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Gérard Govers

Active 1988–2023

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Gerard Govers
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Citations

Citations per year for Gérard Govers1928: 1 citations1965: 1 citations1993: 1 citations1994: 1 citations1996: 4 citations1997: 2 citations1998: 1 citations1999: 13 citations2000: 19 citations2001: 11 citations2002: 21 citations2003: 24 citations2004: 15 citations2005: 40 citations2006: 39 citations2007: 48 citations2008: 29 citations2009: 49 citations2010: 64 citations2011: 58 citations2012: 53 citations2013: 73 citations2014: 57 citations2015: 90 citations2016: 76 citations2017: 70 citations2018: 81 citations2019: 91 citations2020: 75 citations2021: 113 citations2022: 49 citations2023: 62 citations2024: 48 citations2025: 22 citations2026: 5 citations1929–1964: no citations, so these years are not shown1966–1992: no citations, so these years are not shown1995: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 249 citing papers, 12.3% of this breakdownChina: 184 citing papers, 9.1% of this breakdownBelgium: 144 citing papers, 7.1% of this breakdownGermany: 129 citing papers, 6.4% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 128 citing papers, 6.3% of this breakdownItaly: 109 citing papers, 5.4% of this breakdownFrance: 89 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 88 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 87 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownSpain: 72 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 63 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownCanada: 47 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.8%
  • Environmental Science40.4%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
  • Computer Science3.3%
  • Engineering3%
  • Health Professions0.7%
  • Other3.3%

Topics

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport14.7%
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies7.3%
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes6.7%
  • Aeolian processes and effects4.2%
  • Landslides and related hazards3.8%
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management3.6%
  • Other59.7%

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  1. Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    Authors: Harry Vereecken, Andrea Schnepf, J. W. Hopmans, Mathieu Javaux, Dani Or, Tiina Roose, Jan Vanderborght, Michael H. Young, Wulf Amelung, Matt Aitkenhead, Steven Allison, S. Assouline, Philippe C. Baveye, Markus Berli, Nicolas Brüggemann, Peter Finke, Markus Flury, Thomas Gaiser, Gérard Govers, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Paul D. Hallett, Harrie‐Jan Hendricks Franssen, James Heppell, Richard Horn, Johan Alexander Huisman, Diederik Jacques, François Jonard, Stefan Kollet, François Lafolie, Krzysztof Lamorski, Daniel Leitner, Alex B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Carsten Montzka, Wolfgang Nowak, Yakov Pachepsky, José Padarian, Nunzio Romano, Kurt Roth, Youri Rothfuss, E.C. Rowe, Andreas Schwen, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, A. Tiktak, J.C. van Dam, S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee, Hans J. Vogel, Jasper A. Vrugt, Thomas Wöhling, Iain M. Young - Vadose Zone Journal 2016 cited by 814

  2. A GIS procedure for automatically calculating the USLE LS factor on topographically complex landscape units

    Authors: P.P.J. Desmet, Gérard Govers - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 1996 cited by 1,121

  3. The Impact of Agricultural Soil Erosion on the Global Carbon Cycle

    Authors: Kristof Van Oost, Timothy A. Quine, Gérard Govers, Steven De Gryze, Johan Six, J. W. Harden, Jerry C. Ritchie, Gregory W. McCarty, Goswin Johann Heckrath, Christos Kosmas, J. V. Giraldez, José Marques da Silva, Roel Merckx - Science 2007 cited by 1,040

  4. The impact of agricultural soil erosion on biogeochemical cycling

    Authors: John Quinton, Gérard Govers, Kristof Van Oost, Richard D. Bardgett - Nature Geoscience 2010 cited by 924

  5. Prediction of landslide susceptibility using rare events logistic regression: A case-study in the Flemish Ardennes (Belgium)

    Authors: Miet Van Den Eeckhaut, Tom Vanwalleghem, Jean Poesen, Gérard Govers, Gert Verstraeten, L Vandekerckhove - Geomorphology 2006 cited by 408

  6. Evaluating the effects of changes in landscape structure on soil erosion by water and tillage

    Authors: Kristof Van Oost, Gérard Govers, Phillipe Desmet - Landscape Ecology 2000 cited by 561

  7. Modelling mean annual sediment yield using a distributed approach

    Authors: Anton Van Rompaey, Gert Verstraeten, Kristof Van Oost, Gérard Govers, Jean Poesen - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2001 cited by 489

