Arthur Beusen

18.0k citations

116 papers · 11.5k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.1%
- Phosphorus and nutrient management

Papers in

Environmental Chemistry 66
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 61
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics 16
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 28
- Phosphorus and nutrient management 21

Co-authors: Lex Bouwman Kees Klein Goldewijk G. Van Drecht Elke Stehfest Detlef P. van Vuuren John A. Harrison José M. Mogollón Gilles Billen
Journals: Global Biogeochemical Cycles (14 papers)Environmental Research Letters (8 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (6 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (6 papers)Global Environmental Change (5 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands China United States

In The Last Decade

Arthur Beusen

113 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

From planetary to regional boundaries for agricultural nitrogen pollution 2022 · 200 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature
2017 Earth system science data
2016 Biogeosciences
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 Global Ecology and Biogeography
2010 Global Environmental Change
2010 The Holocene
2010 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2009 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2005 Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	The NBCalCer model for calculating global benefits and costs of nitrogen fertilizer use for cereal cultivation: Model description, uncertainty analysis and validation Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ·Alfredo Rodríguez, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Rasmus Einarsson, Arthur Beusen, Alberto Sanz-Cobeña, Luis Lassaletta	2025	1
2	Uncertainties around net‐zero climate targets have major impact on greenhouse gas emissions projections Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Michel den Elzen, Ioannis Dafnomilis, Leonardo Nascimento, Arthur Beusen, Nicklas Forsell, J. Korevaar, Mathijs Harmsen, Spire Alexis, Deelip Kumar, Takeshi Kuramochi	2025	2
3	Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries Nature ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jonathan Doelman, Isabela Schmidt Tagomori, Arthur Beusen, Sarah Cornell, Johan Rockström, Aafke M. Schipper, Elke Stehfest, Geanderson Ambrósio, Maarten van den Berg, Lex Bouwman, Vassilis Daioglou, Mathijs Harmsen, Paul Lucas, Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst, Willem-Jan van Zeist	2025	9
4	Impact of lifestyle, human diet and nutrient use efficiency in food production on eutrophication of global aquifers and surface waters Global Environmental Change ·Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Henk Westhoek	2024	7
5	Nitrogen from agriculture and temperature as the major drivers of deoxygenation in the central Bohai Sea The Science of The Total Environment ·Fuxia Yang, Netherlands Wilkinson, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Xiaochen Liu, Junjie Wang, Zhigang Yu, Qingzhen Yao	2023	9
6	Effects of Nitrogen Emissions on Fish Species Richness across the World’s Freshwater Ecoregions Environmental Science & Technology ·Jinhui Zhou, José M. Mogollón, Peter M. van Bodegom, Valerio Barbarossa, Arthur Beusen, Laura Scherer	2023	13
7	Regionalized nitrogen fate in freshwater systems on a global scale Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Jinhui Zhou, Laura Scherer, Peter M. van Bodegom, Arthur Beusen, José M. Mogollón	2022	13
8	Quantifying synergies and trade-offs in the global water-land-food-climate nexus using a multi-model scenario approach Environmental Research Letters ·Jonathan Doelman, Felicitas Beier, Elke Stehfest, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Arthur Beusen, Florian Humpenöder, Abhijeet Mishra, Alexander Popp, Detlef P. van Vuuren, 登忠雄黒田, Isabelle Weindl, Willem‐Jan van Zeist, Tom Kram	2022	37
9	The impact of phosphorus on projected Sub-Saharan Africa food security futures Nature Communications ·Daniel Magnone, Vahid Niasar, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee, Sheida Z. Sattari	2022	26
10	More efficient phosphorus use can avoid cropland expansion Nature Food ·José M. Mogollón, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Luis Lassaletta, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Henk Westhoek	2021	66
11	Phosphorus for Sustainable Development Goal target of doubling smallholder productivity Nature Sustainability ·Christoph Langhans, Arthur Beusen, José M. Mogollón, Lex Bouwman	2021	99
12	Spatially Explicit Inventory of Sources of Nitrogen Inputs to the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea for the Period 1970–2010 Earth s Future ·Junjie Wang, Arthur Beusen, Xiaochen Liu, Rita Van Dingenen, Frank Dentener, Qingzhen Yao, Bochao Xu, Xiangbin Ran, Zhigang Yu, Lex Bouwman	2020	55
13	Soil Chemistry Aspects of Predicting Future Phosphorus Requirements in Sub‐Saharan Africa Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Daniel Magnone, Vahid Niasar, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee, Sheida Z. Sattari	2019	11
14	Modeling phosphorus in rivers at the global scale: recent successes, remaining challenges, and near-term opportunities Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·John A. Harrison, Arthur Beusen, Gabriel Fink, Ting Tang, Maryna Strokal, Lex Bouwman, Geneviève S. Metson, Lauriane Vilmin	2018	25
15	Global riverine N and P transport to ocean increased during the 20th century despite increased retention along the aquatic continuum Biogeosciences ·Arthur Beusen, Lex Bouwman, Rens van Beek, José M. Mogollón, Jack J. Middelburg Hit paper breakdown →	2016	370
16	Coupling global models for hydrology and nutrient loading to simulate nitrogen and phosphorus retention in surface water – description of IMAGE–GNM and analysis of performance Geoscientific model development ·Arthur Beusen, Rens van Beek, Lex Bouwman, José M. Mogollón, Jack J. Middelburg	2015	145
17	Exploring global changes in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in agriculture induced by livestock production over the 1900–2050 period Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lex Bouwman, Kees Klein Goldewijk, K.W. van der Hoek, Arthur Beusen, Detlef P. van Vuuren, J. Willems, Mariana C. Rufino, Elke Stehfest Hit paper breakdown →	2011	766
18	The HYDE 3.1 spatially explicit database of human‐induced global land‐use change over the past 12,000 years Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Kees Klein Goldewijk, Arthur Beusen, G. Van Drecht, Martine De Vos Hit paper breakdown →	2010	898
19	Global river nutrient export: scenario analysis of past and future trends (Invited) AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Sybil P. Seitzinger, Emilio Mayorga, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Gabriella Amanta Chrisya, Carolien Kroeze, Egon Dumont	2010	1
20	Nutrientenbelasting van bodem en water: verkenning van de gevolgen van het nieuwe mestbeleid Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·W.J. Willems, Arthur Beusen, Liu Zai-yin, H.H. Luesink, J.G. Conijn, Dujin Park, G.J. van den Born, J.G. Kroes, P. Groenendijk, O.F. Schoumans	2005	1

About Arthur Beusen

Arthur Beusen is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Water Science and Technology and Oceanography, having authored 116 papers that have together received 11.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (61 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (22 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (21 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (17 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (16 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (4.1k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (1.8k citations), Oceanography (2.2k citations), Water Science and Technology (2.5k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (991 citations). Arthur Beusen has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Lex Bouwman, Kees Klein Goldewijk, G. Van Drecht, Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren, John A. Harrison, José M. Mogollón, Gilles Billen, Sybil P. Seitzinger and Martine De Vos. Their work appears in journals such as Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Environmental Research Letters, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science & Technology and Global Environmental Change.

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