2026 José Martínez-Fernández: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	49	5173	4955	133	133	139	10715

Overview

José Martínez-Fernández is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses on topics related to soil moisture, remote sensing, precipitation measurement, and hydrological processes, contributing to the understanding of environmental dynamics and change.

Their recent research output includes publications on soil moisture retrieval, storage, and analysis, as well as applications of remote sensing technologies. Notable publications include:

"The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade" (2021), published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
"Validation of Soil Moisture Data Products From the NASA SMAP Mission" (2021), in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
"Improved SMAP Dual-Channel Algorithm for the Retrieval of Soil Moisture" (2020), in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
"Soil moisture memory and soil properties: An analysis with the stored precipitation fraction" (2020), in Journal of Hydrology
"Comparison of gap-filling techniques applied to the CCI soil moisture database in Southern Europe" (2021), in Remote Sensing of Environment

The main topics covered in their research include:

Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Cryospheric studies and observations
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Climate change and permafrost
Climate change impacts on agriculture

Their work is distributed across several publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing
SSRN Electronic Journal
Remote Sensing of Environment
Atmosphere

José Martínez-Fernández collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors who have contributed across multiple projects, including Ángel González-Zamora, Laura Almendra-Martín, Pilar Benito-Verdugo, Jaime Gaona, and Jeffrey P. Walker. These collaborations span diverse studies in environmental and hydrological sciences.

The research covers specialized subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Overall, their scholarly activity reflects an interdisciplinary approach to earth system science, focusing on environmental processes and remote sensing methodologies.

Best Publications

The effect of land use on runoff and soil erosion rates under Mediterranean conditions

C. Kosmas;N. Danalatos;L.H. Cammeraat;M. Chabart

740
Citations
Validation of SMAP surface soil moisture products with core validation sites

A. Colliander;T.J. Jackson;R. Bindlish;S. Chan

730
Citations
Soil moisture estimation through ASCAT and AMSR-E sensors: An intercomparison and validation study across Europe

L. Brocca;S. Hasenauer;T. Lacava;F. Melone

709
Citations
Assessment of the SMAP Passive Soil Moisture Product

Steven K. Chan;Rajat Bindlish;Peggy E. O'Neill;Eni Njoku

653
Citations
Development and assessment of the SMAP enhanced passive soil moisture product

S. K. Chan;R. Bindlish;P. O'Neill;T. Jackson

468
Citations
Satellite soil moisture for agricultural drought monitoring: Assessment of the SMOS derived Soil Water Deficit Index

J. Martínez-Fernández;A. González-Zamora;N. Sánchez;A. Gumuzzio

396
Citations
Temporal Stability of Soil Moisture in a Large-Field Experiment in Spain

José Martínez-Fernández;Antonio Ceballos

390
Citations
Soil moisture from Operational Meteorological Satellites

Wolfgang Wagner;Vahid Naeimi;Klaus Scipal;Richard de Jeu

356
Citations
Assessment of the SMAP Level-4 surface and root-zone soil moisture product using in situ measurements

Rolf H. Reichle;Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy;Qing Liu;Joseph V. Ardizzone

330
Citations
Mean soil moisture estimation using temporal stability analysis

J. Martínez-Fernández;A. Ceballos

321
Citations
Land Geophysical Parameters Retrieval Using the Interference Pattern GNSS-R Technique

N Rodriguez-Alvarez;A Camps;M Vall-llossera;X Bosch-Lluis

275
Citations
A soil water based index as a suitable agricultural drought indicator

J. Martínez-Fernández;A. González-Zamora;N. Sánchez;A. Gumuzzio

251
Citations
Patterns of rock fragment cover generated by tillage erosion

Jean Poesen;Jean Poesen;Bas van Wesemael;Gerard Govers;Gerard Govers;José Martinez-Fernandez

249
Citations
Validation of ERS scatterometer-derived soil moisture data in the central part of the Duero Basin, Spain

Antonio Ceballos;Klaus Scipal;Wolfgang Wagner;José Martínez-Fernández

246
Citations
Validation of the SMOS L2 Soil Moisture Data in the REMEDHUS Network (Spain)

N. Sanchez;J. Martinez-Fernandez;A. Scaini;C. Perez-Gutierrez

234
Citations
A Downscaling Approach for SMOS Land Observations: Evaluation of High-Resolution Soil Moisture Maps Over the Iberian Peninsula

María Piles;Nilda Sánchez;Mercè Vall-llossera;Adriano Camps

202
Citations
Temporal Stability of Soil Moisture and Radar Backscatter Observed by the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR).

Wolfgang Wagner;Carsten Pathe;Marcela Doubkova;Daniel Sabel

178
Citations
Combining SMOS with visible and near/shortwave/thermal infrared satellite data for high resolution soil moisture estimates

Sergio Sánchez-Ruiz;María Piles;Nilda Sánchez;José Martínez-Fernández

174
Citations
Analysis of rainfall trends and dry periods on a pluviometric gradient representative of Mediterranean climate in the Duero Basin, Spain

Antonio Ceballos;José Martı́nez-Fernández;Miguel Ángel Luengo-Ugidos

163
Citations
Vegetation and soil erosion under a semi-arid Mediterranean climate: a case study from Murcia (Spain)

Francisco López-Bermúdez;Asunción Romero-Dı́az;José Martı́nez-Fernandez;Julia Martı́nez-Fernandez

138
Citations
CCI soil moisture assessment with SMOS soil moisture and in situ data under different environmental conditions and spatial scales in Spain

Á. González-Zamora;N. Sánchez;M. Pablos;J. Martínez-Fernández

138
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Cosh Agricultural Research Service

Aaron A. Berg University of Guelph

Todd G. Caldwell United States Geological Survey

Rajat Bindlish Goddard Space Flight Center

Adriano Camps Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Jeffrey P. Walker Monash University

David D. Bosch Agricultural Research Service

Andreas Colliander California Institute of Technology

John H. Prueger Agricultural Research Service

Zhongbo Su University of Twente

External Links

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