Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up
Most Cited Paper
in Land Use and Ecosystem Services
18 Months Post-Publication
Class of 2026
“Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up”
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urban building growth rates · space-borne sensors · scatterometers · Building fractional cover · Landsat imagery · Building fractional cover · microwave backscatter · Building volume · Urban expansion · vertical urban development · Asian cities · material and energy use · local climate · Urban expansion · densification
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Land Use and Ecosystem Services Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/land-use-and-ecosystem-services/2026. Accessed 2026-10-24. Methodology Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459