[1]      Ziyun Yan, Lei Ma*, Weiqiang He, Liang Zhou, Heng Lu, Gang Liu, Guoan Huang. Comparing object-based and pixel-based methods for Local Climate Zones mapping with multi-source data.Remote Sensing, 2022, 14, 3744 (Invited and feature paper)

[2]      Liang Zhou, Lei Ma*, Brian Alan Johnson, Ziyun Yan, Feixue Li, and Manchun Li. Patch-based Local Climate Zones mapping and population distribution pattern in provincial capital cities of China. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022, 11(8), 420.

[3]      Zhengli Yang, Xinyue Yuan, Chao Liu, Ruihua Nie, Tiegang Liu, Xiaoai Dai, Lei Ma, Min Tang, Yina Xu, Heng Lu. Meta-Analysis and Visualization of the Literature on Early Identification of Flash Floods. Remote Sensing, 2022, 14(14), 3313.

[4]      Xinyue Yuan, Chao Liu, Ruihua Nie, Zhengli Yang, Weile Li, Xiaoai Dai, Junying Cheng, Junmin Zhang, Lei Ma, Xiao Fu, Min Tang, Yina Xu, Heng Lu. A Comparative Analysis of Certainty Factor-Based Machine Learning Methods for Collapse and Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Wenchuan County, China. 2022, Remote Sensing, 14(14), 3259

[5]      Lei Ma, Ziyu Yang, Liang Zhou, Heng Lu, Gaofei Yin. Local climate zones mapping using object-based image analysis and validation of its effectiveness through urban surface temperature analysis in China. Building and Environment, 2021, 206, 108348.

[6]      Lei Ma, Xiaoxiang Zhu, Chunping Qiu, Thomas Blaschke, Manchun Li. Advances of local climate zone mapping and its practice using object-based image analysis. Atmosphere, 2021, 12 (9), 1146.

[7]      Lisha Ding, Lei Ma, Longguo Li, Chao Liu, Naiwen Li, Zhengli Yang, Yuanzhi Yao, Heng Lu. A survey of remote sensing and geographic information system applications for flash floods. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13 (9), 1818.

[8]      Sida Jiang, Fan Huang, Wenfeng Zhan, Benjamin Bechtel, Zihan Liu, Matthias Demuzere, Yuan Huang, Yong Xu, Jinling Quan, Wanjun Xia, Lei Ma, Falu Hong, Lu Jiang, Jiameng Lai, Chenguang Wang, Fanhua Kong, Huilin Du, Shiqi Miao, Yangyi Chen, Xianran Zhang. Mapping Local Climate Zones: A Bibliometric Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review. Preprints, 2021, 10.31219/osf.io/c2bez.

[9]      Xiaoai Dai, Brian Alan Johnson, Penglan Luo, Kai Yang, Linxin Dong, Qiang Wang, Chao Liu, Naiwen Li, Heng Lu, Lei Ma, Zhengli Yang, Yuanzhi Yao. Estimation of Urban Ecosystem Services Value: A Case Study of Chengdu, Southwestern China. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13 (2), 207.

[10]   Lei Ma, Michael Schmitt, Xiaoxiang Zhu. Uncertainty analysis of object-based land-cover classification using Sentinel-2 time-series data. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12 (22), 3798.

[11]   Brian Alan Johnson, Lei Ma*. Image Segmentation and Object-Based Image Analysis for Environmental Monitoring: Recent Areas of Interest, Researchers’ Views on the Future Priorities. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12 (11), 1772.

[12]   Gaofei Yin, Lei Ma, Wei Zhao, Yelu Zeng, Baodong Xu, Shengbiao Wu. Topographic correction for LandSAT 8 OLI vegetation reflectances through path length correction: A comparison between explicit and implicit methods. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2020, 58 (12), 8477-8489.

[13]   Heng Lu, Lei Ma, Xiao Fu, Chao Liu, Zhi Wang, Min Tang, Naiwen Li. Landslides information extraction using object-oriented image analysis paradigm based on deep learning and transfer learning. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12 (5), 752.

