Mitchell Lyons

7k citations

78 papers · 5.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Oceanography top 1%
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Underwater Acoustics Research
Ecology top 0.5%
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Papers in

Ecology 40
- Avian ecology and behavior 13
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 11
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture 7
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 7
Oceanography 19
- Marine and coastal plant biology 17

Co-authors: Stuart Phinn (26 shared papers)Chris Roelfsema (29 shared papers)Nicholas Murray (11 shared papers)Renata Ferrari (2 shared papers)Corey T. Callaghan (12 shared papers)Richard A. Fuller (2 shared papers)Richard T. Kingsford (10 shared papers)David Thau (1 shared paper)
Journals: Remote Sensing (14 papers)Remote Sensing Letters (3 papers)Frontiers in Marine Science (3 papers)Methods in Ecology and Evolution (3 papers)Ecosphere (2 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Mitchell Lyons

76 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Mitchell Lyons's Hit Papers

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High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth’s tidal wetlands 2022 · 350 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.

2022 Science
2018 Nature

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1	The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats Nature ·Nicholas Murray, Stuart Phinn, Michael DeWitt, Renata Ferrari, Renee Johnston, Mitchell Lyons, Nicholas Clinton, David Thau Hit paper breakdown →	2018	814
2	High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth’s tidal wetlands Science ·Nicholas Murray, Thomas A. Worthington, Peter Bunting, Stephanie Jane Duce, Valerie Hagger, Catherine E. Lovelock, Richard Lucas, Megan I. Saunders Hit paper breakdown →	2022	350
3	Bringing an ecological view of change to Landsat‐based remote sensing Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment ·Robert E. Kennedy, Serge Andréfouët, Warren B. Cohen, Cristina Gómez, Patrick Griffiths, Martin Hais, Sean P. Healey, Eileen H. Helmer	2014	335
4	Unravelling complexity in seagrass systems for management: Australia as a microcosm The Science of The Total Environment ·Kieryn L. Kilminster, Kathryn McMahon, Michelle Waycott, Gary A. Kendrick, Peter Scanes, Len McKenzie, Katherine R. O’Brien, Mitchell Lyons	2015	287
5	Intercomparison of shallow water bathymetry, hydro‐optics, and benthos mapping techniques in Australian and Caribbean coastal environments Limnology and Oceanography Methods ·Arnold G. Dekker, Stuart Phinn, Janet M. Anstee, Paul W. Bissett, Vittorio Brando, Brandon Casey, Peter R. C. S. Fearns, John D. Hedley	2011	282
6	A comparison of resampling methods for remote sensing classification and accuracy assessment Remote Sensing of Environment ·Mitchell Lyons, David A. Keith, Stuart Phinn, Tanya J. Mason, Jane Elith	2018	224
7	Multi-temporal mapping of seagrass cover, species and biomass: A semi-automated object based image analysis approach Remote Sensing of Environment ·Chris Roelfsema, Mitchell Lyons, Éva Kovács, Paul Maxwell, Megan I. Saunders, Jimena Samper‐Villarreal, Stuart Phinn	2014	174
8	Integrating Quickbird Multi-Spectral Satellite and Field Data: Mapping Bathymetry, Seagrass Cover, Seagrass Species and Change in Moreton Bay, Australia in 2004 and 2007 Remote Sensing ·Mitchell Lyons, Stuart Phinn, Chris Roelfsema	2011	164
9	Three points to consider when choosing a LM or GLM test for count data Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·David I. Warton, Mitchell Lyons, Jakub Stoklosa, Anthony R. Ives	2016	157
10	Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of resistance, recovery and disturbance Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Katherine R. O’Brien, Michelle Waycott, Paul Maxwell, Gary A. Kendrick, James White Udy, Angus J. P. Ferguson, Kieryn L. Kilminster, Peter Scanes	2017	144
11	Long term land cover and seagrass mapping using Landsat and object-based image analysis from 1972 to 2010 in the coastal environment of South East Queensland, Australia ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Mitchell Lyons, Stuart Phinn, Chris Roelfsema	2012	132
12	Operational Protocols for the Use of Drones in Marine Animal Research Drones ·Vincent Raoult, Andrew P. Colefax, Blake M. Allan, Daniele Cagnazzi, Delma Nataly Castelblanco‐Martínez, Daniel A. Ierodiaconou, David W. Johnston, Sarah Landeo-Yauri	2020	120
13	Mapping the world's coral reefs using a global multiscale earth observation framework Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation ·Mitchell Lyons, Chris Roelfsema, Emma V. Kennedy, Éva Kovács, Rodney Borrego‐Acevedo, Kathryn Markey, Meredith Roe, Doddy Mendro Yuwono	2020	116
14	Heterogeneous urban green areas are bird diversity hotspots: insights using continental-scale citizen science data Landscape Ecology ·Corey T. Callaghan, Gilad Bino, Richard E. Major, John M. Martin, Mitchell Lyons, Richard T. Kingsford	2019	109
15	Coastal retreat and improved water quality mitigate losses of seagrass from sea level rise Global Change Biology ·Megan I. Saunders, Javier Xavier Leon, Stuart Phinn, David Patrick Callaghan, Katherine R. O’Brien, Chris Roelfsema, Catherine E. Lovelock, Mitchell Lyons	2013	107
16	The effects of local and landscape habitat attributes on bird diversity in urban greenspaces Ecosphere ·Corey T. Callaghan, Richard E. Major, Mitchell Lyons, John M. Martin, Richard T. Kingsford	2018	106
17	Monitoring large and complex wildlife aggregations with drones Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Mitchell Lyons, Kate Brandis, Nicholas Murray, John H. Wilshire, Justin A. McCann, Richard T. Kingsford, Corey T. Callaghan	2019	102
18	The role of satellite remote sensing in structured ecosystem risk assessments The Science of The Total Environment ·Nicholas Murray, David A. Keith, Lucie M. Bland, Renata Ferrari, Mitchell Lyons, Richard Lucas, Nathalie Pettorelli, Emily Nicholson	2017	101
19	Towards understanding temporal and spatial dynamics of seagrass landscapes using time-series remote sensing Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ·Mitchell Lyons, Chris Roelfsema, Stuart Phinn	2013	92
20	Trends in Remote Sensing Accuracy Assessment Approaches in the Context of Natural Resources Remote Sensing ·Lucía Morales‐Barquero, Mitchell Lyons, Stuart Phinn, Chris Roelfsema	2019	90

About Mitchell Lyons

Mitchell Lyons is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography, Media Technology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 78 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal plant biology (17 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (14 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (13 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (7 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (7 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (1.5k citations), Ecology (2.3k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (654 citations), Media Technology (708 citations) and Ecological Modeling (129 citations). Mitchell Lyons has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Stuart Phinn, Chris Roelfsema, Nicholas Murray, Renata Ferrari, Corey T. Callaghan, Richard A. Fuller, Richard T. Kingsford, David Thau, Nicholas Clinton and Megan I. Saunders. Their work appears in journals such as Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Letters, Frontiers in Marine Science, Methods in Ecology and Evolution and Ecosphere.

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