Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing is a research topic within Environmental Engineering. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 21.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the remote sensing of soil moisture using satellite observations, data assimilation techniques, and hydrological modeling. It explores the spatial variability, temporal dynamics, and validation of soil moisture measurements at global scales. The research aims to improve our understanding of soil moisture patterns and their implications for water resource management.
- Remote Sensing
- Soil Moisture
- Satellite Observations
- Data Assimilation
- Hydrological Modeling
- Global Monitoring
- Microwave Retrieval
- Spatial Variability
- Temporal Dynamics
- Validation
- Research works
- 26k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +20% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 920 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.6k works
- 2 United States 920 works
- 3 India 316 works
- 4 Germany 184 works
- 5 Italy 174 works
- 6 France 152 works
- 7 Japan 103 works
- 8 Canada 101 works
- 9 United Kingdom 100 works
- 10 Australia 88 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 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publishes the most Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wuhan University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States 200 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 82 works
- 3 Wuhan UniversityChina 41 works
- 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
- 5 Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUnited States 36 works
- 6 Hohai UniversityChina 30 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 30 works
- 8 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 28 works
- 9 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Germany 26 works
- 10 China Meteorological AdministrationChina 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing include Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Philippe Ciais and Patricia de Rosnay.
- 1 Martinus Th. van Genuchten United States 5.1k citations
- 2 Philippe Ciais France 4k citations
- 3 Patricia de Rosnay United Kingdom 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing research done?
The largest centres of Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Berkeley (United States), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Greenbelt, Berkeley and Pasadena.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GreenbeltUS · 21.4 works48×
- BerkeleyUS · 205.8 works34×
- PasadenaUS · 39.5 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing?
Among universities, judged by research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Northwest A&F University and Aerospace Information Research Institute 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 | Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada | 69.1 | 36.9% | 9.4× | 9 | +171.0% |
| 2 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 67.8 | 34.2% | 8.7× | 16 | +197.6% |
| 3 | Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina | 61.9 | 30.2% | 44.6× | 25 | — |
| 4 | Wuhan UniversityChina | 60.5 | 29.4% | 7.2× | 41 | +114.7% |
| 5 | Hohai UniversityChina | 54.5 | 20.7% | 11.6× | 30 | +18.2% |
| 6 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina | 53.7 | 13.2% | 15.7× | 30 | +86.5% |
| 7 | Chang'an UniversityChina | 53.6 | 24.6% | 6.9× | 12 | +259.0% |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia | 50.4 | 23.2% | 7.7× | 16 | +97.9% |
| 9 | TU WienAustria | 48.7 | 32.5% | 7.0× | 10 | -22.9% |
| 10 | China University of GeosciencesChina | 46.8 | 37.1% | 6.0× | 13 | -54.8% |
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 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing.
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.