Mark on the globe: a quest for scientific bases of geographic information and its international influence |
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| Authors: | F. Benjamin Zhan Xi Gong Xingjian Liu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Geography, Texas State University, Texas Center for Geographic Information Science, San Marcos, TX, USAzhan@txstate.edu;3. Department of Geography, Texas State University, Texas Center for Geographic Information Science, San Marcos, TX, USA;4. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA |
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| Abstract: | David M. Mark published his first journal article in 1970. Since then, he has written or coauthored more than 220 publications over a period of 40 years as of 28 May 2012. Based on data from Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar, Mark’s publications have been cited over 7410 times by researchers in more than 80 countries or regions as of 28 May 2012, when this paper was first prepared. The geographic extent of Mark’s scholarly influence is truly global. An examination of his 20 most cited articles reveals that his work in diverse areas as digital elevation models, geomorphology, geographic cognition, and ontology of the geospatial domain enjoyed a lasting impact worldwide. |
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| Keywords: | David M. Mark NCGIA geographic information science digital elevation or terrain models ontology |
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