Geographic Information Systems

A Geographic Information System is a computer-based technology that integrates spatial and attribute data through computational methods to enable the capture, storage, analysis, visualization, and management of geographically-referenced information for spatial problem-solving and decision support.

32.7K

Publications

1.8M

Citations

73.7K

Authors

9.6K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10.2K

Authors

73.7K

  1. MF
    Michael F. Goodchild

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    103 publications · 13.4K citations

    56

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  2. BP
    Biswajeet Pradhan

    University of Technology Sydney, Australia

    77 publications · 13.1K citations

    55

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  3. SF
    Steffen Fritz

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

    57 publications · 5.6K citations

    39

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  4. SL
    Saro Lee

    Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, South Korea

    52 publications · 6.9K citations

    38

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  5. MK
    Mei‐Po Kwan

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    52 publications · 6.7K citations

    36

    h-index

1–5 of 73.7K

Venues

  1. 126

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  2. Remote Sensing of Environment

    203 publications · 38.2K citations

    98

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  3. International Journal of Remote Sensing

    399 publications · 43.7K citations

    85

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  4. Computers Environment and Urban Systems

    325 publications · 23.2K citations

    85

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  5. Remote Sensing

    530 publications · 32.7K citations

    83

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See also

Geographic Information Systems

Core Methods

Data Models

Applications

Visualization

Limitations