D. Niemeijer

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

D. Niemeijer is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Niemeijer has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 6 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 6 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in D. Niemeijer's work include Agriculture and Rural Development Research (11 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 papers) and Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture (4 papers). D. Niemeijer is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture and Rural Development Research (11 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 papers) and Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture (4 papers). D. Niemeijer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United Kingdom. D. Niemeijer's co-authors include R.S. de Groot, Uriel N. Safriel, Zafar Adeel, Robin White, Valentina Mazzucato, L. Stroosnijder and Parviz Koohafkan and has published in prestigious journals such as Geoderma, Ecological Indicators and Environmental Science & Policy.

In The Last Decade

D. Niemeijer

21 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

A conceptual framework for selecting environmental indicator sets

2007 574 citations D. Niemeijer, R.S. de Groot profile →
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis

2005 536 citations Zafar Adeel, Uriel N. Safriel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Niemeijer Netherlands	14	681	550	389	219	215	23	1.8k
Tony Prato United States	27	726 1.1×	337 0.6×	301 0.8×	191 0.9×	83 0.4×	106	2.1k
Ravi Prabhu Indonesia	21	1.1k 1.6×	356 0.6×	288 0.7×	192 0.9×	108 0.5×	67	2.1k
E.C. van Ierland Netherlands	24	1.7k 2.5×	635 1.2×	513 1.3×	156 0.7×	168 0.8×	114	3.2k
Gerardo Bocco Mexico	26	1.5k 2.2×	476 0.9×	849 2.2×	354 1.6×	160 0.7×	138	3.1k
Harpinder Sandhu Australia	25	898 1.3×	232 0.4×	331 0.9×	145 0.7×	213 1.0×	69	2.0k
Emma H. van der Zanden Netherlands	19	1.3k 2.0×	355 0.6×	448 1.2×	369 1.7×	111 0.5×	23	2.0k
Giovanni Zurlini Italy	29	1.1k 1.7×	342 0.6×	467 1.2×	93 0.4×	210 1.0×	60	2.3k
Jacqueline Geoghegan United States	19	1.9k 2.8×	338 0.6×	404 1.0×	233 1.1×	136 0.6×	31	3.1k
Ademola K. Braimoh Japan	20	973 1.4×	336 0.6×	264 0.7×	248 1.1×	152 0.7×	52	1.6k
Marta Pérez‐Soba Netherlands	23	1.7k 2.4×	427 0.8×	405 1.0×	104 0.5×	150 0.7×	58	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by D. Niemeijer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Niemeijer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Niemeijer, D. & R.S. de Groot. (2006). Framing environmental indicators: moving from causal chains to causal networks. Environment Development and Sustainability. 10(1). 89–106. 190 indexed citations

Adeel, Zafar, Uriel N. Safriel, D. Niemeijer, & Robin White. (2005). Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (2004). Savings arrangements in Eastern Burkina Faso: An evolutionary perspective on institutional innovation. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 153–171.

Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (2003). Why do savings institutions differ within the same region? The role of environment and social capital in the creation of savings arrangements in Eastern Burkina Faso. Oxford Development Studies. 31(4). 519–529. 1 indexed citations

Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (2002). Population Growth and the Environment in Africa: Local Informal Institutions, the Missing Link*. Economic Geography. 78(2). 171–193. 26 indexed citations

Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (2002). Population Growth and the Environment in Africa: Local Informal Institutions, the Missing Link. Economic Geography. 78(2). 171–171. 26 indexed citations

Niemeijer, D. & Valentina Mazzucato. (2002). Soil Degradation in the West African Sahel: How Serious Is It?. Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 44(2). 20–31. 63 indexed citations

Niemeijer, D.. (2002). Developing indicators for environmental policy: data-driven and theory-driven approaches examined by example. Environmental Science & Policy. 5(2). 91–103. 181 indexed citations

Niemeijer, D. & Valentina Mazzucato. (2002). Moving beyond indigenous soil taxonomies: local theories of soils for sustainable development. Geoderma. 111(3-4). 403–424. 69 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Valentina, D. Niemeijer, & L. Stroosnijder. (2001). Social networks and the dynamics of soil and water conservation in the Sahel. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 19 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (2001). Overestimating land degradation, underestimating farmers in the Sahel. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 23 indexed citations

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Niemeijer, D. & Valentina Mazzucato. (2001). Productivity of soil resources in Sahelian villages. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 145–156. 2 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (2001). Le Sahel: Une dégradation des terres exagérée, un potentiel paysan sous-estimé. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (2000). Rethinking soil and water conservation in a changing society: a case study in Burkina Faso.. 1 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (1998). Beyond the development discourse: dynamic perceptions and management of soil fertility.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 495–504. 2 indexed citations

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Niemeijer, D.. (1998). Soil nutrient harvesting in indigenousteras water harvesting in eastern Sudan. Land Degradation and Development. 9(4). 323–330. 16 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (1996). Coping with changes in an agricultural system in eastern Burkina Faso. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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Niemeijer, D.. (1996). The Dynamics of African Agricultural History: Is it Time for a New Development Paradigm?. Development and Change. 27(1). 87–110. 32 indexed citations

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Mazzucato, Valentina & D. Niemeijer. (1996). Tracking change needs changing tracks.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 12(3). 20–21. 1 indexed citations

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Niemeijer, D.. (1995). Indigenous soil classification: complications and considerations.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1. 20–21. 24 indexed citations

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