| Effects of landscape composition and pattern on land surface temperature: An urban heat island study in the megacities of Southeast Asia RC Estoque, Y Murayama, SW Myint Science of the Total Environment 577, 349-359, 2017 | 426 | 2017 |
| Landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes: Implications for environmental sustainability planning for the rapidly urbanizing summer capital of the Philippines RC Estoque, Y Murayama Landscape and urban planning 116, 60-72, 2013 | 156 | 2013 |
| Classification and change detection of built-up lands from Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-8 OLI/TIRS imageries: A comparative assessment of various spectral indices RC Estoque, Y Murayama Ecological indicators 56, 205-217, 2015 | 131 | 2015 |
| Examining the potential impact of land use/cover changes on the ecosystem services of Baguio city, the Philippines: a scenario-based analysis RC Estoque, Y Murayama Applied Geography 35 (1-2), 316-326, 2012 | 131 | 2012 |
| An urban heat island study in Nanchang City, China based on land surface temperature and social-ecological variables X Zhang, RC Estoque, Y Murayama Sustainable cities and society 32, 557-568, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
| Monitoring surface urban heat island formation in a tropical mountain city using Landsat data (1987–2015) RC Estoque, Y Murayama ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 133, 18-29, 2017 | 98 | 2017 |
| An urban heat island study of the Colombo metropolitan area, Sri Lanka, based on Landsat data (1997–2017) M Ranagalage, RC Estoque, Y Murayama ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 6 (7), 189, 2017 | 84 | 2017 |
| Intensity and spatial pattern of urban land changes in the megacities of Southeast Asia RC Estoque, Y Murayama Land Use Policy 48, 213-222, 2015 | 82 | 2015 |
| Quantifying landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes in four rapidly urbanizing hill stations of Southeast Asia RC Estoque, Y Murayama Landscape Ecology 31 (7), 1481-1507, 2016 | 80 | 2016 |
| Bibliometric analysis of highly cited articles on ecosystem services X Zhang, RC Estoque, H Xie, Y Murayama, M Ranagalage PloS one 14 (2), e0210707, 2019 | 66 | 2019 |
| Spatial analysis of surface urban heat islands in four rapidly growing African cities M Simwanda, M Ranagalage, RC Estoque, Y Murayama Remote Sensing 11 (14), 1645, 2019 | 60 | 2019 |
| The future of Southeast Asia’s forests RC Estoque, M Ooba, V Avitabile, Y Hijioka, R DasGupta, T Togawa, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 1-12, 2019 | 57 | 2019 |
| Spatiotemporal analysis of urban growth using GIS and remote sensing: A case study of the Colombo Metropolitan Area, Sri Lanka S Subasinghe, RC Estoque, Y Murayama ISPRS international journal of geo-information 5 (11), 197, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
| Suitability analysis for beekeeping sites in La Union, Philippines, using GIS and multi-criteria evaluation techniques RC Estoque, Y Murayama Res. J. Appl. Sci 5 (3), 242-253, 2010 | 55 | 2010 |
| Social–ecological status index: A preliminary study of its structural composition and application RC Estoque, Y Murayama Ecological Indicators 43, 183-194, 2014 | 50 | 2014 |
| Measuring sustainability based upon various perspectives: a case study of a hill station in Southeast Asia RC Estoque, Y Murayama Ambio 43 (7), 943-956, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| Spatial changes of urban heat island formation in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka: Implications for sustainability planning M Ranagalage, RC Estoque, X Zhang, Y Murayama Sustainability 10 (5), 1367, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Spatio-temporal urban land use/cover change analysis in a hill station: The case of Baguio City, Philippines RC Estoque, Y Murayama Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 21, 326-335, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| Assessing environmental impacts and change in Myanmar's mangrove ecosystem service value due to deforestation (2000–2014) RC Estoque, SW Myint, C Wang, A Ishtiaque, TT Aung, L Emerton, ... Global change biology 24 (11), 5391-5410, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Quantifying surface urban heat island formation in the world heritage tropical mountain city of Sri Lanka M Ranagalage, D Dissanayake, Y Murayama, X Zhang, RC Estoque, ... ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 7 (9), 341, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |