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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
20895
World Ranking
5388
National Ranking
1971

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
44
Citations
19385
World Ranking
5664
National Ranking
1575

Zhe Zhu 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 Zhe Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 89 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhe Zhu 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 Zhe Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhe Zhu is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science with a significant number of publications in this field.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Zhe Zhu's subfields of study cover a range of specific areas within environmental science, notably:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Media Technology
  • Atmospheric Science

The scientist's research topics highlight their work on remote sensing and environmental monitoring technologies. Key topics include:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Remote-Sensing Image Classification
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Frequent publication venues for Zhe Zhu are:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Science of Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors of the scientist include:

  • Shi Qiu
  • Curtis E. Woodcock
  • Junchang Ju
  • Noel Gorelick
  • C. S. R. Neigh

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhe Zhu includes:

  • "Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts" (2022), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "The 50-year Landsat collection 2 archive" (2023), published in Science of Remote Sensing
  • "Monthly estimation of the surface water extent in France at a 10-m resolution using Sentinel-2 data" (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Remote sensing of land change: A multifaceted perspective" (2022), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A near-real-time approach for monitoring forest disturbance using Landsat time series: stochastic continuous change detection" (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • Landsat-8: Science and Product Vision for Terrestrial Global Change Research

    David P. Roy;M.A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;C.E. Woodcock

  • Object-based cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsat imagery

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Continuous change detection and classification of land cover using all available Landsat data

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Improvement and expansion of the Fmask algorithm: cloud, cloud shadow, and snow detection for Landsats 4–7, 8, and Sentinel 2 images

    Zhe Zhu;Shixiong Wang;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Cloud detection algorithm comparison and validation for operational Landsat data products

    Steven C Foga;Pat L. Scaramuzza;Song Guo;Zhe Zhu;Zhe Zhu

  • Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications

    Michael A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;David P. Roy;Christopher J. Crawford

  • Change detection using landsat time series: A review of frequencies, preprocessing, algorithms, and applications

    Zhe Zhu

  • Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts

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  • Automated cloud, cloud shadow, and snow detection in multitemporal Landsat data: An algorithm designed specifically for monitoring land cover change

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Continuous monitoring of forest disturbance using all available Landsat imagery

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock;Pontus Olofsson

  • Fmask 4.0: Improved cloud and cloud shadow detection in Landsats 4–8 and Sentinel-2 imagery

    Shi Qiu;Shi Qiu;Zhe Zhu;Zhe Zhu;Binbin He

  • Benefits of the free and open Landsat data policy

    Zhe Zhu;Michael A. Wulder;David P. Roy;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Bringing an ecological view of change to Landsat‐based remote sensing

    Robert E Kennedy;Serge Andréfouët;Warren B Cohen;Cristina Gómez

  • Detecting interannual variation in deciduous broadleaf forest phenology using Landsat TM/ETM+ data

    Eli K. Melaas;Mark A. Friedl;Zhe Zhu

  • Understanding an urbanizing planet: Strategic directions for remote sensing

    Zhe Zhu;Yuyu Zhou;Karen C. Seto;Eleanor C. Stokes

  • Overall Methodology Design for the United States National Land Cover Database 2016 Products

    Suming Jin;Collin G. Homer;Limin Yang;Patrick Danielson

  • Assessment of spectral, polarimetric, temporal, and spatial dimensions for urban and peri-urban land cover classification using Landsat and SAR data

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock;John Rogan;Josef Kellndorfer

  • Generating synthetic Landsat images based on all available Landsat data: Predicting Landsat surface reflectance at any given time

    Zhe Zhu;Curtis E. Woodcock;Christopher Holden;Zhiqiang Yang

  • Continuous monitoring of land disturbance based on Landsat time series

    Zhe Zhu;Zhe Zhu;Junxue Zhang;Junxue Zhang;Zhiqiang Yang;Amal H. Aljaddani

  • Mapping forest change using stacked generalization: An ensemble approach

    Sean P. Healey;Warren B. Cohen;Zhiqiang Yang;C. Kenneth Brewer

  • Including land cover change in analysis of greenness trends using all available Landsat 5, 7, and 8 images: A case study from Guangzhou, China (2000–2014)

    Zhe Zhu;Yingchun Fu;Curtis E. Woodcock;Pontus Olofsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Curtis E. Woodcock
Curtis E. Woodcock Boston University
Warren B. Cohen
Warren B. Cohen Oregon State University
James E. Vogelmann
James E. Vogelmann United States Geological Survey
Sean P. Healey
Sean P. Healey US Forest Service
Thomas R. Loveland
Thomas R. Loveland United States Geological Survey
Stephen V. Stehman
Stephen V. Stehman SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Zhiqiang Yang
Zhiqiang Yang United States Department of Agriculture
Robert E. Kennedy
Robert E. Kennedy Oregon State University
Randolph H. Wynne
Randolph H. Wynne Virginia Tech
Michael A. Wulder
Michael A. Wulder Natural Resources Canada

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