Bas W. Borsje

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Bas W. Borsje is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bas W. Borsje has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 43 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Bas W. Borsje's work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics (49 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (42 papers) and Aeolian processes and effects (27 papers). Bas W. Borsje is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Dynamics (49 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (42 papers) and Aeolian processes and effects (27 papers). Bas W. Borsje collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and Belgium. Bas W. Borsje's co-authors include Tjeerd J. Bouma, Vincent Vuik, Suzanne J.M.H. Hulscher, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman, Pim Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Willemsen, Mindert de Vries, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck, Peter Paalvast, Marieke M. van Katwijk and Frank Dekker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bas W. Borsje

65 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

How ecological engineering can serve in coastal protection

2010 426 citations Bas W. Borsje, Tjeerd J. Bouma et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bas W. Borsje Netherlands	23	1.4k	1.3k	364	331	315	73	1.9k
Siddharth Narayan United States	16	1.2k 0.9×	884 0.7×	207 0.6×	382 1.2×	604 1.9×	39	1.8k
William Nardin United States	22	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	173 0.5×	325 1.0×	215 0.7×	54	1.5k
Tiffany G. Troxler United States	21	1.1k 0.8×	460 0.4×	200 0.5×	368 1.1×	336 1.1×	49	1.5k
Martin J. Baptist Netherlands	18	1.1k 0.8×	489 0.4×	196 0.5×	152 0.5×	449 1.4×	59	1.5k
Lin Yuan China	19	774 0.6×	315 0.2×	177 0.5×	133 0.4×	299 0.9×	50	1.0k
Johan van der Molen Netherlands	22	572 0.4×	231 0.2×	805 2.2×	233 0.7×	611 1.9×	56	1.6k
Guillaume Brunier France	12	564 0.4×	505 0.4×	88 0.2×	156 0.5×	161 0.5×	20	928
Simon Hoggart United Kingdom	12	399 0.3×	232 0.2×	238 0.7×	85 0.3×	198 0.6×	16	724
Marc Goichot France	13	740 0.5×	576 0.5×	65 0.2×	195 0.6×	241 0.8×	16	1.2k
Tetsuya Hiraishi Japan	10	527 0.4×	409 0.3×	89 0.2×	170 0.5×	167 0.5×	88	962

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20 of 20 papers shown

Borsje, Bas W., et al.. (2025). The role of sediment transport processes in shaping offshore sand waves. Continental Shelf Research. 293. 105513–105513.

Borsje, Bas W., et al.. (2025). Do vegetated intertidal areas alter currents on an estuarine scale?. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 315. 109177–109177. 1 indexed citations

Borsje, Bas W., et al.. (2025). Wave-driven hydrodynamics around a saltmarsh cliff under storm conditions: the role of cliff height and vegetation. Coastal Engineering. 204. 104875–104875. 1 indexed citations

Tissier, Marion, et al.. (2025). Transformation of H m 0 and T m − 1 , 0 over a model salt marsh. Coastal Engineering. 204. 104900–104900.

Nepf, Heidi, et al.. (2025). The thresholds of sediment resuspension within emergent vegetation under combined wave-current conditions – A flume experiment. Coastal Engineering. 199. 104727–104727. 1 indexed citations

Willemsen, Pim Wilhelmus Johannes Maria, et al.. (2024). Numerical modelling of biogeomorphological processes in salt marsh development: Do short-term vegetation dynamics influence long-term development?. Geomorphology. 471. 109534–109534. 4 indexed citations

Borsje, Bas W., et al.. (2023). UNDERSTANDING 3D SAND WAVE DYNAMICS FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 60–60.

Duong, Trang Minh, et al.. (2023). Morphological Response of a Highly Engineered Estuary to Altering Channel Depth and Restoring Wetlands. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(11). 2150–2150. 8 indexed citations

Belzen, Jim van, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Daphne van der Wal, et al.. (2023). Vegetation controls on channel network complexity in coastal wetlands. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7158–7158. 24 indexed citations

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Wal, Daphne van der, et al.. (2023). Gradual versus episodic lateral saltmarsh cliff erosion: Evidence from Terrestrial Laser Scans (TLS) and Surface Elevation Dynamics (SED) sensors. Geomorphology. 426. 108590–108590. 7 indexed citations

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Borsje, Bas W., et al.. (2023). Background Topography Affects the Degree of Three‐Dimensionality of Tidal Sand Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(11). 2 indexed citations

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Wijnberg, Kathelijne Mariken, Bas W. Borsje, Norman Kerle, et al.. (2021). Review article: Towards resilient vital infrastructure systems – challenges, opportunities, and future research agenda. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(5). 1383–1407. 26 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhan, Pim Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Willemsen, Bas W. Borsje, et al.. (2021). Synchronized high-resolution bed-level change and biophysical data from 10 marsh–mudflat sites in northwestern Europe. Earth system science data. 13(2). 405–416. 10 indexed citations

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Ossewaarde, Marinus, Tatiana Filatova, Yola Georgiadou, et al.. (2021). Review article: Towards a context-driven research: a state-of-the-art review of resilience research on climate change. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(3). 1119–1133. 4 indexed citations

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Borsje, Bas W., et al.. (2020). Numerical modelling of the migration direction of tidal sand waves over sand banks. Coastal Engineering. 163. 103790–103790. 16 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhan, Pim Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Willemsen, Bas W. Borsje, et al.. (2020). High resolution bed level change and synchronized biophysical datafrom 10 tidal flats in northwestern Europe. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations

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Mehvar, Seyedabdolhossein, Kathelijne Mariken Wijnberg, Bas W. Borsje, et al.. (2020). Towards Resilient Vital Infrastructure Systems: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Research Agenda. 2 indexed citations

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Reijden, K.J. van der, Karline Soetaert, Bas W. Borsje, et al.. (2018). Video Transects Reveal That Tidal Sand Waves Affect the Spatial Distribution of Benthic Organisms and Sand Ripples. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(21). 39 indexed citations

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Willemsen, Pim Wilhelmus Johannes Maria, Bas W. Borsje, Suzanne J.M.H. Hulscher, et al.. (2018). Quantifying Bed Level Change at the Transition of Tidal Flat and Salt Marsh: Can We Understand the Lateral Location of the Marsh Edge?. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 123(10). 2509–2524. 43 indexed citations

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Jonkman, Sebastiaan N., et al.. (2014). Vegetated foreshores as coastal protection strategy: Coping with uncertainties and implementation. University of Twente Research Information. 10682. 1 indexed citations

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