
  2. 2 United States 152 works
  3. 3 India 69 works
  4. 4 Italy 61 works
  5. 5 France 60 works
  6. 6 Germany 49 works
  7. 7 South Korea 41 works
  8. 8 Japan 38 works
  9. 9 Russia 33 works
  10. 10 Brazil 33 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.

China: 51.6%United States: 13.7%India: 6.2%Italy: 5.5%6 others listed: 23.0%52%largest
China571 · 51.6%United States152 · 13.7%India69 · 6.2%Italy61 · 5.5%6 others listed254 · 23.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry research, followed by Wuhan University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 54 works
  2. 2 Wuhan UniversityChina 32 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 17 works
  4. 4 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 16 works
  5. 5 China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationChina 13 works
  6. 6 State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote SensingChina 13 works
  7. 7 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 11 works
  8. 8 Tongji UniversityChina 11 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10 works
  10. 10 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry include Andrew Zisserman, Luc Van Gool and H. Yang.

  1. 1 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom 255k citations
  2. 2 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 177k citations
  3. 3 H. Yang France 154k citations
  4. 4 David J. Schlegel United States 149k citations
  5. 5 David H. Weinberg United States 146k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry?

The most cited paper in Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry is "A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Dense Two-Frame Stereo Correspondence Algorithms" (Daniel Scharstein, Rick Szeliski, 2002), with 6,797 citations. Next come "Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services" (4,842) and "Remote Sensing And Image Interpretation" (4,476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Dense Two-Frame Stereo Correspondence Algorithms Daniel Scharstein, Rick Szeliski · International Journal of Computer Vision Apr 2002 6,797
2 Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services Matthias Drusch, Umberto Del Bello, Stefane Carlier et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 28 Feb 2012 4,842
3 Remote Sensing And Image Interpretation THOMAS M. LILLESAND, Ralph W. Kiefer, Jonathan Chipman Open access 1979 4,476
4 Closed-form solution of absolute orientation using unit quaternions Berthold K. P. Horn · Journal of the Optical Society of America A Apr 1987 4,165
5 Bundle Adjustment — A Modern Synthesis Bill Triggs, Philip F. McLauchlan, Richard I. Hartley et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paperOpen access 2000 3,879
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry research done?

The largest centres of Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuhan, Changsha and Beijing.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 163 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 63 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 40 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 37 works
  5. 5 ChangshaChina 25 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 22 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 21 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 18 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 16 works
  10. 10 HarbinChina 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuhanCN · 63.0 works5.5×
  2. ChangshaCN · 24.5 works3.5×
  3. BeijingCN · 163.1 works3.3×
  4. Xi'anCN · 36.8 works3.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry?

Among universities, judged by research, Wuhan University, Tongji University and National University of Defense Technology 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 15.3571%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tongji UniversityWuhan UniversityUniversity of Chines…National University …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Wuhan UniversityChina 71.717.3%17.8×32 +30.2%
2Tongji UniversityChina 68.825.7%5.5×11 +58.4%
3National University of Defense TechnologyChina 35.614.0%16.6×16 +223.1%
4University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34.915.9%5.0×10 +24.9%
5Beihang UniversityChina 28.713.2%7.0×10 +16.2%
6Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 24.512.7%4.9×10 +204.5%
7Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 19.68.7%3.2×8 +606.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry, country by country

Is Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry.

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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 Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry0.0073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry 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.

still counting5%10%15%Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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