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Curtis E. Woodcock

Curtis E. Woodcock

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Environmental Sciences
USA
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 106 248 231 111 101 274 54157

Curtis E. Woodcock publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Curtis E. Woodcock between 1979 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Curtis E. Woodcock published across 48 years, from 1979 to 2026, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2020. 12 of the 300 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2020. 1979: 2 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 4 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 7 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 12 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 1 publication
1979 2026

300 publications in total across all disciplines

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Curtis E. Woodcock: publications per year, 1979 to 2026
Year Publications
1979 2
1980 1
1981 2
1982 0
1983 2
1984 3
1985 4
1986 2
1987 1
1988 4
1989 3
1990 4
1991 0
1992 2
1993 1
1994 7
1995 4
1996 12
1997 7
1998 3
1999 10
2000 5
2001 10
2002 11
2003 11
2004 6
2005 0
2006 6
2007 3
2008 12
2009 3
2010 8
2011 10
2012 16
2013 11
2014 10
2015 6
2016 16
2017 9
2018 11
2019 5
2020 18
2021 4
2022 8
2023 11
2024 4
2025 11
2026 1
Total 300
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Curtis E. Woodcock publications per year - data summary

  • Curtis E. Woodcock, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Boston University, has 300 publications recorded across 48 years, from 1979 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1979 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 18 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1980, 1987, 1993 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 48 years in the span carry no publications at all (1982, 1991 and 2005).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.7 per year counting only the 45 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 35 publications, 12% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1979-1994: 38 publications (2.4 per year); 1995-2010: 111 publications (6.9 per year); 2011-2026: 151 publications (9.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Curtis E. Woodcock 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 Curtis E. Woodcock sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 271–280 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 274 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155 274
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Curtis E. Woodcock publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Curtis E. Woodcock, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Boston University, records 274 publications - the 82nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 82% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Curtis E. Woodcock, and about 18% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Curtis E. Woodcock ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Curtis E. Woodcock 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 Curtis E. Woodcock sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 106 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15 106
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Curtis E. Woodcock D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Curtis E. Woodcock, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Boston University, records 106 D-Index - the 97th percentile of the discipline.
  • 97% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Curtis E. Woodcock, and about 3% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Curtis E. Woodcock ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Curtis E. Woodcock is a researcher affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their main field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Media Technology, and Atmospheric Science.

The research topics addressed by Woodcock include:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Advanced Image Fusion Techniques
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Woodcock has published extensively in several journals and platforms. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science of Remote Sensing
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Their recent papers include:

  • "Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts," 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Satellite-based estimates reveal widespread forest degradation in the Amazon," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Monitoring temperate forest degradation on Google Earth Engine using Landsat time series analysis," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A Suite of Tools for Continuous Land Change Monitoring in Google Earth Engine," 2020, Frontiers in Climate
  • "Need and vision for global medium-resolution Landsat and Sentinel-2 data products," 2023, Remote Sensing of Environment

Woodcock frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Pontus Olofsson
  • Eric L. Bullock
  • Xiaojing Tang
  • Zhe Zhu
  • Shijuan Chen

Best Publications

  • Global land cover mapping from MODIS: algorithms and early results

    M.A Friedl;D.K McIver;J.C.F Hodges;X.Y Zhang

  • Good practices for estimating area and assessing accuracy of land change

    Pontus Olofsson;Giles M. Foody;Martin Herold;Stephen V. Stehman

  • Landsat-8: Science and Product Vision for Terrestrial Global Change Research

    David P. Roy;M.A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;C.E. Woodcock

  • Classification and Change Detection Using Landsat TM Data: When and How to Correct Atmospheric Effects?

    Conghe Song;Curtis E. Woodcock;Karen C. Seto;Mary Pax Lenney

  • Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • The factor of scale in remote sensing

    Curtis E. Woodcock;Alan H. Strahler

  • Continuous change detection and classification of land cover using all available Landsat data

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Improvement and expansion of the Fmask algorithm: cloud, cloud shadow, and snow detection for Landsats 4–7, 8, and Sentinel 2 images

    Zhe Zhu;Shixiong Wang;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Opening the archive: How free data has enabled the science and monitoring promise of Landsat

    Michael A. Wulder;Jeffrey G. Masek;Warren B. Cohen;Thomas R. Loveland

  • Making better use of accuracy data in land change studies: Estimating accuracy and area and quantifying uncertainty using stratified estimation

    Pontus Olofsson;Giles M. Foody;Stephen V. Stehman;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Free access to Landsat imagery.

    Curtis E. Woodcock;Richard Allen;Martha Anderson;Alan Belward

  • Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications

    Michael A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;David P. Roy;Christopher J. Crawford

  • Compact, Dispersed, Fragmented, Extensive? A Comparison of Urban Growth in Twenty-five Global Cities using Remotely Sensed Data, Pattern Metrics and Census Information:

    Annemarie Schneider;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • The global Landsat archive: Status, consolidation, and direction

    Michael A. Wulder;Joanne C. White;Thomas R. Loveland;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts

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  • Landsat continuity: Issues and opportunities for land cover monitoring

    Michael A. Wulder;Joanne C. White;Samuel N. Goward;Jeffrey G. Masek

  • Some challenges in global land cover mapping : An assessment of agreement and accuracy in existing 1 km datasets

    M. Herold;P. Mayaux;C.E. Woodcock;A. Baccini

  • An assessment of several linear change detection techniques for mapping forest mortality using multitemporal landsat TM data

    John B. Collins;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Monitoring land-use change in the Pearl River Delta using Landsat TM

    K. C. Seto;C. E. Woodcock;C. Song;X. Huang

  • On the nature of models in remote sensing

    Alan H Strahler;Curtis E Woodcock;James A Smith

  • Theory and methods for accuracy assessment of thematic maps using fuzzy sets

    S. Gopal;C. Woodcock

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan H. Strahler
Alan H. Strahler Boston University
David L.B. Jupp
David L.B. Jupp Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Zhe Zhu
Zhe Zhu University of Connecticut
Sucharita Gopal
Sucharita Gopal Boston University
Xiaowen Li
Xiaowen Li Tsinghua University
Crystal B. Schaaf
Crystal B. Schaaf University of Massachusetts Boston
Glenn Newnham
Glenn Newnham Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Darius S. Culvenor
Darius S. Culvenor Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Warren B. Cohen
Warren B. Cohen Oregon State University
Thomas R. Loveland
Thomas R. Loveland United States Geological Survey

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