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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
104
Citations
43969
World Ranking
284
National Ranking
12

Martin Herold 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 Martin Herold sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 478 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Herold 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 Martin Herold sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 97th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Martin Herold is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial body of work spanning several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers numerous topics related to forest ecology and management, remote sensing applications, and land use. Key topics in their research include:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Herold has been involved in several recent publications relating to land use, forest carbon fluxes, and remote sensing technology. Notable recent papers include:

  • Global land use changes are four times greater than previously estimated, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Copernicus Global Land Cover Layers-Collection 2, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • ESA WorldCover 10 m 2020 v100, 2021, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation, 2022, Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Sytze de Bruin
  • Carmelo Bonannella
  • Tomislav Hengl
  • Leandro Parente
  • Johannes Heisig

Their work has been published extensively in various academic venues. High-frequency publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

In addition to journal articles, Herold has contributed to book publications, including the work "Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol," published by Ghent University in 2021.

Best Publications

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

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

  • An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries

    Noriko Hosonuma;Martin Herold;Veronique De Sy;Ruth S De Fries

  • The spatiotemporal form of urban growth: measurement, analysis and modeling

    Martin Herold;Noah C. Goldstein;Keith C. Clarke

  • Global land use changes are four times greater than previously estimated

    Karina Winkler;Karina Winkler;Richard Fuchs;Mark Rounsevell;Mark Rounsevell;Martin Herold

  • Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes

    Nancy L. Harris;David A. Gibbs;Alessandro Baccini;Richard A. Birdsey

  • The role of spatial metrics in the analysis and modeling of urban land use change

    Martin Herold;Helen Couclelis;Keith C. Clarke

  • The use of remote sensing and landscape metrics to describe structures and changes in urban land uses

    Martin Herold;Joseph Scepan;Keith C Clarke

  • Copernicus global land cover layers-collection 2

    Marcel Buchhorn;Myroslava Lesiv;Nandin Erdene Tsendbazar;Martin Herold

  • Monitoring, reporting and verification for national REDD + programmes: two proposals

    Martin Herold;Margaret Skutsch

  • An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets

    Valerio Avitabile;Martin Herold;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Nondestructive estimates of above‐ground biomass using terrestrial laser scanning

    Kim Calders;Glenn Newnham;Andrew Burt;Simon Murphy

  • Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation: A synthesis report for REDD+ policymakers

    G.M. Kissinger;M. Herold;V. de Sy

  • 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

  • Near real-time disturbance detection using satellite image time series

    Jan Verbesselt;Achim Zeileis;Martin Herold

  • Exploiting synergies of global land cover products for carbon cycle modeling

    Martin Jung;Kathrin Henkel;Martin Herold;Galina Churkina

  • Spatial Metrics and Image Texture for Mapping Urban Land Use

    Martin Herold;XiaoHang Liu;Keith C. Clarke

  • Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

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  • Spectrometry for urban area remote sensing—Development and analysis of a spectral library from 350 to 2400 nm

    Martin Herold;Dar A Roberts;Margaret E Gardner;Philip E Dennison

  • ESA WorldCover 10 m 2020 v100

    Daniele Zanaga;Ruben Van De Kerchove;Wanda De Keersmaecker;Niels Souverijns

  • Earth observations for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries

    Ruth DeFries;Frédéric Achard;Sandra Brown;Martin Herold

  • Spectral resolution requirements for mapping urban areas

    M. Herold;M.E. Gardner;D.A. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Verbesselt
Jan Verbesselt Wageningen University & Research
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Kim Calders
Kim Calders Ghent University
Lammert Kooistra
Lammert Kooistra Wageningen University & Research
Harm Bartholomeus
Harm Bartholomeus Wageningen University & Research
Christopher Martius
Christopher Martius Center for International Forestry Research, Germany
Jan G. P. W. Clevers
Jan G. P. W. Clevers Wageningen University & Research
Christiane Schmullius
Christiane Schmullius Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Mathias Disney
Mathias Disney University College London
Nuno Carvalhais
Nuno Carvalhais Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

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