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Claudia Kuenzer publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claudia Kuenzer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 250 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Claudia Kuenzer D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claudia Kuenzer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Claudia Kuenzer is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany. Their research spans primarily environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on several subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, ecology, environmental engineering, and water science and technology.

Their work covers a range of topics related to remote sensing and environmental studies. Key research topics include:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Kuenzer has contributed to multiple papers, notable among which are:

  • "Object Detection and Image Segmentation with Deep Learning on Earth Observation Data: A Review-Part I: Evolution and Recent Trends," 2020, published in Remote Sensing
  • "Anthropogenic, Direct Pressures on Coastal Wetlands," 2020, published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Remote Sensing of Grassland Production and Management-A Review," 2020, published in Remote Sensing
  • "Object Detection and Image Segmentation with Deep Learning on Earth Observation Data: A Review-Part II: Applications," 2020, published in Remote Sensing
  • "A First Assessment of Canopy Cover Loss in Germany's Forests after the 2018-2020 Drought Years," 2022, published in Remote Sensing

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kuenzer include A.J. Dietz, Ursula Geßner, Igor Klein, Thorsten Hoeser, and Felix Bachofer.

Kuenzer's research is prominently published in several academic venues, with a strong presence in:

  • Remote Sensing (47 publications)
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (6 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (5 publications)
  • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (3 publications)
  • Scientific Data (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Remote Sensing of Mangrove Ecosystems: A Review

    Claudia Kuenzer;Andrea Bluemel;Steffen Gebhardt;Tuan Vo Quoc

  • Coal fires in China over the last decade: A comprehensive review

    Zeyang Song;Zeyang Song;Claudia Kuenzer

  • Aquaculture: Relevance, distribution, impacts and spatial assessments – A review

    Marco Ottinger;Kersten Clauss;Claudia Kuenzer

  • Remote sensing of snow – a review of available methods

    Andreas Juergen Dietz;Claudia Kuenzer;Ursula Gessner;Stefan Dech

  • Review of valuation methods for mangrove ecosystem services

    Quoc Tuan Vo;C. Kuenzer;Quang Minh Vo;F. Moder

  • Remote sensing of rice crop areas

    Claudia Kuenzer;Kim Knauer

  • Object Detection and Image Segmentation with Deep Learning on Earth Observation Data: A Review-Part I: Evolution and Recent Trends

    Thorsten Hoeser;Claudia Kuenzer

  • The relationship between precipitation anomalies and satellite-derived vegetation activity in Central Asia

    Ursula Gessner;Vahid Naeimi;Igor Klein;Claudia Kuenzer

  • Uncontrolled coal fires and their environmental impacts : investigating two arid mining regions in North - Central China

    Claudia Kuenzer;Jianzhong Zhang;Anke Tetzlaff;Paul van Dijk

  • Flood Mapping and Flood Dynamics of the Mekong Delta: ENVISAT-ASAR-WSM Based Time Series Analyses

    Claudia Kuenzer;Huadong Guo;Juliane Huth;Patrick Leinenkugel

  • Geomorphology of coal seam fires

    Claudia Kuenzer;Glenn B. Stracher

  • Anthropogenic, Direct Pressures on Coastal Wetlands

    Alice Newton;John Icely;Sónia Cristina;G E Perillo

  • Derivation of biomass information for semi-arid areas using remote-sensing data

    Christina Eisfelder;Claudia Kuenzer;Stefan Dech

  • Understanding the impact of hydropower developments in the context of upstream–downstream relations in the Mekong river basin

    Claudia Kuenzer;Ian Charles Campbell;Ian Charles Campbell;Marthe Roch;Patrick Leinenkugel

  • Regional land cover mapping and change detection in Central Asia using MODIS time-series

    Igor Klein;Ursula Gessner;Claudia Kuenzer

  • Remote Sensing of Grassland Production and Management—A Review

    Sophie Reinermann;Sarah Asam;Claudia Kuenzer

  • Tipping from the Holocene to the Anthropocene: How threatened are major world deltas?

    Fabrice G. Renaud;James P.M. Syvitski;James P.M. Syvitski;Zita Sebesvari;Saskia E. Werners

  • Earth observation satellite sensors for biodiversity monitoring: potentials and bottlenecks

    Claudia Kuenzer;Marco Ottinger;Martin Wegmann;Huadong Guo

  • Remote Sensing of Snow Cover Using Spaceborne SAR: A Review

    Ya-Lun S. Tsai;Andreas J. Dietz;Natascha Oppelt;Claudia Kuenzer

  • Remote Sensing in Mapping Mangrove Ecosystems — An Object-Based Approach

    Quoc Tuan Vo;Natascha Oppelt;Patrick Leinenkugel;Claudia Kuenzer

  • Approaches to defining deltaic sustainability in the 21st century

    John W. Day;Julius Agboola;Zhongyuan Chen;Christopher D’Elia

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Dech
Stefan Dech German Aerospace Center
Fabrice G. Renaud
Fabrice G. Renaud University of Glasgow
Huadong Guo
Huadong Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Olaf Kolditz
Olaf Kolditz TU Dresden
Harald Kunstmann
Harald Kunstmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
James P. M. Syvitski
James P. M. Syvitski University of Colorado Boulder
Donald L. Forbes
Donald L. Forbes Bedford Institute of Oceanography
John A. Dearing
John A. Dearing University of Southampton
Ramachandran Ramesh
Ramachandran Ramesh Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Zoe Matthews
Zoe Matthews University of Southampton

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