[14]   Qingyu Li, Chunping Qiu, Lei Ma, Michael Schmitt, Xiao Xiang Zhu. Mapping the land cover of Africa at 10 m resolution from multi-source remote sensing data with Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12 (4), 602.

[15]   Yuzhu Hao, Zhenjie Chen, Qiuhao Huang, Feixue Li, Beibei Wang, Lei Ma. Bidirectional segmented detection of land use change based on object-level multivariate time series. Remote Sensing 12 (3), 478.

[16]   Lei Ma, Yu Liu, Xueliang Zhang, Yuanxin Ye, Gaofei Yin, Brian Alan Johnson. Deep learning in remote sensing applications A meta-analysis and review. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2019, 152, 166-177. (ESI 0.1%, cited by 928 times)

[17]   Fanxuan Zeng, Liang Cheng, Ning Li, Nan Xia, Lei Ma, Xiao Zhou, Manchun Li. A hierarchical airport detection method using spatial analysis and deep learning. Remote Sensing, 2019, 11(19), 2204.

[18]   Zhenjin Zhou, Lei Ma*, Tengyu Fu, Ge Zhang, Mengru Yao, Manchun Li. Change Detection in Coral Reef Environment Using High-Resolution Images: Comparison of Object-Based and Pixel-Based Paradigms. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018, 7 (11), 441.

[19]   Tengyu Fu, Lei Ma*, Manchun Li, Brian Johnson. Using convolutional neural network to identify irregular segmentation objects from very high-resolution remote sensing imagery. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2018, 12 (2), 025010.

[20]   Lei Ma, Tengyu Fu, Manchun Li. Active learning for object-based image classification using predefined training objects. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2018, 39 (9), 2746-2765.

[21]   Lei Ma, Gaofei Yin, Zhenjin Zhou, Heng Lu, Manchun Li. Uncertainty of Object-Based Image Analysis for Drone Survey Images. Drones-Applications, 2018.

[22]   Ge Zhang, Jiaxun Liu, Lei Ma, Zhenjin, Zhou, Manchun Li. The Spatial Process Monitoring and Dynamic Mechanism Analysis of Rapid Urbanization. Geomatics World, 2018, 25(3), 76-81. (in Chinese)

[23]   Yongxue Liu, Chuanmin Hu, Wenfeng Zhan, Chao Sun, Brock Murch, Lei Ma. Identifying industrial heat sources using time-series of the VIIRS Nightfire product with an object-oriented approach. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2018, 204, 347-365.

[24]   Liang Cheng, Yi Yuan, Nan Xia, Song Chen, Yanming Chen, Kang Yang, Lei Ma, Manchun Li. Crowd-sourced pictures geo-localization method based on street view images and 3D reconstruction. ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing 141, 72-85.

[25]   Lei Ma, Yu Gao, Tengyu Fu, Liang Cheng, Zhenjie Chen, Manchun Li. Estimation of ground pm2. 5 concentrations using a dem-assisted information diffusion algorithm: A case study in china. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7 (1), 1-12.

[26]   Lei Ma, Manchun Li, Xiaoxue Ma, Liang Cheng, Peijun Du, Yongxue Liu. A review of supervised object-based land-cover image classification. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2017, 130, 277-293. (ESI 0.1%, cited by 625 times)

[27]   Lei Ma, Tengyu Fu, Thomas Blaschke, Manchun Li, Dirk Tiede, Zhenjing Zhou, Xiaoxue Ma, Deliang Chen. Evaluation of feature selection methods for object-based land cover mapping of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery using Random Forest and Support Vector Machine classifiers. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017, 6(2), 51/1-51/22.(ESI 1%)

[28]   Lei Ma, Manchun Li, Yu Gao, Tan Chen, Xiaoxue Ma, Lean Qu. A novel wrapper approach for feature selection in object-based image classification using polygon-based cross-validation. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 14 (3), 409-413

[29]   Yu Gao, Lei Ma*, Jiaxun Liu, Zhuzhou Zhuang, Qiuhao Huang, Manchun Li. Constructing Ecological Networks Based on Habitat Quality Assessment: A Case Study of Changzhou, China. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7 (1), 1-11.

