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Applied Computing and Geosciences
H-index 11

Applied Computing and Geosciences

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 377 22 20 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 37
Documents by Best Scientists*: 33
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 17
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.8
Impact Factor: 3.2

Top Publications

  • Retrieval of land surface temperature, normalized difference moisture index, normalized difference water index of the Ravi basin using Landsat data

    Ajay Kumar Taloor;Drinder Singh Manhas;Girish Chandra Kothyari

    (2021)
    198 Citations
  • Monitoring and mapping of snow cover variability using topographically derived NDSI model over north Indian Himalayas during the period 2008–19

    Vishakha Sood;Sartajvir Singh;Ajay Kumar Taloor;Shivendu Prashar

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Great SCO2T! Rapid Tool for Carbon Sequestration Science, Engineering, and Economics

    Richard S. Middleton;Bailian Chen;Dylan R. Harp;Ryan M. Kammer

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Remote Sensing and GIS applications in Geoscience

    Ajay Kumar Taloor;Narsimha Adimalla;Ajanta Goswami

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Mapping Hydrothermally Altered Minerals and Gossans using Hyperspectral data in Eastern Kumaon Himalaya, India

    Himanshu Govil;Gaurav Mishra;Neetu Gill;Ajay Taloor

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Compaction trend estimation and applications to sedimentary basin reconstruction (BasinVis 2.0)

    Eun Young Lee;Johannes Novotny;Michael Wagreich

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Automated detection of microfossil fish teeth from slide images using combined deep learning models

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Random forest rock type classification with integration of geochemical and photographic data

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • GeoCoDA: Recognizing and validating structural processes in geochemical data. A workflow on compositional data analysis in lithogeochemistry

    (2024)
    9 Citations
  • Unsupervised clustering of LA-ICP-MS raster map data for geological interpretation: A case study using epidote from the Yerington district, Nevada

    Ayesha D. Ahmed;Ayesha D. Ahmed;Shawn B. Hood;Shawn B. Hood;David R. Cooke;David R. Cooke;Ivan Belousov;Ivan Belousov

    (2020)
    5 Citations

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