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Andrew K. Skidmore

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Ecology and Evolution
Netherlands
2026
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Environmental Sciences
Netherlands
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
111
Citations
52575
World Ranking
164
National Ranking
7

Andrew K. Skidmore publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew K. Skidmore sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 692 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Andrew K. Skidmore D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew K. Skidmore sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Andrew K. Skidmore is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Their research spans several areas within environmental science, with a particular focus on ecology and related subfields.

The main fields of study for Andrew K. Skidmore include:

  • Environmental Science

Their work covers several subfields within this domain, including:

  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science

Main topics of research include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Andrew K. Skidmore has frequently published in these venues:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Ecological Indicators
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers by or involving Andrew K. Skidmore include:

  • Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Linking the Remote Sensing of Geodiversity and Traits Relevant to Biodiversity-Part II: Geomorphology, Terrain and Surfaces, 2020, Remote Sensing

Other relevant recent publications related to their fields of study include:

  • A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Thermal infrared remote sensing of vegetation: Current status and perspectives, 2021, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Deep learning enables satellite-based monitoring of large populations of terrestrial mammals across heterogeneous landscape, 2023, Nature Communications

Andrew K. Skidmore has collaborated frequently with several researchers across their work, including:

  • Tiejun Wang
  • Marco Heurich
  • Roshanak Darvishzadeh
  • Andjin Siegenthaler
  • Haidi Abdullah

Best Publications

  • Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance

    Carsten F. Dormann;Jane Elith;Sven Bacher;Carsten Buchmann

  • Where is positional uncertainty a problem for species distribution modelling

    Babak Naimi;Nicholas A. S. Hamm;Thomas A. Groen;Andrew K. Skidmore

  • Improved monitoring of vegetation dynamics at very high latitudes: A new method using MODIS NDVI

    Pieter S.A. Beck;Clement Atzberger;Kjell Arild Høgda;Bernt Johansen

  • EFFECTS OF FIRE AND HERBIVORY ON THE STABILITY OF SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS

    Frank van Langevelde;Claudius A.D.M. van de Vijver;Claudius A.D.M. van de Vijver;Lalit Kumar;Lalit Kumar;Johan van de Koppel

  • Narrow band vegetation indices overcome the saturation problem in biomass estimation

    Onisimo Mutanga;A. K. Skidmore

  • Spectral discrimination of vegetation types in a coastal wetland

    K.S. Schmidt;A.K. Skidmore

  • Allometric equations for estimating the above-ground biomass in tropical lowland Dipterocarp forests

    T.M. Basuki;P.E. van Laake;A.K. Skidmore;Y.A. Hussin

  • Modelling topographic variation in solar radiation in a GIS environment

    Lalit Kumar;Andrew K. Skidmore;Edmund Knowles

  • A new technique for extracting the red edge position from hyperspectral data: The linear extrapolation method

    Moses Azong Cho;Andrew K. Skidmore

  • Inversion of a radiative transfer model for estimating vegetation LAI and chlorophyll in a heterogeneous grassland

    Roshanak Darvishzadeh;Andrew Skidmore;Martin Schlerf;Clement Atzberger

  • LAI and chlorophyll estimation for a heterogeneous grassland using hyperspectral measurements

    Roshanak Darvishzadeh;Andrew Skidmore;Martin Schlerf;Clement Atzberger

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • Next-generation Digital Earth

    Michael F. Goodchild;Huadong Guo;Alessandro Annoni;Ling Bian

  • Estimation of green grass/herb biomass from airborne hyperspectral imagery using spectral indices and partial least squares regression

    Moses Azong Cho;Moses Azong Cho;Andrew K. Skidmore;Andrew K. Skidmore;Fabio Corsi;Sipke E. van Wieren

  • Environmental science : Agree on biodiversity metrics to track from space

    Andrew K. Skidmore;Nathalie Pettorelli;Nicholas C. Coops;Gary N. Geller

  • A comparison of techniques for calculating gradient and aspect from a gridded digital elevation model

    Andrew K. Skidmore

  • Predicting in situ pasture quality in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, using continuum-removed absorption features

    O. Mutanga;A.K. Skidmore;H.H.T. Prins

  • Generating pit-free canopy height models from airborne lidar

    Anahita Khosravipour;Andrew K. Skidmore;Martin Isenburg;Tiejun Wang

  • Imaging Spectrometry and Vegetation Science

    Lalit Kumar;Karin Schmidt;Steve Dury;Andrew Skidmore

  • Digital Earth 2020: towards the vision for the next decade

    Max Craglia;Kees de Bie;Davina Jackson;Martino Pesaresi

  • Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Martin Wegmann;Martin Wegmann;Andrew Skidmore;Sander Mucher

  • Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale.

    W. Daniel Kissling;Jorge A. Ahumada;Anne Bowser;Miguel Fernandez;Miguel Fernandez

  • Linking the Remote Sensing of Geodiversity and Traits Relevant to Biodiversity—Part II: Geomorphology, Terrain and Surfaces

    Angela Lausch;Angela Lausch;Michael E. Schaepman;Andrew K. Skidmore;Sina C. Truckenbrodt

  • An explanation of enhanced radar backscattering from flooded forests

    J. A. Richards;P. W. Woodgate;A. K. Skidmore

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiejun Wang
Tiejun Wang University of Twente
Roshanak Darvishzadeh
Roshanak Darvishzadeh University of Twente
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Martin Schlerf
Martin Schlerf Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Herbert H. T. Prins
Herbert H. T. Prins Wageningen University & Research
Moses Azong Cho
Moses Azong Cho Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Simon Jones
Simon Jones Microsoft (United States)
Clement Atzberger
Clement Atzberger BOKU University
Ignas M. A. Heitkönig
Ignas M. A. Heitkönig Wageningen University & Research
Jan G. P. W. Clevers
Jan G. P. W. Clevers Wageningen University & Research

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