Bernard Vanlauwe

22.5k citations

325 papers · 14.6k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 64

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.05%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Agronomy and Crop Science top 0.02%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility

Papers in

Soil Science 115
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 99
Agronomy and Crop Science 117
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems 96
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility 23

Co-authors: K.E. Giller Roel Merckx Johan Six Pablo Tittonell N. Sanginga Pauline Chivenge Keith Shepherd Roberta Gentile
Journals: Field Crops Research (27 papers)Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (25 papers)Plant and Soil (22 papers)Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (16 papers)Agricultural Systems (15 papers)
Partner nations: Kenya Nigeria Belgium

In The Last Decade

Bernard Vanlauwe

309 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Review of solar dryers for agricultural products in Asia and Africa: An innovation landscape approach 2020 · 188 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.

2020 Journal of Environmental Management
2017 Food Control
2015 SOIL
2015 Frontiers in Plant Science
2014 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
2013 Field Crops Research
2010 Outlook on Agriculture

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Bernard Vanlauwe, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Farmer typology and adoption of improved cassava production technologies in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo CABI Agriculture and Bioscience ·Nsharwasi Léon Nabahungu, Le Xuan Shannon Tan, Ngurah Mayun Narindra, Barrington A Brevitt, Franz König, Tairkhan Dautov, Stephen White, Mallika Kavadi, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, K. Kokou, Patchimaporn Udomkun, Nechama Rakow, Bernard Vanlauwe	2025	0
2	From strategy to action: leveraging transformative levers to support Africa's fertilizer and soil health strategy SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Frank Rasche, Bernard Vanlauwe	2025	0
3	Weeding force saving to improve profitability of cassava-legumes cropping systems in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Crop Protection ·Qiu De-hong, Nsharwasi Léon Nabahungu, Febripikar Lakoro, Bernard Vanlauwe, Pascal Boeckx	2024	1
4	The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa Outlook on Agriculture ·Gatien N. Falconnier, Rémi Cardinael, Marc Corbeels, Frédéric Baudron, Pauline Chivenge, Antoine Couëdel, Aude Ripoche, François Affholder, Krishna Naudin, Jacky Tyrie, Léonard Rusinamhodzi, Louise Leroux, Bernard Vanlauwe, K.E. Giller	2023	46
5	Influence of bunch maturation and chemical precursors on acrylamide formation in starchy banana chips International Journal of Food Science & Technology ·Patchimaporn Udomkun, Duong Hai My, Cargele Masso, Vosika Zoran, Apollin Fotso Kuate, Amos Alakonya, Bernard Vanlauwe	2021	1
6	Agro‐ecology, resource endowment and indigenous knowledge interactions modulate soil fertility in mixed farming systems in Central and Western Ethiopia Soil Use and Management ·I.I. Velinov, Charles E. Eberhart, Iris Leene, Veselina Nikolova, Generose Nziguheba, Carsten Marohn, Bernard Vanlauwe, Georg Cadisch, Frank Rasche	2021	4
7	Measuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability ·Andrew Barnes, Tarirai Muoni, Ingrid Öborn, Göran Bergkvist, Generose Nziguheba, Christine Watson, Bernard Vanlauwe, Alan J. Duncan	2021	6
8	Consumer Preferences and Socioeconomic Factors Decided on Plantain and Plantain-Based Products in the Central Region of Cameroon and Oyo State, Nigeria Foods ·Patchimaporn Udomkun, Cargele Masso, Rony Swennen, Vosika Zoran, Apollin Fotso Kuate, Amos Alakonya, Galeas Vasconez, 新市塚田, Bernard Vanlauwe	2021	11
9	Can a Combination of UAV-Derived Vegetation Indices with Biophysical Variables Improve Yield Variability Assessment in Smallholder Farms? Agronomy ·Julius Adewopo, Jadranka Grubišić Čabo, Ibrahim Mohammed, Alpha Y. Kamara, Peter Craufurd, Bernard Vanlauwe	2020	8
10	Market access and resource endowment define the soil fertility status of smallholder farming systems of South‐Kivu, DR Congo Soil Use and Management ·Teodora Josimovska, I.I. Velinov, Iris Leene, Generose Nziguheba, Carsten Marohn, Veselina Nikolova, Bernard Vanlauwe, Georg Cadisch, Frank Rasche	2020	5
