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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Jean Poesen

Jean Poesen publishes mostly in Soil Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology, on topics such as Soil erosion and sediment transport, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-6218-8967 OpenAlex
World rank
#128,293
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#870
of 67,186
Works
1,639
Citations
65k
Citations per work
39.6
h-index
132
i10-index 575Top 0.1% in Soil Science
Jean Poesen

What does Jean Poesen research?

Jean Poesen's work is mostly in Environmental Science (37%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (28%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 726 works · 44.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 611 works · 37.3% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 208 works · 12.7% of their workEcology: 188 works · 11.5% of their workWater Science and Technology: 120 works · 7.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 95 works · 5.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 115 works · 7.0% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 115 works · 7.0% of their workEverything else: 459 works · 28.0% of their workLife Sciences: 454 works · 27.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 454 works · 27.7% of their workSoil Science: 454 works · 27.7% of their workTHEIR WORKJean Poesen1,639works
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences44%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science61137.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1157.0%
  2. Everything else45928.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45427.7%
  1. 1Soil Science28% of their works
  2. 2Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law13% of their works
  3. 3Ecology12% of their works
  4. 4Water Science and Technology7% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes7% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Jean Poesen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Land Use Change, Agricultural Sustainability, Soil Erosion, Sediment Transport, Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Riparian Vegetation and River Restoration.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Land Use Change1,2382 topics
  2. Agricultural Sustainability9741 topic
  3. Soil Erosion9741 topic
  4. Sediment Transport8703 topics
  5. Climate Change8404 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling3702 topics
  7. Riparian Vegetation3561 topic
  8. River Restoration3561 topic
  9. Remote Sensing3072 topics
  10. Model Evaluation2641 topic
  11. Water Resources2641 topic
  12. Aeolian Processes2501 topic
  13. Wind Erosion2501 topic
  14. Pastoralists2201 topic
  15. Rangeland Degradation2201 topic
  16. Hazard2011 topic
  17. Landslide2011 topic
  18. Flood Risk1061 topic
  19. Surface Water Mapping1061 topic
  20. Root Reinforcement971 topic
  21. Slope Stability971 topic

Where does Jean Poesen work?

Jean Poesen's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Jean Poesen have?

OpenAlex counts 1,639 works and 64,895 citations for Jean Poesen, an h-index of 132, ranking #128,293 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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