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D-Index
47
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9568
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5723
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382

Joachim Hill 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 Joachim Hill sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 159 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joachim Hill 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 Joachim Hill sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joachim Hill is affiliated with the University of Trier in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in ecology and environmental engineering. The scientist's work encompasses various subfields including ecological modeling, global and planetary change, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law within environmental contexts.

The topics covered in their research include remote sensing in agriculture, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, species distribution and climate change, fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland management and livestock ecology, wildlife ecology and conservation, and the combined areas of rangeland and wildlife management.

Joachim Hill has contributed to multiple publications, frequently collaborating with several researchers. Notable frequent coauthors include Henning Buddenbaum, Jane J. Meiforth, James D. Shepherd, J. R. Dymond, and Philipp Kaiser.

Their research has been published in various academic venues with key contributions in the following journals:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Forests
  • Journal of Arid Environments
  • ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Joachim Hill include:

  • "Monitoring of Canopy Stress Symptoms in New Zealand Kauri Trees Analysed with AISA Hyperspectral Data" (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • "Stress Detection in New Zealand Kauri Canopies with WorldView-2 Satellite and LiDAR Data" (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • "Potential of Sentinel-1 Data for Spatially and Temporally High-Resolution Detection of Drought Affected Forest Stands" (2022, Forests)
  • "Integrating satellite images and topographic data for mapping seasonal grazing management units in pastoral landscapes of eastern Africa" (2021, Journal of Arid Environments)
  • "EARLY DETECTION OF FOREST DROUGHT STRESS WITH VERY HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO AND HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY" (2020, ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences)

Best Publications

  • The EnMAP Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Mission for Earth Observation

    Luis Guanter;Hermann Kaufmann;Karl Segl;Saskia Foerster

  • Using Imaging Spectroscopy to study soil properties

    E. Ben-Dor;S. Chabrillat;J.A.M. Demattê;G.R. Taylor

  • Remote sensing of forest biophysical variables using HyMap imaging spectrometer data

    Martin Schlerf;Clement Atzberger;Joachim Hill

  • World Atlas of Desertification

    Cherlet Michael;Hutchinson Charles;Reynolds James;J Hill

  • Mediterranean desertification and land degradation: Mapping related land use change syndromes based on satellite observations

    J. Hill;M. Stellmes;Th. Udelhoven;A. Röder

  • Estimating the soil clay content and organic matter by means of different calibration methods of vis-NIR diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

    Said Nawar;Said Nawar;Henning Buddenbaum;Joachim Hill;Jacek Kozak

  • Monitoring and assessment of land degradation and desertification: Towards new conceptual and integrated approaches

    Vogt Jv;Safriel U;G. von Maltitz;Sokona Y

  • Use of coupled canopy structure dynamic and radiative transfer models to estimate biophysical canopy characteristics

    Benjamin Koetz;Frédéric Baret;Hervé Poilvé;Joachim Hill

  • Comparing different multivariate calibration methods for the determination of soil organic carbon pools with visible to near infrared spectroscopy

    Michael Vohland;Joachim Besold;Joachim Hill;Heinz-Christian Fründ

  • Using long time series of Landsat data to monitor fire events and post-fire dynamics and identify driving factors. A case study in the Ayora region (eastern Spain)

    Achim Röder;Joachim Hill;Beatriz Duguy;José Antonio Alloza

  • Improvement of the Fmask algorithm for Sentinel-2 images: Separating clouds from bright surfaces based on parallax effects

    David Frantz;Erik Haß;Andreas Uhl;Johannes Stoffels

  • Radiometric correction of multitemporal Thematic Mapper data for use in agricultural land-cover classification and vegetation monitoring

    Joachim Hill;Boris Sturm

  • Coupling spectral unmixing and trend analysis for monitoring of long-term vegetation dynamics in Mediterranean rangelands

    Patrick Hostert;Achim Röder;Joachim Hill

  • Imaging Spectrometry for Soil Applications

    E. Ben‐Dor;R.G. Taylor;J. Hill;J.A.M. Demattê

  • Application of Indicator Systems for Monitoring and Assessment of Desertification from National to Global Scales

    S. Sommer;C. Zucca;A. Grainger;M. Cherlet

  • Retrieval of chlorophyll and nitrogen in Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) using imaging spectroscopy

    Martin Schlerf;Clement Atzberger;Joachim Hill;Henning Buddenbaum

  • Modeling and Mapping of Soil Salinity with Reflectance Spectroscopy and Landsat Data Using Two Quantitative Methods (PLSR and MARS)

    Said Nawar;Henning Buddenbaum;Joachim Hill;Jacek Kozak

  • Mapping Complex Patterns of Erosion and Stability in Dry Mediterranean Ecosystems

    Joachim Hill

  • Trend analysis of Landsat-TM and -ETM+ imagery to monitor grazing impact in a rangeland ecosystem in Northern Greece

    A. Röder;Th. Udelhoven;J. Hill;G. del Barrio

  • Classification of coniferous tree species and age classes using hyperspectral data and geostatistical methods

    H. Buddenbaum;M. Schlerf;J. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Schlerf
Martin Schlerf Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Patrick Hostert
Patrick Hostert Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Clement Atzberger
Clement Atzberger BOKU University
Hermann Kaufmann
Hermann Kaufmann Shandong University
Tobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Wolfram Mauser
Wolfram Mauser Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Burkhard Büdel
Burkhard Büdel Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Juan Puigdefábregas
Juan Puigdefábregas Spanish National Research Council
Luis Guanter
Luis Guanter Universitat Politècnica de València
Olivier Roupsard
Olivier Roupsard Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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