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D-Index
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6642
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4095
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Rosa Lasaponara publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rosa Lasaponara sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 248 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Rosa Lasaponara D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rosa Lasaponara sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rosa Lasaponara is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences with 70 publications, and Environmental Science with 57 publications. Subfields addressed comprise Space and Planetary Science, Geology, Global and Planetary Change, Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics focus on various aspects of archaeological and environmental studies. Key areas of work include:

  • Archaeological Research and Protection
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Rosa Lasaponara has published extensively in notable journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Remote Sensing (12 publications)
  • Sustainability (7 publications)
  • Sensors (3 publications)
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (3 publications)
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series (3 publications)

Some recent papers by Rosa Lasaponara include:

  • Application of learning vector quantization and different machine learning techniques to assessing forest fire influence factors and spatial modelling, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Quantitative Evaluation of Soil Quality Using Principal Component Analysis: The Case Study of El-Fayoum Depression Egypt, 2021, Sustainability
  • Modeling Land Suitability for Rice Crop Using Remote Sensing and Soil Quality Indicators: The Case Study of the Nile Delta, 2020, Sustainability
  • Vis-NIR Spectroscopy and Satellite Landsat-8 OLI Data to Map Soil Nutrients in Arid Conditions: A Case Study of the Northwest Coast of Egypt, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Multitemporal 2016-2018 Sentinel-2 Data Enhancement for Landscape Archaeology: The Case Study of the Foggia Province, Southern Italy, 2020, Remote Sensing

Collaboration is an important part of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Nicodemo Abate
  • Nicola Masini
  • Maria Sileo
  • Abdelaziz Elfadaly
  • Luciano Telesca

Best Publications

  • Airborne and spaceborne remote sensing for archaeological and cultural heritage applications: A review of the century (1907–2017)

    Lei Luo;Xinyuan Wang;Huadong Guo;Rosa Lasaponara

  • Detection of archaeological crop marks by using satellite QuickBird multispectral imagery

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite remote sensing in archaeology: past, present and future perspectives

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite Remote Sensing: A New Tool for Archaeology

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • An overview of satellite synthetic aperture radar remote sensing in archaeology: From site detection to monitoring

    Fulong Chen;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite Remote Sensing

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • On the use of principal component analysis (PCA) for evaluating interannual vegetation anomalies from SPOT/VEGETATION NDVI temporal series

    R. Lasaponara

  • Persistent scatterer interferometry processing of COSMO-SkyMed StripMap HIMAGE time series to depict deformation of the historic centre of Rome, Italy.

    Francesca Cigna;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini;Pietro Milillo

  • Evaluation of a new satellite-based method for forest fire detection

    Vincenzo Cuomo;R. Lasaponara;Valerio Tramutoli

  • Application of learning vector quantization and different machine learning techniques to assessing forest fire influence factors and spatial modelling.

    Hamid Reza Pourghasemi;Amiya Gayen;Rosa Lasaponara;John P. Tiefenbacher

  • Identification of archaeological buried remains based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from Quickbird satellite data

    R. Lasaponara;N. Masini

  • Multiscale mapping of burn area and severity using multisensor satellite data and spatial autocorrelation analysis

    Antonio Lanorte;Maria Danese;Rosa Lasaponara;Beniamino Murgante

  • Google Earth as a Powerful Tool for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Applications: A Review

    Lei Luo;Xinyuan Wang;Huadong Guo;Rosa Lasaponara

  • Quantitative Evaluation of Soil Quality Using Principal Component Analysis: The Case Study of El-Fayoum Depression Egypt

    Mohamed K. Abdel-Fattah;Elsayed Said Mohamed;Enas M. Wagdi;Sahar A. Shahin

  • Remotely sensed characterization of forest fuel types by using satellite ASTER data

    Rosa Lasaponara;Antonio Lanorte

  • Investigating archaeological looting using satellite images and GEORADAR: the experience in Lambayeque in North Peru

    Rosa Lasaponara;Giovanni Leucci;Nicola Masini;Raffaele Persico

  • Estimating spectral separability of satellite derived parameters for burned areas mapping in the Calabria region by using SPOT-Vegetation data

    R. Lasaponara

  • Towards an operative use of remote sensing for exploring the past using satellite data: The case study of Hierapolis (Turkey)

    Rosa Lasaponara;Giovanni Leucci;Nicola Masini;Raffaele Persico

  • Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar in Archaeology and Cultural Landscape: An Overview

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Flights into the past: full-waveform airborne laser scanning data for archaeological investigation

    R. Lasaponara;R. Coluzzi;N. Masini

  • Management of Cultural Heritage Sites Using Remote Sensing Indices and Spatial Analysis Techniques

    Abdelaziz Elfadaly;Abdelaziz Elfadaly;Wael Attia;Mohamad Molaei Qelichi;Beniamino Murgante

  • Investigating the spectral capability of QuickBird data to detect archaeological remains buried under vegetated and not vegetated areas

    Nicola Masini;Rosa Lasaponara

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Masini
Nicola Masini National Research Council (CNR)
Luciano Telesca
Luciano Telesca National Research Council (CNR)
Enzo Rizzo
Enzo Rizzo University of Ferrara
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis Cyprus University of Technology
Valerio Tramutoli
Valerio Tramutoli University of Basilicata
Huadong Guo
Huadong Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Devis Tuia
Devis Tuia École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Silas Michaelides
Silas Michaelides Cyprus University of Technology
Weiguo Song
Weiguo Song University of Science and Technology of China
Michael Eineder
Michael Eineder German Aerospace Center

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