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Koen Hufkens

Koen Hufkens

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
7617
World Ranking
7641
National Ranking
103

Koen Hufkens 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 Koen Hufkens sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 112 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Koen Hufkens 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 Koen Hufkens sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Overview

Koen Hufkens is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Engineering.

Their academic output includes numerous publications focusing on topics such as Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Cryospheric studies and observations, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Andrew D. Richardson, Elizabeth Kearsley, Christoph M. Meier, Pedro Henriques, and Gonçalo Elias.

Koen Hufkens has contributed to several notable publication venues. The main journals and platforms where their work appears frequently are Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Global Change Biology, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Calibrating vegetation phenology from Sentinel-2 using eddy covariance, PhenoCam, and PEP725 networks across Europe (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Seasonal variation in the canopy color of temperate evergreen conifer forests (2020, New Phytologist)
  • Asymmetric responses of ecosystem productivity to rainfall anomalies vary inversely with mean annual rainfall over the conterminous United States (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Pan-Arctic soil moisture control on tundra carbon sequestration and plant productivity (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • Predicting spring green-up across diverse North American grasslands (2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)

Best Publications

  • Digital repeat photography for phenological research in forest ecosystems

    Oliver Sonnentag;Oliver Sonnentag;Koen Hufkens;Cory Teshera-Sterne;Adam M. Young

  • Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse North American biomes using PhenoCam imagery.

    Andrew D. Richardson;Koen Hufkens;Thomas E. Milliman;Donald M. Aubrecht

  • Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests.

    Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Bonaventure Sonké;Terry Sunderland;Serge K. Begne;Serge K. Begne

  • Evaluating remote sensing of deciduous forest phenology at multiple spatial scales using PhenoCam imagery

    Stephen Klosterman;Koen Hufkens;Koen Hufkens;J. M. Gray;E. Melaas

  • Ecosystem warming extends vegetation activity but heightens vulnerability to cold temperatures

    Andrew D. Richardson;Andrew D. Richardson;Koen Hufkens;Thomas Milliman;Donald M. Aubrecht

  • Linking near-surface and satellite remote sensing measurements of deciduous broadleaf forest phenology

    Koen Hufkens;Mark Friedl;Oliver Sonnentag;Bobby H. Braswell

  • Ecological impacts of a widespread frost event following early spring leaf-out

    Koen Hufkens;Mark A. Friedl;Trevor F. Keenan;Oliver Sonnentag;Oliver Sonnentag

  • Terrestrial biosphere model performance for inter‐annual variability of land‐atmosphere CO2 exchange

    T.F. Keenan;Ian Baker;Alan Barr;Philippe Ciais

  • An integrated phenology modelling framework in r

    Koen Hufkens;Koen Hufkens;Koen Hufkens;David Basler;Tom Milliman;Eli K. Melaas

  • Satellite-observed pantropical carbon dynamics

    Lei Fan;Lei Fan;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Philippe Ciais;Jérôme Chave

  • Tracking forest phenology and seasonal physiology using digital repeat photography: a critical assessment

    T. F. Keenan;T. F. Keenan;B. Darby;E. Felts;O. Sonnentag;O. Sonnentag

  • Productivity of North American grasslands is increased under future climate scenarios despite rising aridity

    Koen Hufkens;Trevor F. Keenan;Lawrence B. Flanagan;Russell L. Scott

  • Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse biomes using Version 2.0 of the PhenoCam Dataset.

    Bijan Seyednasrollah;Bijan Seyednasrollah;Adam M. Young;Koen Hufkens;Koen Hufkens;Tom Milliman

  • Greenness indices from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale photosynthesis.

    Michael Toomey;Mark A. Friedl;Steve Frolking;Koen Hufkens

  • Using data from Landsat, MODIS, VIIRS and PhenoCams to monitor the phenology of California oak/grass savanna and open grassland across spatial scales

    Yan Liu;Michael J. Hill;Xiaoyang Zhang;Zhuosen Wang;Zhuosen Wang

  • Intercomparison of phenological transition dates derived from the PhenoCam Dataset V1.0 and MODIS satellite remote sensing

    Andrew D. Richardson;Koen Hufkens;Thomas E. Milliman;Stephen E. Frolking

  • Conventional tree height–diameter relationships significantly overestimate aboveground carbon stocks in the Central Congo Basin

    Elizabeth Kearsley;Elizabeth Kearsley;Thales de Haulleville;Thales de Haulleville;Koen Hufkens;Alidé Kidimbu

  • Calibrating vegetation phenology from Sentinel-2 using eddy covariance, PhenoCam, and PEP725 networks across Europe

    Feng Tian;Feng Tian;Zhanzhang Cai;Hongxiao Jin;Hongxiao Jin;Koen Hufkens;Koen Hufkens

  • Ecotones in vegetation ecology: methodologies and definitions revisited

    Koen Hufkens;Paul Scheunders;Reinhart Ceulemans

  • NDVI derived from near-infrared-enabled digital cameras: Applicability across different plant functional types

    Gianluca Filippa;Edoardo Cremonese;Mirco Migliavacca;Marta Galvagno

  • A tale of two springs: using recent climate anomalies to characterize the sensitivity of temperate forest phenology to climate change

    Mark A Friedl;Josh M Gray;Eli K Melaas;Andrew D Richardson

  • Monitoring crop phenology using a smartphone based near-surface remote sensing approach

    Koen Hufkens;Koen Hufkens;Eli K. Melaas;Michael L. Mann;Timothy Foster

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Richardson
Andrew D. Richardson Northern Arizona University
Hans Beeckman
Hans Beeckman Royal Museum for Central Africa
Oliver Sonnentag
Oliver Sonnentag University of Montreal
Hans Verbeeck
Hans Verbeeck Ghent University
Pascal Boeckx
Pascal Boeckx Ghent University
Mark A. Friedl
Mark A. Friedl Boston University
Trevor F. Keenan
Trevor F. Keenan Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dries Huygens
Dries Huygens Ghent University
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Kathy Steppe
Kathy Steppe Ghent University

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