2026 Ronald E. McRoberts: 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	68	1901	1812	790	729	273	13492

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Ronald E. McRoberts is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to subfields such as environmental engineering, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including remote sensing and LiDAR applications, remote sensing in agriculture, forest ecology and management, land use and ecosystem services, forest management and policy, soil geostatistics and mapping, and fire effects on ecosystems.

Frequent publication venues for Ronald E. McRoberts include:

Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing of Environment
Forest Ecosystems
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Forest Ecology and Management

Common collaborators in their work include:

Erik Næsset
Zhengyang Hou
Gherardo Chirici
Göran Ståhl
Saverio Francini

Some notable recent papers by Ronald E. McRoberts are:

Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century, 2021, Science Advances
Land Use/Land Cover Mapping Using Multitemporal Sentinel-2 Imagery and Four Classification Methods-A Case Study from Dak Nong, Vietnam, 2020, Remote Sensing
Use of Remote Sensing Data to Improve the Efficiency of National Forest Inventories: A Case Study from the United States National Forest Inventory, 2020, Forests
Near-real time forest change detection using PlanetScope imagery, 2020, European Journal of Remote Sensing
Integrating airborne laser scanning data, space-borne radar data and digital aerial imagery to estimate aboveground carbon stock in Hyrcanian forests, Iran, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment

Ronald E. McRoberts has also contributed to book publications. One example is the work published with Ghent University titled "Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol" in 2021.

In 2008, Ronald E. McRoberts was recognized as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA).

Best Publications

Mapping U.S. forest biomass using nationwide forest inventory data and moderate resolution information

J. A. Blackard;M. V. Finco;E. H. Helmer;G. R. Holden

566
Citations
Remote sensing support for national forest inventories

Ronald E. McRoberts;Erkki O. Tomppo

542
Citations
Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century

Liang Xu;Sassan S. Saatchi;Sassan S. Saatchi;Yan Yang;Yifan Yu

332
Citations
Stratified estimation of forest area using satellite imagery, inventory data, and the k-Nearest Neighbors technique

Ronald E McRoberts;Mark D Nelson;Daniel G Wendt

303
Citations
Relationship of deer and moose populations to previous winters' snow

L.D. Mech;R.E. McRoberts;R.O. Peterson;R.E. Page

267
Citations
Estimating areal means and variances of forest attributes using the k-Nearest Neighbors technique and satellite imagery

Ronald E. McRoberts;Erkki O. Tomppo;Andrew O. Finley;Juha Heikkinen

248
Citations
Advances and emerging issues in national forest inventories

Ronald E. McRoberts;Erkki O. Tomppo;Erik. Naesset

234
Citations
Forests on the edge: housing development on America’s private forests.

Ronald E. McRoberts;Ralph J. Alig;Mark D. Nelson;David M. Theobald

220
Citations
Contribution of large-scale forest inventories to biodiversity assessment and monitoring

Piermaria Corona;Gherardo Chirici;Ronald E. McRoberts;Susanne Winter

217
Citations
A meta-analysis and review of the literature on the k-Nearest Neighbors technique for forestry applications that use remotely sensed data

Gherardo Chirici;Matteo Mura;Daniel McInerney;Nicolas Py

216
Citations
Estimating forest attribute parameters for small areas using nearest neighbors techniques

Ronald E. McRoberts

214
Citations
The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation

L. Duncanson;J. Armston;M. Disney;V. Avitabile

198
Citations
Inference for lidar-assisted estimation of forest growing stock volume

Ronald E. McRoberts;Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken

196
Citations
Effects of uncertainty in model predictions of individual tree volume on large area volume estimates

Ronald E. McRoberts;James A. Westfall

187
Citations
Using remotely sensed data to construct and assess forest attribute maps and related spatial products

Ronald E. McRoberts;Warren B. Cohen;Erik Naesset;Stephen V. Stehman

176
Citations
Probability- and model-based approaches to inference for proportion forest using satellite imagery as ancillary data

Ronald E. McRoberts

172
Citations
Use of models in large-area forest surveys: comparing model-assisted, model-based and hybrid estimation

Göran Ståhl;Svetlana Saarela;Sebastian Schnell;Sören Holm

169
Citations
Satellite image-based maps: Scientific inference or pretty pictures?

Ronald E. McRoberts

159
Citations
Using a land cover classification based on satellite imagery to improve the precision of forest inventory area estimates

Ronald E McRoberts;Daniel G Wendt;Mark D Nelson;Mark H Hansen

158
Citations
The Role and Need for Space-Based Forest Biomass-Related Measurements in Environmental Management and Policy

Martin Herold;Sarah Carter;Valerio Avitabile;Andrés B. Espejo

157
Citations
A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in western states

Bob Rummer;Jeff Prestemon;Dennis May

71
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Næsset Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Gherardo Chirici University of Florence

Erkki Tomppo University of Helsinki

Terje Gobakken Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Göran Ståhl Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Qi Chen University of Hawaii at Manoa

Marco Marchetti University of Molise

Grant M. Domke US Forest Service

Emil Cienciala Czech Academy of Sciences

Piermaria Corona The Canadian Real Estate Association

External Links

Personal website of Ronald E. McRoberts

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