François Zwahlen

2.0k total citations
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

François Zwahlen is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, François Zwahlen has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Environmental Engineering, 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 8 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in François Zwahlen's work include Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (9 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (8 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (6 papers). François Zwahlen is often cited by papers focused on Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (9 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (8 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (6 papers). François Zwahlen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, China and Germany. François Zwahlen's co-authors include Pierre‐Yves Jeannin, N. Doerfliger, Jérôme Perrin, Nico Goldscheider, Alain Dassargues, Michiel Pronk, Jakob Zopfi, J. Perrin, Yilian Li and David Drew and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

François Zwahlen

23 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Zwahlen Switzerland 15 933 911 796 256 171 24 1.5k
Nataša Ravbar Slovenia 21 515 0.6× 660 0.7× 812 1.0× 216 0.8× 178 1.0× 75 1.2k
Steffen Birk Austria 23 776 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 510 2.0× 266 1.6× 79 1.9k
Olivier Banton Canada 18 457 0.5× 729 0.8× 309 0.4× 235 0.9× 118 0.7× 65 1.3k
Ezzat Raeisi Iran 18 416 0.4× 435 0.5× 355 0.4× 130 0.5× 114 0.7× 57 886
Eduardo Emilio Kruse Argentina 23 598 0.6× 519 0.6× 233 0.3× 371 1.4× 175 1.0× 106 1.3k
Beatrice Maria Sole Giambastiani Italy 19 490 0.5× 542 0.6× 203 0.3× 229 0.9× 147 0.9× 43 1.1k
Badin Gibbes Australia 15 526 0.6× 437 0.5× 263 0.3× 162 0.6× 166 1.0× 45 1.2k
Eleonora Carol Argentina 20 660 0.7× 410 0.5× 252 0.3× 313 1.2× 144 0.8× 116 1.3k
Vincent Hallet Belgium 14 301 0.3× 447 0.5× 257 0.3× 257 1.0× 140 0.8× 40 985
M. Polemio Italy 21 533 0.6× 498 0.5× 258 0.3× 215 0.8× 340 2.0× 123 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Zwahlen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Zwahlen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zwahlen, François, et al.. (2024). Infiltration and recharge dynamics in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System of northern Chad. Hydrogeology Journal. 32(2). 417–431.
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Halloran, Landon J. S., et al.. (2023). Using machine learning and remote sensing to track land use/land cover changes due to armed conflict. The Science of The Total Environment. 898. 165600–165600. 29 indexed citations
3.
Saadé-Sbeih, Myriam, et al.. (2018). Groundwater balance politics: aquifer overexploitation in the Orontes River Basin.. Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies). 11(3). 663–683. 7 indexed citations
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Saadé-Sbeih, Myriam, et al.. (2016). Post conflict water management: learning from the past for recovery planning in the Orontes River basin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 374. 17–21. 5 indexed citations
5.
Zhou, Yu, François Zwahlen, & Yanxin Wang. (2011). The ancient Chinese notes on hydrogeology. Hydrogeology Journal. 19(5). 1103–1114. 12 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yu, François Zwahlen, Yanxin Wang, & Yilian Li. (2010). Impact of climate change on irrigation requirements in terms of groundwater resources. Hydrogeology Journal. 18(7). 1571–1582. 48 indexed citations
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Wang, Yimin, et al.. (2010). Differential Transport of Atrazine and Glyphosate in Undisturbed Sandy Soil Column. Soil and Sediment Contamination An International Journal. 19(3). 365–377. 11 indexed citations
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Pronk, Michiel, Nico Goldscheider, Jakob Zopfi, & François Zwahlen. (2008). Percolation and Particle Transport in the Unsaturated Zone of a Karst Aquifer. Ground Water. 47(3). 361–369. 121 indexed citations
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Sinreich, Michaël, et al.. (2008). Groundwater protection in fractured media: a vulnerability-based approach for delineating protection zones in Switzerland. Hydrogeology Journal. 16(7). 1267–1281. 30 indexed citations
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Goldscheider, Nico, et al.. (2006). Proceedings of the 8th Conference on limestone hydrogeology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 21.-23. September 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Andreo, Bartolomé, Nico Goldscheider, Iñaki Vadillo, et al.. (2005). Karst groundwater protection: First application of a Pan-European Approach to vulnerability, hazard and risk mapping in the Sierra de Líbar (Southern Spain). The Science of The Total Environment. 357(1-3). 54–73. 137 indexed citations
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Flynn, Raymond, et al.. (2004). Identification of zones of preferential groundwater tracer transport using a mobile downhole fluorometer. Hydrogeology Journal. 13(2). 366–377. 9 indexed citations
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Perrin, J., et al.. (2004). Vulnerability assessment in karstic areas: validation by field experiments. Environmental Geology. 46(2). 46 indexed citations
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Grasso, Domenic, Pierre‐Yves Jeannin, & François Zwahlen. (2003). A deterministic approach to the coupled analysis of karst springs' hydrographs and chemographs. Journal of Hydrology. 271(1-4). 65–76. 47 indexed citations
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Perrin, J., Pierre‐Yves Jeannin, & François Zwahlen. (2003). Implications of the spatial variability of infiltration-water chemistry for the investigation of a karst aquifer: a field study at Milandre test site, Swiss Jura. Hydrogeology Journal. 11(6). 673–686. 48 indexed citations
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Daly, Donal, Alain Dassargues, David Drew, et al.. (2002). Main concepts of the "European approach" to karst-groundwater-vulnerability assessment and mapping. Hydrogeology Journal. 10(2). 340–345. 218 indexed citations
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Brouyère, Serge, Pierre‐Yves Jeannin, Alain Dassargues, et al.. (2001). Evaluation and validation of vulnerability concepts using a physically based approach. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 26 indexed citations
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Doerfliger, N., Pierre‐Yves Jeannin, & François Zwahlen. (1999). Water vulnerability assessment in karst environments: a new method of defining protection areas using a multi-attribute approach and GIS tools (EPIK method). Environmental Geology. 39(2). 165–176. 377 indexed citations
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Rukundo, Olivier, et al.. (1980). Evaluation of a Precipitation Map Using a Smoothed Elevation-Precipitation Relationship and Optimal Estimates (Kriging). Hydrology research. 11(3-4). 113–120. 10 indexed citations
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Zwahlen, François, et al.. (1979). Utilisation d'une grille d'altitudes digitalisées pour la cartographie d'éléments du bilan hydrique. Journal of Hydrology. 44(3-4). 191–209. 4 indexed citations

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