Boris Jansen

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Boris Jansen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Pollution and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Boris Jansen has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Soil Science, 23 papers in Pollution and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Boris Jansen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (21 papers). Boris Jansen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (21 papers). Boris Jansen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Spain. Boris Jansen's co-authors include J.M. Verstraten, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Karsten Kalbitz, José A. Acosta, Silvia Martínez‐Martínez, Ángel Faz, Jakob Wallinga, Richard D. Bardgett, Pete Smith and Saskia Keesstra and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Boris Jansen

108 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

The significance of soils and soil science towards realiz... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 250 500 750 1000
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. The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
    2016 1.1k citations Boris Jansen et al. SOIL profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Boris Jansen Netherlands 32 1.4k 947 849 579 559 112 4.2k
David J. Chittleborough Australia 36 1.5k 1.1× 686 0.7× 746 0.9× 299 0.5× 651 1.2× 109 4.8k
Thilo Streck Germany 34 804 0.6× 911 1.0× 456 0.5× 326 0.6× 415 0.7× 136 3.2k
Aaron Thompson United States 36 1.7k 1.2× 595 0.6× 982 1.2× 421 0.7× 1.4k 2.6× 113 4.8k
Ádám Zsolnay Germany 22 1.2k 0.9× 759 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 344 0.6× 973 1.7× 61 3.7k
Lis Wollesen de Jonge Denmark 43 1.9k 1.4× 800 0.8× 514 0.6× 264 0.5× 422 0.8× 165 5.1k
Felipe Macı́as Spain 37 1.0k 0.8× 1.7k 1.8× 1.2k 1.4× 291 0.5× 1.1k 1.9× 195 5.2k
Akira Watanabe Japan 35 1.5k 1.1× 345 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 482 0.8× 709 1.3× 163 3.8k
Christopher S. Cronan United States 30 891 0.7× 640 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 587 1.0× 1.6k 2.9× 66 4.8k
Hao Yang China 36 683 0.5× 901 1.0× 986 1.2× 535 0.9× 899 1.6× 233 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Boris Jansen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Boris Jansen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boris Jansen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Boris Jansen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Boris Jansen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Boris Jansen. Boris Jansen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hinojosa, Leonardo, et al.. (2025). Root exudates from drought-affected plants increase soil respiration across a range of grassland species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 203. 109731–109731. 10 indexed citations
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Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, et al.. (2024). A systematic review of the methodology of trade-off analysis in agriculture. Nature Food. 5(3). 211–220. 16 indexed citations
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Beijer, Sandra, et al.. (2024). Urine as a Biobased Fertilizer: The Netherlands as Case Study. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1(CP). 1 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris, Sambor Czerwiński, Mariusz Gałka, et al.. (2023). Comparison of paleobotanical and biomarker records of mountain peatland and forest ecosystem dynamics over the last 2600 years in central Germany. Biogeosciences. 20(23). 4893–4914. 6 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris, et al.. (2020). From leaf to soil: n -alkane signal preservation, despite degradation along an environmental gradient in the tropical Andes. Biogeosciences. 17(21). 5465–5487. 10 indexed citations
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Magnússon, Rúna Í., et al.. (2020). Influence of glacial sediments on the chemical quality of surface water in the Ulta valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Journal of Hydrology. 587. 125027–125027. 9 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris, et al.. (2019). Leaf wax n‐alkane patterns of six tropical montane tree species show species‐specific environmental response. Ecology and Evolution. 9(16). 9120–9128. 9 indexed citations
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Bos, Valerie van den, Stefan Engels, S.J.P. Bohncke, et al.. (2018). Late Holocene changes in vegetation and atmospheric circulation at Lake Uddelermeer (The Netherlands) reconstructed using lipid biomarkers and compound‐specific δD analysis. Journal of Quaternary Science. 33(1). 100–111. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Songyu, et al.. (2018). Soil organic carbon stocks controlled by lithology and soil depth in a Peruvian alpine grassland of the Andes. CATENA. 171. 11–21. 28 indexed citations
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Kooijman, A.M., et al.. (2017). Molecular characterization of organic matter in converted forests in Western Europe; disentangling the effects of edaphic factors and input differences on SOM composition. Lirias (KU Leuven). 19. 7191. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Songyu, Erik Cammeraat, Boris Jansen, Chiara Cerli, & Karsten Kalbitz. (2016). Organic Carbon Stabilization of Soils Formed on Acidic and Calcareous Bedrocks in Neotropical Alpine Grassland, Peru. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris, John R. Parsons, Pim de Voogt, et al.. (2016). Effects of clay minerals, hydroxides, and timing of dissolved organic matter addition on the competitive sorption of copper, nickel, and zinc: A column experiment. Journal of Environmental Management. 187. 273–285. 41 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris, et al.. (2015). The added value of biomarker analysis to the genesis of Plaggic Anthrosols.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1445. 2 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris, et al.. (2014). The role of dissolved organic matter and its adsorption for the fate of heavy metals in clay-rich soil. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 16803. 1 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Jasper A. Vrugt, & J.M. Verstraten. (2004). (Un)certainty of overall binding constants of Al with dissolved organic matter determined by the Scatchard approach. Water Research. 38(5). 1270–1280. 2 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris. (1960). The experimental reproduction of pulpy kidney disease.. 31. 205–208. 20 indexed citations
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Jansen, Boris. (1960). The occurrence of pulpy kidney in sheep dosed with phenothiazine. 31(2). 209–210. 2 indexed citations

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