  8. Predicting soil erosion and sediment yield at regional scales: Where do we stand?

    Authors: Joris de Vente, Jean Poesen, Gert Verstraeten, Gérard Govers, Matthias Vanmaercke, Anton Van Rompaey, Mahmood Arabkhedri, Carolina Boix‐Fayos - Earth-Science Reviews 2013 cited by 474

  9. Grain-size analysis by laser diffractometry: comparison with the sieve-pipette method

    Authors: L Beuselinck, Gérard Govers, Jean Poesen, G Degraer, Ludo Froyen - CATENA 1998 cited by 443

  10. Rainfall erosivity and variability in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Authors: Jan Nyssen, H Vandenreyken, Jean Poesen, Jan Moeyersons, Jef Deckers, Mitiku Haile, Christian Salles, Gérard Govers - Journal of Hydrology 2005 cited by 306

  11. Soil erosion as a driver of land-use change

    Authors: Martha Bakker, Gérard Govers, Costas Kosmas, Veerle Vanacker, Kristof Van Oost, Mark Rounsevell - Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 2004 cited by 299

  12. Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization

    Authors: Eric Struyf, Adriaan Smis, S. Van Damme, Josette Garnier, Gérard Govers, Bas van Wesemael, Daniel J. Conley, Okke Batelaan, Elisabeth Frot, Wim Clymans, Floor Vandevenne, Christiane Lancelot, Peter Goos, Patrick Meire - Nature Communications 2010 cited by 246

  13. Characteristics of the size distribution of recent and historical landslides in a populated hilly region

    Authors: Miet Van Den Eeckhaut, Jean Poesen, Gérard Govers, Gert Verstraeten, Alain Demoulin - Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2007 cited by 233

  14. Data quality and model complexity for regional scale soil erosion prediction

    Authors: Anton J. J. van Rompaey, Gerard Govers - International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, Int. J. Geogr. Inf. Sci. 2002 cited by 105

  15. Accuracy assessment of probabilistic visibilities

    Authors: Kris Nackaerts, Gerard Govers, Jos Van Orshoven - International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, Int. J. Geogr. Inf. Sci. 1999 cited by 24

  16. The European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM): a dynamic approach for predicting sediment transport from fields and small catchments

    Authors: R. P. C. Morgan, John Quinton, R. E. Smith, Gérard Govers, Jean Poesen, K. Auerswald, G. Chisci, Dino Torri, Merete Styczen - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 1998 cited by 1,301

  17. Rates and spatial variations of soil erosion in Europe: A study based on erosion plot data

    Authors: Olivier Cerdan, Gérard Govers, Yves Le Bissonnais, Kristof Van Oost, Jean Poesen, Nicolas Saby, Anne Gobin, Andrea Vacca, John Quinton, K. Auerswald, Andreas Klik, F.J.P.M. Kwaad, Damien Raclot, Ion Ioniţă, J. Rejman, Svetla Rousseva, Tatiana Muxart, Maria José Leitão Barroso Roxo, Tomáš Dostál - Geomorphology 2010 cited by 700

  18. Resistance of soils to concentrated flow erosion: A review

    Authors: A. Knapen, Jean Poesen, Gérard Govers, Gwendolyn Gyssels, Jeroen Nachtergaele - Earth-Science Reviews 2006 cited by 581

  19. Adoption of soil conservation practices in Belgium: An examination of the theory of planned behaviour in the agri-environmental domain

    Authors: Erwin Wauters, Charles Bielders, Jean Poesen, Gérard Govers, Erik Mathijs - Land Use Policy 2009 cited by 370

  20. Erosion models: quality of spatial predictions

    Authors: Victor Jetten, Gérard Govers, Rudi Hessel - Hydrological Processes 2003 cited by 367

  21. Assessing the effect of soil tillage on crop growth: A meta-regression analysis on European crop yields under conservation agriculture

    Authors: An Van den Putte, Gérard Govers, Jan Diels, Katleen Gillijns, Matthias Demuzere - European Journal of Agronomy 2010 cited by 338

  22. Geomorphic threshold conditions for ephemeral gully incision

    Authors: Karel Vandaele, Jean Poesen, Gérard Govers, Bas van Wesemael - Geomorphology 1996 cited by 310

  23. Impact of road building on gully erosion risk: a case study from the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Authors: Jan Nyssen, Jean Poesen, Jan Moeyersons, Edith Luyten, Maude Veyret‐Picot, Jozef Deckers, Mitiku Haile, Gérard Govers - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2002 cited by 252

  24. The crop productivity–erosion relationship: an analysis based on experimental work

    Authors: Martha Bakker, Gérard Govers, Mark Rounsevell - CATENA 2003 cited by 243