Aykut Akgün

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Aykut Akgün is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Aykut Akgün has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 14 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Aykut Akgün's work include Landslides and related hazards (25 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (14 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 papers). Aykut Akgün is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (25 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (14 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 papers). Aykut Akgün collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, Malaysia and United States. Aykut Akgün's co-authors include Fikri Bulut, Biswajeet Pradhan, Necdet Türk, Serhat Dağ, Ebru Akçapınar Sezer, Candan Gökçeoğlu, Hakan A. Nefeslioğlu, Cem Kıncal, Amar Deep Regmi and Krishna Chandra Devkota and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Engineering Geology and Journal of Structural Geology.

In The Last Decade

Aykut Akgün

38 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Application of frequency ratio, statistical index, and weights-of-evidence models and their comparison in landslide susceptibility mapping in Central Nepal Himalaya
    2013 423 citations Biswajeet Pradhan, Aykut Akgün et al. Arabian Journal of Geosciences profile →
  2. A comparison of landslide susceptibility maps produced by logistic regression, multi-criteria decision, and likelihood ratio methods: a case study at İzmir, Turkey
    2011 407 citations Aykut Akgün Landslides profile →
  3. An easy-to-use MATLAB program (MamLand) for the assessment of landslide susceptibility using a Mamdani fuzzy algorithm
    2011 302 citations Aykut Akgün, Ebru Akçapınar Sezer et al. Computers & Geosciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aykut Akgün Türkiye 21 2.5k 1.8k 813 613 516 40 3.1k
Lulseged Ayalew Japan 11 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 795 1.0× 524 0.9× 514 1.0× 14 2.8k
Hyuck‐Jin Park South Korea 27 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 836 1.0× 435 0.7× 554 1.1× 77 3.0k
Hiromitsu Yamagishi Japan 17 2.8k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 837 1.0× 622 1.0× 841 1.6× 47 3.5k
Alberto Carrara Italy 16 2.8k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 796 1.0× 557 0.9× 768 1.5× 23 3.2k
Megh Raj Dhital Nepal 22 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 441 0.5× 408 0.7× 527 1.0× 56 2.5k
Javier Hervás Italy 14 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 481 0.6× 345 0.6× 617 1.2× 23 2.3k
M. Galli Italy 13 3.2k 1.3× 1.9k 1.0× 796 1.0× 613 1.0× 998 1.9× 14 3.3k
Ali Yalçın Türkiye 19 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 598 0.7× 395 0.6× 367 0.7× 32 2.4k
Abdelaziz Merghadi Algeria 9 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 439 0.5× 428 0.7× 614 1.2× 12 2.3k
Luuk Dorren Switzerland 25 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 459 0.6× 468 0.8× 618 1.2× 68 2.8k

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All Works

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Akgün, Aykut. (2017). Bulanık Uyarlanabilir Rezonans Teorisi (FuzzyART) Yöntemi Kullanılarak Heyelan Duyarlılık Analizi: Tonya (Trabzon) Örneği.. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 5 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut, et al.. (2015). A comparison of bivariate statistical model and deterministic model-based landslide susceptibility mapping methods: An example from North Turkey. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 7584. 1 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut, et al.. (2015). On The Characterizations of Timelike Curves in R_1^4. 2(2). 116–127.
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Hong, Haoyuan, Biswajeet Pradhan, Mustafa Neamah Jebur, et al.. (2015). Spatial prediction of landslide hazard at the Luxi area (China) using support vector machines. Environmental Earth Sciences. 75(1). 120 indexed citations
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Sezer, Ebru Akçapınar, et al.. (2014). GeoFIS: An integrated tool for the assessment of landslide susceptibility. Computers & Geosciences. 66. 20–30. 54 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut & Necdet Türk. (2013). An Assessment of Conditioning Parameter Selection Efficiency on Medium Scale Erosion Susceptibility Mapping by GIS and Remote Sensing methodologies : An Example from Northwest Turkey. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut, et al.. (2013). Probabilistic-Numerical Modeling of Stability of a Rock Slope in Amasya-Turkey. 2 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut. (2011). Assessment of possible damaged areas due to landslide-induced waves at a constructed reservoir using empirical approaches: Kurtun (North Turkey) Dam reservoir area. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 11(5). 1341–1350. 19 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut. (2011). A comparison of landslide susceptibility maps produced by logistic regression, multi-criteria decision, and likelihood ratio methods: a case study at İzmir, Turkey. Landslides. 9(1). 93–106. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akgün, Aykut, Cem Kıncal, & Biswajeet Pradhan. (2011). Application of remote sensing data and GIS for landslide risk assessment as an environmental threat to Izmir city (west Turkey). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 184(9). 5453–5470. 124 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut & Necdet Türk. (2010). İki ve Çok Değişkenli İstatistik ve Sezgisel Tabanlı Heyelan Duyarlılık Modellerinin Karşılaştırılması: Ayvalık (Balıkesir, Kuzeybatı Türkiye) Örneği. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 2 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut & Cem Kıncal. (2010). Landslide risk as an environmental threat for Izmir (West Turkey) city and its urban expansion. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11249. 1 indexed citations
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Türk, Necdet, et al.. (2010). Metabauxite horizons containing remobilized-origin gem diaspore and related mineralization, Milas-Muğla province, SW Turkey. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 39(5). 359–370. 9 indexed citations
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Türk, Necdet, et al.. (2009). Gem-quality transparent diaspore (zultanite) in bauxite deposits of the İlbir Mountains, Menderes Massif, SW Turkey. Mineralium Deposita. 45(2). 201–205. 13 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut, Serhat Dağ, & Fikri Bulut. (2007). Landslide susceptibility mapping for a landslide-prone area (Findikli, NE of Turkey) by likelihood-frequency ratio and weighted linear combination models. Environmental Geology. 54(6). 1127–1143. 319 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut, et al.. (2006). Effects of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi on the seedling growth of three Pistacia species.. PubMed. 27(3). 485–9. 4 indexed citations
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Akgün, Aykut, et al.. (2002). PISTACHIO ROOTSTOCK BREEDING BY SELECTION OF WILD PISTACIA SPECIES IN TURKEY. Acta Horticulturae. 109–113.

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