11	Supporting smallholder farmers' decisions on legume use in East Africa - The LegumeCHOICE approach CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) ·Alan J. Duncan, Ingrid Öborn, Generose Nziguheba, هناء عبد الحمید شاور, Tarirai Muoni, F. M. Klinger, P. V. Hobbs, A L Marangi, Zbigniew Kowalski, Bernard Vanlauwe	2019	3
12	Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the competitiveness analysis of selected indigenous cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Bradyrhizobium strains from Kenya Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·J. Stafurik, Monika Messmer, Dominik Ziegler, Moses Thuita, Bernard Vanlauwe, Emmanuel Frossard, Cécile Thonar	2018	8
13	FROM BEST FIT TECHNOLOGIES TO BEST FIT SCALING: INCORPORATING AND EVALUATING FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF GRAIN LEGUMES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Experimental Agriculture ·Andrew Farrow, E. Ronner, 好次青山, 河村茂雄, 张海静, Endalkachew Wolde‐meskel, S. Adjei‐Nsiah, Régis Chikowo, 健二郎林, Peter Ebanyat, Mariko Yauchi, Janice Alves Gomes, Hannan Ghifari, Hannah Stabb, Paul L. Woomer, Beth Everly, M Binienda, Fred Kanampiu, Bernard Vanlauwe, K.E. Giller	2016	16
14	Stimulative effect of the fungal biocontrol agent Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. Striga on abundance of nitrifying prokaryotes in a maize rhizosphere EGUGA ·Iris Leene, Qiang Fu, 三橋広夫, Fernanda Testoni, Carlos Cauce, Bernard Vanlauwe, Georg Cadisch, Frank Rasche	2014	1
15	An analysis of the determinants of household level production and marketing of beans in Eastern Congo African Journal of Agricultural Research ·Eliud Birachi, E. Clifford, Bernard Vanlauwe, J. Chianu, Frank A. Alonge	2013	3
16	Soil Mineral N Dynamics in a Maize Crop Following Different Soil Fertility Amendments in Different Soil Fertility Status in Sub-humid and Semi-arid Regions in Central Kenya Kenyatta University Institutional Repository (Kenyatta University) ·Monicah Mucheru‐Muna, D.N. Mugendi, J. N. Mugwe, J.B. Kung’u, Roel Merckx, Bernard Vanlauwe	2009	5
17	The potential of Minjingu phosphate rock from Tanzania as a liming material: effect on maize and bean intercrop on acid soils of Western Kenya Verónica Carbajal-Salinas, J. R. Okalebo, C. O. Othieno, Moses Thuita, M. P. Vetchinnikov, A. Bationo, N. Sanginga, Prof. Dr. Prasannakumaran K, Bernard Vanlauwe	2005	13
18	An attempt to enhance solubility and availability of phosphorus from phosphate rocks through incorporation of organics in Western Kenya Moses Thuita, J. R. Okalebo, C. O. Othieno, M. P. Vetchinnikov, A. Bationo, N. Sanginga, Bernard Vanlauwe	2005	4
19	Pathways of nitrogen loss and their impacts on human health and the environment IFPRI E-brary (International Food Policy Research Institute) ·Mark B. Peoples, Elizabeth W. Boyer, K. W. T. Goulding, P. Heffer, G.A. Dantsig, Bernard Vanlauwe, Д.В. Ковалев, K. Yagi, Oswald Van Cleemput	2004	31
20	Alley farming research on high base status soils CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) ·(unknown), Stephan Hauser, Bernard Vanlauwe, N. Sanginga, A. N. Atta-Krah	1995	3

About Bernard Vanlauwe

Bernard Vanlauwe is a scholar working on Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Forestry and Plant Science, having authored 325 papers that have together received 14.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (99 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (96 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (70 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (62 papers), Banana Cultivation and Research (33 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (27 papers), Cassava research and cyanide (24 papers) and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (6.2k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (4.3k citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (3.4k citations), Forestry (848 citations) and Plant Science (5.8k citations). Bernard Vanlauwe has collaborated with scholars based in Kenya, Nigeria and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include K.E. Giller, Roel Merckx, Johan Six, Pablo Tittonell, N. Sanginga, Pauline Chivenge, Keith Shepherd, Roberta Gentile, Pieter Pypers and Jan Diels. Their work appears in journals such as Field Crops Research, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Plant and Soil, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems and Agricultural Systems.

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