Hui Lin

9.8k citations

282 papers · 8k · 4 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Media Technology top 0.2%
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
Environmental Engineering top 0.5%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Papers in

Media Technology 49
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification 48
Environmental Engineering 42
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications 29

Co-authors: Hongsheng Zhang (25 shared papers)Min Chen (21 shared papers)Meng Zhang (12 shared papers)Yuanzhi Zhang (12 shared papers)Yaotong Cai (6 shared papers)Guonian Lü (7 shared papers)Peifeng Ma (19 shared papers)Fulong Chen (12 shared papers)
Journals: Remote Sensing (32 papers)International Journal of Remote Sensing (14 papers)International Journal of Digital Earth (11 papers)Annals of GIS (11 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (11 papers)
Partner nations: China Hong Kong United States

In The Last Decade

Hui Lin

274 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hui Lin's Hit Papers

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Revolutionizing ecological security pattern with multi-source data and deep learning: An adaptive generation approach 2025 · 32 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2025 Ecological Indicators
2025 International Journal of Digital Earth
2018 International Journal of Geographical Information Systems
2013 Earth-Science Reviews

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1	Spatial and temporal variability of precipitation maxima during 1960–2005 in the Yangtze River basin and possible association with large-scale circulation Journal of Hydrology ·Qiang Zhang, Chong‐Yu Xu, Zengxin Zhang, Yongqin David Chen, Hui Lin +1 other	2007	335
2	Reflections and speculations on the progress in Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a geographic perspective International Journal of Geographical Information Systems ·Guonian Lü, Michael Batty, Josef Strobl, Hui Lin, A‐Xing Zhu, Min Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2018	214
3	Improving the impervious surface estimation with combined use of optical and SAR remote sensing images Remote Sensing of Environment ·Yuanzhi Zhang, Hongsheng Zhang, Hui Lin	2013	208
4	Urban morphology detection and computation for urban climate research Landscape and Urban Planning ·Yong Peng Xu, Chao Ren, Peifeng Ma, Weiwen Wang, Kevin Ka‐Lun Lau, Hui Lin, Edward Ng +1 other	2017	208
5	Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs): A New Generation of Geographic Analysis Tool Earth-Science Reviews ·Hui Lin, Min Chen, Guonian Lü, Qing Zhu, Jiahua Gong, Xiong You, Yongning Wen, Bingli Xu Hit paper breakdown →	2013	186
6	Speciated OVOC and VOC emission inventories and their implications for reactivity-based ozone control strategy in the Pearl River Delta region, China The Science of The Total Environment ·Jiamin Ou, Junyu Zheng, Rongrong Li, Liuju Zhong, Hui Lin +2 others	2015	170
7	Evaluation and analysis of ecosystem service value based on land use/cover change in Dongting Lake wetland Ecological Indicators ·Xiangren Long, Hui Lin, Xuexian An, Shudan Chen, Shuaiyang Qi, Meng Zhang	2022	145
8	Virtual Geographic Environment: A Workspace for Computer-Aided Geographic Experiments Annals of the Association of American Geographers ·Hui Lin, Min Chen, Guonian Lü	2012	140
9	Mapping paddy rice by the object-based random forest method using time series Sentinel-1/Sentinel-2 data Advances in Space Research ·Yaotong Cai, Hui Lin, Meng Zhang	2019	129
10	Textural–Spectral Feature-Based Species Classification of Mangroves in Mai Po Nature Reserve from Worldview-3 Imagery Remote Sensing ·Ting Wang, Hongsheng Zhang, Hui Lin, Chaoyang Fang	2015	121
11	Surface deformation detected by ALOS PALSAR small baseline SAR interferometry over permafrost environment of Beiluhe section, Tibet Plateau, China Remote Sensing of Environment ·Fulong Chen, Hui Lin, Wei Zhou, Tianhua Hong, Gang Wang	2013	116
12	Interaction between permafrost and infrastructure along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway detected via jointly analysis of C- and L-band small baseline SAR interferometry Remote Sensing of Environment ·Fulong Chen, Hui Lin, Zhen Li, Quan Chen, Jianmin Zhou	2012	115
13	Remotely sensing large- and small-scale ground subsidence: A case study of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area of China Remote Sensing of Environment ·Peifeng Ma, Weixi Wang, Bowen Zhang, Jili Wang, Guoqiang Shi, Guangqing Huang, Fulong Chen, Liming Jiang	2019	113
14	A decreasing glacier mass balance gradient from the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin to the Karakoram during 2000–2014 Scientific Reports ·Hui Lin, Gang Li, Lan Cuo, Andrew J. Hooper, Qinghua Ye	2017	106
15	NDVI and vegetation phenology dynamics under the influence of sunshine duration on the Tibetan plateau International Journal of Climatology ·Hongshuo Wang, Desheng Liu, Hui Lin, Álvaro Montenegro, Xiaolin Zhu	2014	102
16	Phenology-based classification of vegetation cover types in Northeast China using MODIS NDVI and EVI time series International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Enping Yan, Guangxing Wang, Hui Lin, Chaozong Xia, Hua Sun	2015	102
17	Mapping wetland using the object-based stacked generalization method based on multi-temporal optical and SAR data International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·Yaotong Cai, Xinyu Li, Meng Zhang, Hui Lin	2020	98
18	An adaptive surface filter for airborne laser scanning point clouds by means of regularization and bending energy ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Han Hu, Yulin Ding, Qing Zhu, Bo Wu, Hui Lin, Zhiqiang Du, Yeting Zhang, Yunsheng Zhang	2014	97
19	Monitoring Sugarcane Growth Using ENVISAT ASAR Data IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Hui Lin, Jinsong Chen, Zhiyuan Pei, Songling Zhang, Xianzhi Hu	2009	92
20	Analyzing the spatiotemporal pattern and driving factors of wetland vegetation changes using 2000‐2019 time-series Landsat data The Science of The Total Environment ·Meng Zhang, Hui Lin, Xiangren Long, Yaotong Cai	2021	91

About Hui Lin

Hui Lin is a scholar working on Media Technology, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, having authored 282 papers that have together received 8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques (49 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (48 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (36 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (29 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Geographic Information Systems Studies (19 papers), 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications (17 papers) and Environmental Changes in China (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Media Technology (1k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (1.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.5k citations) and Ecology (1.3k citations). Hui Lin has collaborated with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Frequent co-authors include Hongsheng Zhang, Min Chen, Meng Zhang, Yuanzhi Zhang, Yaotong Cai, Guonian Lü, Peifeng Ma, Fulong Chen, Chaoyang Fang and Adam T. Devlin. Their work appears in journals such as Remote Sensing, International Journal of Remote Sensing, International Journal of Digital Earth, Annals of GIS and Remote Sensing of Environment.

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