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Environmental Sciences
South Africa
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Environmental Sciences D-index 48 Citations 11,564 286 World Ranking 2628 National Ranking 3

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in South Africa Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

Onisimo Mutanga mainly investigates Remote sensing, Vegetation, Hyperspectral imaging, Random forest and Multispectral image. His research integrates issues of Mean squared error, Linear regression and Wetland in his study of Remote sensing. In the field of Vegetation, his study on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index overlaps with subjects such as Solanum mauritianum.

The Hyperspectral imaging study combines topics in areas such as Canopy and Statistics, Partial least squares regression, Coefficient of determination. His Random forest research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Support vector machine, Regression, False positive rate, Algorithm and Principal component analysis. Onisimo Mutanga has included themes like Eucalyptus and Cartography in his Multispectral image study.

His most cited work include:

  • Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing for identification and mapping of wetland vegetation: a review (530 citations)
  • Narrow band vegetation indices overcome the saturation problem in biomass estimation (468 citations)
  • High density biomass estimation for wetland vegetation using WorldView-2 imagery and random forest regression algorithm (431 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Remote sensing, Vegetation, Multispectral image, Hyperspectral imaging and Random forest. His Remote sensing study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Canopy and Partial least squares regression. In his work, Rangeland is strongly intertwined with Grassland, which is a subfield of Vegetation.

Onisimo Mutanga usually deals with Multispectral image and limits it to topics linked to Spatial distribution and Invasive species and Ecology. His Hyperspectral imaging study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Mean squared error, Statistics and Agronomy, Leaf spot. The concepts of his Random forest study are interwoven with issues in Contextual image classification, Feature selection, Support vector machine and Regression.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Remote sensing (40.66%)
  • Vegetation (29.67%)
  • Multispectral image (21.98%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Remote sensing (40.66%)
  • Vegetation (29.67%)
  • Multispectral image (21.98%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Onisimo Mutanga focuses on Remote sensing, Vegetation, Multispectral image, Agroforestry and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. His Synthetic aperture radar study in the realm of Remote sensing interacts with subjects such as Operational land imager. His research in Vegetation is mostly concerned with Red edge.

His Multispectral image research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Tree and Random forest. His biological study deals with issues like Cartography, which deal with fields such as Foraging, Apiary, Pollination and Hyperspectral imaging. His Normalized Difference Vegetation Index research includes elements of Arid, Biodiversity, Physical geography and Phenology.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • A quantitative framework for analysing long term spatial clustering and vegetation fragmentation in an urban landscape using multi-temporal landsat data (13 citations)
  • The impact of land-use/land cover changes on water balance of the heterogeneous Buzi sub-catchment, Zimbabwe (13 citations)
  • Predicting the spatial suitability distribution of Moringa oleifera cultivation using analytical hierarchical process modelling (8 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

His scientific interests lie mostly in Kwazulu natal, Remote sensing, Soil organic carbon stocks, Agroforestry and Moringa. His studies in Remote sensing integrate themes in fields like Linear discriminant analysis and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. His research on Soil organic carbon stocks also deals with topics like

  • Forestry most often made with reference to Climatic variables,
  • Climate change mitigation that intertwine with fields like Remote sensing.

His study in Forestry is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Indigenous, Spatial distribution and Tree species. The various areas that Onisimo Mutanga examines in his Agroforestry study include Parthenium, Parthenium hysterophorus and Invasive species. Onisimo Mutanga has researched Random forest in several fields, including Phenology and Plant breeding.

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Best Publications

Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing for identification and mapping of wetland vegetation: a review

Elhadi Adam;Onisimo Mutanga;Denis Rugege.
Wetlands Ecology and Management (2010)

972 Citations

Narrow band vegetation indices overcome the saturation problem in biomass estimation

Onisimo Mutanga;A. K. Skidmore.
International Journal of Remote Sensing (2004)

748 Citations

High density biomass estimation for wetland vegetation using WorldView-2 imagery and random forest regression algorithm

Onisimo Mutanga;Elhadi Adam;Moses Azong Cho.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (2012)

733 Citations

Predicting in situ pasture quality in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, using continuum-removed absorption features

O. Mutanga;A.K. Skidmore;H.H.T. Prins.
Remote Sensing of Environment (2004)

405 Citations

Land-use/cover classification in a heterogeneous coastal landscape using RapidEye imagery: evaluating the performance of random forest and support vector machines classifiers

Elhadi Adam;Onisimo Mutanga;John Odindi;Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman.
International Journal of Remote Sensing (2014)

320 Citations

Red edge shift and biochemical content in grass canopies

Onisimo Mutanga;Andrew K. Skidmore.
Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2007)

302 Citations

Google Earth Engine Applications Since Inception: Usage, Trends, and Potential

Lalit Kumar;Onisimo Mutanga.
Remote Sensing (2018)

292 Citations

Evaluating the utility of the medium-spatial resolution Landsat 8 multispectral sensor in quantifying aboveground biomass in uMgeni catchment, South Africa

Timothy Dube;Onisimo Mutanga.
Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2015)

284 Citations

Integrating imaging spectroscopy and neural networks to map grass quality in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

O. Mutanga;A.K. Skidmore.
Remote Sensing of Environment (2004)

237 Citations

Spectral discrimination of papyrus vegetation (Cyperus papyrus L.) in swamp wetlands using field spectrometry

Elhadi Adam;Onisimo Mutanga.
Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2009)

213 Citations

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