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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 41 7645 7345 177 171 126 7505

Felix Morsdorf publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Felix Morsdorf between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Felix Morsdorf published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 6 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2015. 16 of the 145 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2015. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 8 publications
2002 2025

145 publications in total across all disciplines

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Felix Morsdorf: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 2
2004 4
2005 5
2006 7
2007 8
2008 4
2009 4
2010 4
2011 4
2012 12
2013 8
2014 10
2015 13
2016 4
2017 6
2018 4
2019 4
2020 3
2021 9
2022 6
2023 7
2024 8
2025 8
Total 145
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Felix Morsdorf 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 Felix Morsdorf 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, 121–130 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: 126 publications — 28th percentile

28% 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
121–130 617 126
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
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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Felix Morsdorf 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 Felix Morsdorf 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, 41 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: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 41
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
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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Overview

Felix Morsdorf is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, focusing primarily on environmental science with an emphasis on ecology and global and planetary change. Their research encompasses subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's work addresses various topics related to remote sensing and lidar applications, remote sensing in agriculture, and forest ecology and management. Additional areas of interest include land use and ecosystem services, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, as well as plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Felix Morsdorf has published extensively in journals including Remote Sensing of Environment, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. The frequent publication venues showcase a consistent focus on remote sensing and ecological applications.

Some recent papers include:

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Mapping functional diversity using individual tree-based morphological and physiological traits in a subtropical forest, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Above-ground biomass references for urban trees from terrestrial laser scanning data, 2021, Annals of Botany
  • Assessing biodiversity from space: Impact of spatial and spectral resolution on trait-based functional diversity, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment

Morsdorf frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include Michael E. Schaepman, Bernhard Schmid, Fabian Schneider, Meredith C. Schuman, and Daniel Kükenbrink, demonstrating an interconnected research network within environmental and remote-sensing sciences.

Best Publications

  • An International Comparison of Individual Tree Detection and Extraction Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Harri Kaartinen;Juha Hyyppä;Xiaowei Yu;Mikko Vastaranta

  • Estimation of LAI and fractional cover from small footprint airborne laser scanning data based on gap fraction

    Felix Morsdorf;Benjamin Kötz;Erich Meier;K.I. Itten

  • LIDAR-based geometric reconstruction of boreal type forest stands at single tree level for forest and wildland fire management

    Felix Morsdorf;Erich Meier;Benjamin Kötz;Klaus I. Itten

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

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  • Mapping functional diversity from remotely sensed morphological and physiological forest traits.

    Fabian D. Schneider;Felix Morsdorf;Bernhard Schmid;Owen L. Petchey

  • Forest Canopy Gap Fraction From Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    F.M. Danson;D. Hetherington;F. Morsdorf;B. Koetz

  • The fourth phase of the radiative transfer model intercomparison (RAMI) exercise: Actual canopy scenarios and conformity testing

    Jean Luc Widlowski;Corrado Mio;Mathias Disney;Jennifer Adams

  • Multi-source land cover classification for forest fire management based on imaging spectrometry and LiDAR data

    B. Koetz;F. Morsdorf;S. van der Linden;T. Curt

  • Assessing forest structural and physiological information content of multi-spectral LiDAR waveforms by radiative transfer modelling

    Felix Morsdorf;Felix Morsdorf;Caroline Nichol;Timothy Malthus;Iain H. Woodhouse

  • Radiative transfer modeling within a heterogeneous canopy for estimation of forest fire fuel properties

    Benjamin Kötz;Michael Schaepman;Felix Morsdorf;Paul Bowyer

  • International Benchmarking of the Individual Tree Detection Methods for Modeling 3-D Canopy Structure for Silviculture and Forest Ecology Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Yunsheng Wang;Juha Hyyppa;Xinlian Liang;Harri Kaartinen

  • Simulating imaging spectrometer data: 3D forest modeling based on LiDAR and in situ data

    Fabian D. Schneider;Reik Leiterer;Felix Morsdorf;Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry

  • Fusion of imaging spectrometer and LIDAR data over combined radiative transfer models for forest canopy characterization

    Benjamin Koetz;Guoqing Sun;Felix Morsdorf;K.J. Ranson

  • Discrimination of vegetation strata in a multi-layered Mediterranean forest ecosystem using height and intensity information derived from airborne laser scanning

    Felix Morsdorf;Anders Mårell;Benjamin Koetz;Nathalie Cassagne

  • Inversion of a lidar waveform model for forest biophysical parameter estimation

    B. Koetz;F. Morsdorf;G. Sun;K.J. Ranson

  • Quantifying 3D structure and occlusion in dense tropical and temperate forests using close-range LiDAR

    Fabian D. Schneider;Fabian D. Schneider;Daniel Kükenbrink;Michael E. Schaepman;David S. Schimel

  • A Multispectral Canopy LiDAR Demonstrator Project

    I. H. Woodhouse;C. Nichol;P. Sinclair;J. Jack

  • Status and prospects for LiDAR remote sensing of forested ecosystems

    Michael A Wulder;Nicholas C Coops;Andrew T Hudak;Felix Morsdorf

  • Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources

    Ruben Valbuena;Ruben Valbuena;Ruben Valbuena;Brian O’Connor;Florian Zellweger;William Simonson

  • Canopy closure, LAI and radiation transfer from airborne LiDAR synthetic images

    David Moeser;Jiri Roubinek;Patrick Schleppi;Felix Morsdorf

  • Assessment of the influence of flying altitude and scan angle on biophysical vegetation products derived from airborne laser scanning

    F. Morsdorf;O. Frey;E. Meier;K. I. Itten

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Schaepman
Michael E. Schaepman University of Zurich
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Alexander Damm
Alexander Damm University of Zurich
Veronika Braunisch
Veronika Braunisch University of Bern
Michael Zemp
Michael Zemp University of Zurich
David S. Schimel
David S. Schimel Jet Propulsion Lab
Guoqing Sun
Guoqing Sun University of Maryland, College Park
Mathias Disney
Mathias Disney University College London
Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia

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