John Odindi

4.6k citations

162 papers · 3.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

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Environmental Engineering top 0.5%
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
Ecological Modeling top 2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in

Ecology 91
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture 79
Environmental Engineering 57
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation 24
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications 21

Co-authors: Onisimo Mutanga (129 shared papers)Elfatih Mohamed Abdel-Rahman (28 shared papers)Timothy J. Dube (18 shared papers)Elhadi Adam (8 shared papers)Terence Darlington Mushore (18 shared papers)Omosalewa Odebiri (12 shared papers)Mbulisi Sibanda (23 shared papers)Paidamwoyo Mhangara (10 shared papers)
Journals: Remote Sensing (10 papers)Geocarto International (8 papers)Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment (8 papers)South African Geographical Journal (6 papers)Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (6 papers)
Partner nations: South Africa Kenya Zimbabwe

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John Odindi

152 papers receiving 3.6k citations

John Odindi's Hit Papers

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Land-use/cover classification in a heterogeneous coastal landscape using RapidEye imagery: evaluating the performance of random forest and support vector machines classifiers 2014 · 395 citations

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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.

2014 International Journal of Remote Sensing

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1	Land-use/cover classification in a heterogeneous coastal landscape using RapidEye imagery: evaluating the performance of random forest and support vector machines classifiers International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Elhadi Adam, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Elfatih Mohamed Abdel-Rahman Hit paper breakdown →	2014	395
2	Prediction of future urban surface temperatures using medium resolution satellite data in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe Building and Environment ·Terence Darlington Mushore, John Odindi, Timothy J. Dube, Onisimo Mutanga	2017	93
3	Determining extreme heat vulnerability of Harare Metropolitan City using multispectral remote sensing and socio-economic data Journal of Spatial Science ·Terence Darlington Mushore, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Timothy J. Dube	2017	89
4	Advancements in satellite remote sensing for mapping and monitoring of alien invasive plant species (AIPs) Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C ·Lwando Royimani, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Timothy J. Dube, Trylee Nyasha Matongera	2018	84
5	A Comparative Estimation of Maize Leaf Water Content Using Machine Learning Techniques and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Proximal and Remotely Sensed Data Remote Sensing ·Helen Snethemba Ndlovu, John Odindi, Mbulisi Sibanda, Onisimo Mutanga, Alistair David Clulow, Vimbayi Grace Petrova Chimonyo, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi	2021	80
6	A comparison of partial least squares (PLS) and sparse PLS regressions for predicting yield of Swiss chard grown under different irrigation water sources using hyperspectral data Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ·Elfatih Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Elhadi M. I. Adam, (unknown), Riyad Ismail	2014	77
7	A quantitative framework for analysing long term spatial clustering and vegetation fragmentation in an urban landscape using multi-temporal landsat data International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·Pedzisai Kowe, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Timothy J. Dube	2020	77
8	Detecting the Early Stage of Phaeosphaeria Leaf Spot Infestations in Maize Crop Using In Situ Hyperspectral Data and Guided Regularized Random Forest Algorithm Journal of Spectroscopy ·Elhadi Adam, Houtao Deng, John Odindi, Elfatih Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Onisimo Mutanga	2017	71
9	Remotely sensed retrieval of Local Climate Zones and their linkages to land surface temperature in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe Urban Climate ·Terence Darlington Mushore, Timothy J. Dube, Moven Manjowe, Wester Gumindoga, Abel Chemura, Imán Rousta, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga	2018	69
10	Basic and deep learning models in remote sensing of soil organic carbon estimation: A brief review International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·Omosalewa Odebiri, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga	2021	67
11	Estimation of Maize Foliar Temperature and Stomatal Conductance as Indicators of Water Stress Based on Optical and Thermal Imagery Acquired Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Platform Drones ·Kiara Brewer, Alistair David Clulow, Mbulisi Sibanda, Shaeden Gokool, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga, Vivek Naiken, Vimbayi Grace Petrova Chimonyo, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi	2022	66
12	Mapping spatial variability of foliar nitrogen in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) plantations with multispectral Sentinel-2 MSI data ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Abel Chemura, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Dumisani Kutywayo	2018	65
13	Assessing the Value of Urban Green Spaces in Mitigating Multi-Seasonal Urban Heat using MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Landsat 8 data John Odindi, Victor Bangamwabo	2015	63
14	Land surface temperature and emissivity estimation for Urban Heat Island assessment using medium- and low-resolution space-borne sensors: A review Geocarto International ·Abdelmoneim Abdelsalam Mohamed, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga	2016	61
15	Deep learning-based national scale soil organic carbon mapping with Sentinel-3 data Geoderma ·Omosalewa Odebiri, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi	2022	59
16	Linking major shifts in land surface temperatures to long term land use and land cover changes: A case of Harare, Zimbabwe Urban Climate ·Terence Darlington Mushore, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Timothy J. Dube	2017	58
17	Assessing the potential of integrated Landsat 8 thermal bands, with the traditional reflective bands and derived vegetation indices in classifying urban landscapes Geocarto International ·Terence Darlington Mushore, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Timothy J. Dube	2016	57
18	Modelling soil organic carbon stock distribution across different land-uses in South Africa: A remote sensing and deep learning approach ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Omosalewa Odebiri, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Rowan Naicker	2022	55
19	The utility of Sentinel-2 Vegetation Indices (VIs) and Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for invasive alien species detection and mapping Nature Conservation ·Perushan Rajah, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga, Zolo Kiala	2019	54
20	Effect of landscape pattern and spatial configuration of vegetation patches on urban warming and cooling in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe GIScience & Remote Sensing ·Pedzisai Kowe, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi, Timothy J. Dube	2021	52

About John Odindi

John Odindi is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Media Technology, having authored 162 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (79 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (49 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (24 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (21 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (21 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (20 papers), Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (19 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Engineering (1.4k citations), Ecological Modeling (316 citations), Ecology (1.7k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.3k citations) and Media Technology (391 citations). John Odindi has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Frequent co-authors include Onisimo Mutanga, Elfatih Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Timothy J. Dube, Elhadi Adam, Terence Darlington Mushore, Omosalewa Odebiri, Mbulisi Sibanda, Paidamwoyo Mhangara, Kabir Yunus Peerbhay and Pedzisai Kowe. Their work appears in journals such as Remote Sensing, Geocarto International, Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment, South African Geographical Journal and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

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