Leaderboards/Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry

Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Sijie Zhao
Ministry of Natural Resources
2
Qiang Zhao
China Academy Of Machinery Science & Technology (China)
3
Xiangxi Tian
Purdue University West Lafayette
4
Chunran Zheng
University of Hong Kong
5
Yao Xiao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Chenzhong Gao
China National Space Administration
7
Abin Antony
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
8
Mingxia Yang
Guangxi University
9
Louis Daniels
Ghent University
10
Roger Marí
American Medical Informatics Association

Rising Stars Papers

1
RS-Mamba for Large Remote Sensing Image Dense Prediction
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing|2024
262 cit.
2
FAST-LIVO2: Fast, Direct LiDAR–Inertial–Visual Odometry
IEEE Transactions on Robotics|2024
111 cit.
3
Detection of Tuberculosis from Chest X-ray using Deep Transfer Learning
Unknown Journal|2025
106 cit.
4
Breast Cancer Detection from Mammogram with Deep Features Fusion
Unknown Journal|2025
103 cit.
5
Flood Region Segmentation from Digital Image with Deep Learning Scheme
Unknown Journal|2025
101 cit.
6
FBRT-YOLO: Faster and Better for Real-Time Aerial Image Detection
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence|2025
92 cit.
7
Segmentation and Evaluation of Forest Covered Regions in Satellite Images with UNet-Variants
Unknown Journal|2025
90 cit.
8
LIV-GaussMap: LiDAR-Inertial-Visual Fusion for Real-Time 3D Radiance Field Map Rendering
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters|2024
56 cit.
9
Advancing Sustainable Development Goals through Earth Observation Satellite Data: Current Insights and Future Directions
Journal of Remote Sensing|2025
28 cit.
10
A Discussion on the Flexible Regulation Capacity Requirements of China’s Power System
Engineering|2024
16 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Scott McMichael
Ames Research Center
2
Patricio Martínez-Carricondo
University of Almería
3
Wei-Yi-Nuo Zhou
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
4
H. Iwamoto
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
5
Flavio Lupia
Centro di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura
6
Yingdong Pi
Wuhan University
7
Jie Jiang
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
8
Myron Brown
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
9
Hongzan Jiao
Wuhan University
10
Pengjie Tao
Wuhan University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
How Urban Morphology Relates to the Urban Heat Island Effect: A Multi-Indicator Study
Sustainability|2023
71 cit.
2
Accuracy assessment of RTK/PPK UAV-photogrammetry projects using differential corrections from multiple GNSS fixed base stations
Geocarto International|2023
42 cit.
3
Understanding the land use function of station areas based on spatiotemporal similarity in rail transit ridership: A case study in Shanghai, China
Journal of Transport Geography|2023
34 cit.
4
Changes in and Patterns of the Tradeoffs and Synergies of Production-Living-Ecological Space: A Case Study of Longli County, Guizhou Province, China
Sustainability|2022
31 cit.
5
Construction of an Ecological Network Based on an Integrated Approach and Circuit Theory: A Case Study of Panzhou in Guizhou Province
Sustainability|2022
22 cit.
6
Deep convolutional autoencoder for urban land use classification using mobile device data
International Journal of Geographical Information Systems|2022
19 cit.
7
Solar Photovoltaic Cell Parameter Identification Based on Improved Honey Badger Algorithm
Sustainability|2022
18 cit.
8
Robust Camera Distortion Calibration via Unified RPC Model for Optical Remote Sensing Satellites
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing|2022
16 cit.
9
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Effects of Human Activities on Habitat Quality: A Case Study of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China
Land|2022
16 cit.
10
Geometric positioning integrating optical satellite stereo imagery and a global database of ICESat-2 laser control points: A framework and key technologies
Geo-spatial Information Science|2023
16 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Pier Bargellini
European Space Operations Centre
2
Andreas Kääb
University of Oslo
3
D. P. Schneider
University of Stuttgart
4
Robert H. Lupton
Princeton University
5
Jean‐Philippe Avouac
California Institute of Technology
6
S. Negahdaripour
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7
John A. Silander
University of Connecticut
8
Akira Iwasaki
The University of Tokyo
9
Paul Morin
University of Minnesota
10
Peter Reinartz
European Severe Storms Laboratory

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Sentinel-2: ESA's Optical High-Resolution Mission for GMES Operational Services
Remote Sensing of Environment|2012
4.5k cit.
2
A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species' distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter
Ecography|2013
3.7k cit.
3
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release
Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester)|2002
1.5k cit.
4
A Method for Optimal Image Subtraction
The Astrophysical Journal|1998
1.4k cit.
5
Contrasting patterns of early twenty-first-century glacier mass change in the Himalayas
Nature|2012
1.2k cit.
6
Closed-form solution of absolute orientation using orthonormal matrices
Journal of the Optical Society of America A|1988
1.1k cit.
7
Coupled Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Unmixing for Hyperspectral and Multispectral Data Fusion
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing|2011
1.1k cit.
8
Co-registration and bias corrections of satellite elevation data sets for quantifying glacier thickness change
˜The œcryosphere|2011
1k cit.
9
Automatic and Precise Orthorectification, Coregistration, and Subpixel Correlation of Satellite Images, Application to Ground Deformation Measurements
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing|2007
992 cit.
10
Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwaliks Hills, Himalayas of central Nepal
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|2000
981 cit.

Indexing Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry Reagents

Citation data for reagents in this field is currently compiling.