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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 77 1105 1048 481 443 193 40665

Stephen V. Stehman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stephen V. Stehman between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stephen V. Stehman published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2014. 12 of the 219 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2014. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 8 publications
1991 2025

219 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stephen V. Stehman: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 1
1994 3
1995 4
1996 4
1997 2
1998 2
1999 3
2000 6
2001 3
2002 2
2003 7
2004 3
2005 1
2006 3
2007 2
2008 3
2009 9
2010 10
2011 6
2012 2
2013 14
2014 16
2015 13
2016 7
2017 15
2018 16
2019 3
2020 13
2021 13
2022 16
2023 4
2024 4
2025 8
Total 219
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Stephen V. Stehman 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 Stephen V. Stehman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 191–200 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 193 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377 193
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Stephen V. Stehman 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 Stephen V. Stehman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 77 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60 77
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Stephen V. Stehman is affiliated with the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the United States. Their research portfolio focuses primarily on environmental science, with a notable concentration in global and planetary change, ecology, and environmental engineering. Additional areas of expertise include atmospheric science and water science and technology.

Their work addresses a variety of topics centered on remote sensing applications and environmental dynamics. Key topics within their research include:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Fire Effects on Ecosystems
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Stehman has published extensively in scientific journals, contributing significantly to the discourse on land cover change, inland water dynamics, and forest loss. Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • Conterminous United States land cover change patterns 2001-2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database (2020), published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Mapping and sampling to characterize global inland water dynamics from 1999 to 2018 with full Landsat time-series (2020), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation (2021), Nature Sustainability
  • Global Trends of Forest Loss Due to Fire From 2001 to 2019 (2022), Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • The fate of tropical forest fragments (2020), Science Advances

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Matthew C. Hansen
  • Peter Potapov
  • Alexandra Tyukavina
  • Amy Pickens
  • Xiao-Peng Song

Stehman's work is regularly published in peer-reviewed journals known for environmental and remote sensing research. These venues include:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Land
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

    M.C. Hansen;P.V. Potapov;R. Moore;M. Hancher

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

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

  • Selecting and interpreting measures of thematic classification accuracy

    Stephen V. Stehman

  • Global land change from 1982 to 2016.

    Xiao Peng Song;Matthew C. Hansen;Stephen V. Stehman;Peter V. Potapov

  • Making better use of accuracy data in land change studies: Estimating accuracy and area and quantifying uncertainty using stratified estimation

    Pontus Olofsson;Giles M. Foody;Stephen V. Stehman;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Quantification of global gross forest cover loss

    Matthew C. Hansen;Stephen V. Stehman;Peter V. Potapov

  • Design and Analysis for Thematic Map Accuracy Assessment: Fundamental Principles

    Stephen V. Stehman;Raymond L. Czaplewski

  • Humid tropical forest clearing from 2000 to 2005 quantified by using multitemporal and multiresolution remotely sensed data

    Matthew C. Hansen;Stephen V. Stehman;Peter V. Potapov;Thomas R. Loveland

  • A meta-analysis of remote sensing research on supervised pixel-based land-cover image classification processes: General guidelines for practitioners and future research

    Reza Khatami;Giorgos Mountrakis;Stephen V. Stehman

  • Key issues in rigorous accuracy assessment of land cover products

    Stephen V. Stehman;Giles M. Foody

  • Mapping and sampling to characterize global inland water dynamics from 1999 to 2018 with full Landsat time-series

    Amy H. Pickens;Matthew C. Hansen;Matthew Hancher;Stephen V. Stehman

  • Sampling designs for accuracy assessment of land cover

    Stephen V. Stehman

  • Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation.

    Xiao Peng Song;Xiao Peng Song;Matthew C. Hansen;Peter Potapov;Bernard Adusei

  • Accuracy assessment of NLCD 2006 land cover and impervious surface

    James D. Wickham;Stephen V. Stehman;Leila Gass;Jon Dewitz

  • Congo Basin forest loss dominated by increasing smallholder clearing.

    Alexandra Tyukavina;Matthew C. Hansen;Peter Potapov;Diana Parker

  • Estimating the Kappa Coefficient and its Variance under Stratified Random Sampling

    Stephen V. Stehman

  • Surface water extent dynamics from three decades of seasonally continuous Landsat time series at subcontinental scale in a semi-arid region

    Mirela G. Tulbure;Mark Broich;Stephen V. Stehman;Anil Kommareddy

  • Forest disturbance across the conterminous United States from 1985-2012: The emerging dominance of forest decline

    Warren B. Cohen;Zhiqiang Yang;Stephen V. Stehman;Todd A. Schroeder

  • Quantifying changes in the rates of forest clearing in Indonesia from 1990 to 2005 using remotely sensed data sets

    Matthew C Hansen;Stephen V Stehman;Peter V Potapov;Belinda Arunarwati

  • Thematic accuracy of the NLCD 2001 land cover for the conterminous United States

    J.D. Wickham;S.V. Stehman;J.A. Fry;J.H. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Potapov
Peter Potapov University of Maryland, College Park
Alexandra Tyukavina
Alexandra Tyukavina University of Maryland, College Park
James D. Wickham
James D. Wickham Environmental Protection Agency
Thomas R. Loveland
Thomas R. Loveland United States Geological Survey
Warren B. Cohen
Warren B. Cohen Oregon State University
Svetlana Turubanova
Svetlana Turubanova University of Maryland, College Park
Curtis E. Woodcock
Curtis E. Woodcock Boston University
Zhe Zhu
Zhe Zhu University of Connecticut
Zhiqiang Yang
Zhiqiang Yang United States Department of Agriculture
Sean P. Healey
Sean P. Healey US Forest Service

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