[30]   Manchun Li, Lei Ma*, Thomas Blaschke, Liang Cheng, Dirk Tiede. A systematic comparison of different object-based classification techniques using high spatial resolution imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2016, 49, 87-98. (ESI 1%)

[31]   Lei Ma, Manchun Li, Thomas Blaschke, Xiaoxue Ma, Dirk Tiede, Liang Cheng, Zhenjie Chen, Dong Chen. Object-Based Change Detection in urban areas: the effects of segmentation strategy, scale, and feature space on unsupervised methods. Remote Sensing, 2016, 8(9), 761.

[32]   Lei Ma, Manchun Li, Yu Gao, Tan Chen, Xiaoxue Ma, Lean Qu. A novel wrapper approach for feature selection in object-based image classification using ppolygon-based cross-validation. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2017, 14 (3), 409-413.

[33]   Gang Liu, Jing He, Kaitian Luo, Peichao Gao, Lei Ma. Scale-free networks of the earth’s surface. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2016, 30 (21), 1650143.

[34]   Lei Ma, Liang Cheng, Manchun Li, Yongxue Liu, Xiaoxue Ma. Training set size, scale, and features in Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis of very high resolution unmanned aerial vehicle imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2015, 102, 14-27.

[35]   Liang Cheng, Shuang Li, Lei Ma*, Manchun Li, Xiaoxue Ma. Fire spread simulation using GIS: Aiming at urban natural gas pipeline. Safety Science, 2015, 75, 23-35.

[36]   Xiaoxue Ma, Lachun Wang, Lei Ma, Yuqing Zhang. Effects on sediments following water–sediment regulations in the Lixia River watershed, China. Quaternary International, 2015, 380/381, 334-341.

[37]   Xiaoxue Ma, Lachun Wang, Hao Wu, Na Li, Lei Ma, Chunfen Zeng, Yi Zhou, Jun Yang. Impact of Yangtze river water transfer on the water quality of the Lixia river watershed, China. Plos One, 2015, 10, e119720.

[38]   Lei Ma, Liang Cheng, Wenquan Han, Lishan Zhong, Manchun Li. Cultivated land information extraction from high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle imagery data. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2014, 8, 1-25.

[39]   Liang Cheng, Lei Ma, Wenting Cai, Lihua Tong, Manchun Li, and Peijun Du. Integration of Hyperspectral imagery and sparse sonar data for shallow water bathymetry mapping. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2014, 53(6), 3235-3249.

[40]   Lei Ma, Yongshu Li, Lei Liang, Manchun Li, Liang Cheng. A novel method of quantitative risk assessment based on grid difference of pipeline sections. Safety Science, 2013, 59, 219-226.

[41]   Lei Ma, Liang Cheng, Manchun Li. Quantitative risk analysis of urban natural gas pipeline networks using geographical information systems. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 2013, 26, 1183-1192.

[42]   Liang Cheng, Lei Ma, Kang Yang, Yongxue Liu, Manchun Li. Registration of Mars remote sensing images under the crater constraint. Planetary and Space Science, 2013, 85, 13-23.

[43]   Lei Ma, Manchun Li, Lihua Tong, Yafei Wang, Liang Cheng. 2013. Using unmanned aerial vehicle for remote sensing application, Geoinformatics (GEOINFORMATICS), 2013 21th International Conference on, July, 2013.

[44]   Lei Ma, Manchun Li, Yafei Wang, Lihua Tong, Liang Cheng. 2013. Using high-resolution imagery acquired with an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for urban construction and planning. 2013 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering, July, 2013.

[45]   Longfang Li, Zhuhao Zhang, Xiaoli Deng, Lei Ma*. 2013. The 3D modelling method based on UAV images. Engineering of Surveying and Mapping, 22(4), 85-89. (In Chinese)

[46]   Lihua Tong, Liang Cheng, Manchun Li, Yanming Chen, Lei Ma. 2013. Registration of vehicle and airborne LiDAR with building contours. Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica, 42(5), 699-706. (In Chinese)

[47]   Lei Ma, Yongshu Li. 2010. Research and realization of the urban natural gas pipeline network warning system. China Safety Science Journal, Sep, 2010. (In Chinese)