Scientific Articles

In 2003 and 2004, I published pioneering popular articles on the problem of light pollution from an environmental point of view, including the impact of LEDs. My first scientific publication on light pollution, in which I presented the first European statistics on light pollution, was published in the proceedings of the UNESCO International Conference in Defense of the Sky and the Right to See the Stars, held on the island of La Palma in 2007.
Below, the most relevante articles.
Top 100 in Physics
Top 100 in Physics by the article:

"The nature of the difusse light near cities detected in nighttime satellite imagery" (1037 downloads)

  1. Sánchez de Miguel, A., Bennie, J., Rosenfeld, E., Dzurjak, S., & Gaston, K. J. (2022). Environmental risks from artificial nighttime lighting widespread and increasing across Europe. Science Advances, 8(37), eabl6891
  2. Cox, D. T. C.,Sánchez de Miguel, A., Bennie, J., Dzurjak, S. A., & Gaston, K. J. (2022). Majority of artificially lit Earth surface associated with the non-urban population. Science of The Total Environment, 841, 156782.
  3. Gaston, K. J., & Sánchez de Miguel, A. (2022). Environmental impacts of artificial light at night. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 47, 373-398. 
  4. Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel; Jaime Zamorano; Martin Aubé; et al; Kevin J Gaston. 2021. Colour remote sensing of the impact of artificial light at night (II): Calibration of DSLR-based images from the Internat onal Space Station Remote Sensing of Environment. Elsevier.
  5. Kevin J Gaston; Simone Ackermann; Jonathan Bennie; Daniel TC Cox; Benjamin B Phillips; Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel; Dirk Sanders. 2021. Pervasiveness of biological impacts of artificial light at night Integrative and Comparative Biology. Oxford University Press. 61-3, pp.1098-1110
  6. Kyba, C. C., Aubé, M., Bará, S., Bertolo, A., Bouroussis, C. A., Cavazzani, S., … & Zhang, J. (2022). Multiple angle observations would benefit visible band remote sensing using night lights. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(12), e2021JD036382.
  7. Muñoz-Gil, G., Dauphin, A., Beduini, F. A., & Sánchez de Miguel, A. (2022). Citizen Science to Assess Light Pollution with Mobile Phones. Remote Sensing, 14(19), 4976.
  8.  Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel; Jonathan Bennie; Emma Rosenfeld; Simon Dzurjak; Kevin J Gaston. 2021. First Estimation of Global Trends in Nocturnal Power Emissions Reveals Acceleration of Light Pollution Remote Sensing. MDPI. 13-16, pp.3311.
  9. M Bustamante-Calabria; Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel; Susana Martín-Ruiz; et al; Kevin J Gaston. (2/10). 2021. Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on urban light emissions: ground and satellite comparison Remote Sensing. MDPI. 
  10. Alejandro Sanchez de Miguel; Christopher CM Kyba; Jaime Zamorano; Jesús Gallego; Kevin J Gaston. 2020. The nature of the diffuse light near cities detected in nighttime satellite imagery Scientific Reports. Nature Publishing Group. 10-1, pp.1-16. 
  11. Noan Levin; Christopher C.M. Kyba; Qingling Zhang; et al; ;. (4/ 13). 2020. Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future Remote Sensing of Environment. Elsevier. 237-111443.
  12. Kevin J. Gaston; Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel; Salvador Bará; Martin Aubé; Nicolás Cardiel; Carlos E. Tapia; Jaime Zamorano. 2019. Evaluating Human Photoreceptoral Inputs from Night-Time Lights Using RGB Imaging Photometry Journal of Imaging. mdpi. 4-5, pp.49.
  13. Julie Pauwels; I Le Viol; C Azam; et al;. 2019. Accounting for artificial light impact on bat activity for a biodiversity-friendly urban planning Landscape and Urban Planning. Elsevier. 183, pp.12-25. 
  14. (AC); Christopher CM Kyba; Martin Aubé; Jaime Zamorano; Nicolas Cardiel; Carlos Tapia; Jon Bennie; Kevin J Gaston. (1/). 2019. Colour remote sensing of the impact of artificial light at night (I): The potential of the International Space Station and other DSLR-based platforms Remote Sensing of Environment. ELSEVIER. 224, pp.92-103. 
  15. Ariadna Garcia-Saenz; Alejandro Sánchez De Miguel; Ana Espinosa; et al;. (2/10). 2018. Evaluating the association between artificial light-at-night exposure and breast and prostate cancer risk in Spain (MCC-Spain study) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). 
  16.  Kyba, Christopher CM; Kuester, Theres; de Miguel, Alejandro Sánchez; et al; Guanter, Luis. (3/10). 2017. Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent Science advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 3-11, pp.e1701528-e1701528. 
  17. Sánchez de Miguel, A; Aubé, M; Zamorano, J; Kocifaj, M; Roby, J; Tapia, C. 2017. Sky Quality Meter measurements in a colour-changing world Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press. 467-3, pp.2966-2979. 
  18. Sánchez de Miguel, Alejandro Sánchez (AC); Zamorano, Jaime; Castaño, José Gómez; Pascual, Sergio. (1/4). 2014. Evolution of the energy consumed by street lighting in Spain estimated with DMSP-OLS data Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Pergamon. 139, pp.109-117. 
  19. Kyba, Christopher; Garz, Stefanie; Kuechly, Helga; de Miguel, Alejandro Sánchez; Zamorano, Jaime; Fischer, Jürgen; Hölker, Franz. (4/5). 2014. High-Resolution Imagery of Earth at Night: New Sources, Opportunities and Challenges Remote Sensing. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. 7-1, pp.1-23.