Frank van Steenbergen

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Frank van Steenbergen is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank van Steenbergen has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ocean Engineering, 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Frank van Steenbergen's work include Water resources management and optimization (27 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (16 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (11 papers). Frank van Steenbergen is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (27 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (16 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (11 papers). Frank van Steenbergen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Ethiopia and United Kingdom. Frank van Steenbergen's co-authors include Julia M. Wittmayer, Stephen Foster, Derk Loorbach, Niki Frantzeskaki, Flor Avelino, Muhammad Basharat, Niko Schäpke, Ines Omann, Qianqing Mai and Kes McCormick and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Geoscience and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Frank van Steenbergen

83 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations

2016 367 citations Alan MacDonald, H.C. Bonsor et al. profile →
Urban living labs: governing urban sustainability transitions

2016 276 citations Niki Frantzeskaki, Frank van Steenbergen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank van Steenbergen Netherlands	22	619	512	479	403	381	86	2.3k
Olivier Barreteau France	21	957 1.5×	455 0.9×	340 0.7×	540 1.3×	344 0.9×	68	2.5k
Chris Zevenbergen Netherlands	25	1.2k 1.9×	386 0.8×	468 1.0×	284 0.7×	394 1.0×	75	2.1k
Raffaele Giordano Italy	27	798 1.3×	378 0.7×	286 0.6×	354 0.9×	244 0.6×	65	2.0k
Adriana Bruggeman Cyprus	30	1.0k 1.7×	876 1.7×	620 1.3×	382 0.9×	205 0.5×	95	3.5k
Andrea K. Gerlak United States	32	1.4k 2.2×	623 1.2×	822 1.7×	660 1.6×	1.2k 3.1×	132	4.1k
Mazlin Mokhtar Malaysia	27	387 0.6×	759 1.5×	493 1.0×	143 0.4×	241 0.6×	215	2.9k
Pierre D. Glynn United States	24	739 1.2×	461 0.9×	599 1.3×	221 0.5×	136 0.4×	54	2.5k
Jinxia Wang China	35	648 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	405 0.8×	1.2k 2.9×	337 0.9×	120	3.7k
P.P. Schot Netherlands	22	1.3k 2.1×	352 0.7×	303 0.6×	81 0.2×	76 0.2×	72	2.5k
Phoebe Koundouri Greece	33	811 1.3×	462 0.9×	196 0.4×	822 2.0×	341 0.9×	141	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank van Steenbergen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank van Steenbergen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank van Steenbergen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Steenbergen, Frank van, et al.. (2025). A review of local climate measures to increase resilience of East African agroecological systems. Environmental Development. 55. 101174–101174.

Mganga, Kevin Z., et al.. (2024). Pasture farming for climate change adaptation in a semi-arid dryland in Kenya: status, challenges and opportunities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Avelino, Flor, et al.. (2024). Mapping the diversity & transformative potential of approaches to sustainable just cities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 4 indexed citations

Dalecky, Ambroise, et al.. (2023). Rodent proliferation in urban and agricultural settings of sub-Saharan Africa The dark side of synthetic chemical rodenticides. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 22(3). 205–211. 1 indexed citations

Mganga, Kevin Z., et al.. (2023). Multi‐stakeholder participation for successful implementation of applied research projects in Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 3 indexed citations

Hebinck, Aniek, Gijs Diercks, Timo von Wirth, et al.. (2022). An actionable understanding of societal transitions: the X-curve framework. Sustainability Science. 17(3). 1009–1021. 78 indexed citations

Mganga, Kevin Z., et al.. (2021). Morphoecological characteristics of grasses used to restore degraded semi‐arid African rangelands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 4 indexed citations

Woldearegay, Kifle, et al.. (2020). Adoption of Road Water Harvesting Practices and Their Impacts: Evidence from a Semi-Arid Region of Ethiopia. Sustainability. 12(21). 8914–8914. 15 indexed citations

Steenbergen, Frank van, Jasper V. Been, Loes C.M. Bertens, et al.. (2020). Addressing perinatal health inequities in Dutch municipalities: Protocol for the Healthy Pregnancy 4 All-3 programme. Health Policy. 125(3). 385–392. 6 indexed citations

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Steenbergen, Frank van. (2020). Groundwater and Surface Water in the Mega-Irrigation Systems of Pakistan: The Case for Conjunctive Management. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Molle, François, Elena López‐Gunn, & Frank van Steenbergen. (2018). The local and national politics of groundwater overexploitation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 54 indexed citations

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Frantzeskaki, Niki, Frank van Steenbergen, & Richard C. Stedman. (2018). Sense of place and experimentation in urban sustainability transitions: the Resilience Lab in Carnisse, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Sustainability Science. 13(4). 1045–1059. 83 indexed citations

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Bonsor, H.C., Alan MacDonald, Kazi Matin Ahmed, et al.. (2017). Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia. Hydrogeology Journal. 25(5). 1377–1406. 128 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2017). Implementing the Prepaid Smart Meter System for Irrigated Groundwater Production in Northern China: Status and Problems. Water. 9(6). 379–379. 14 indexed citations

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Laban, Peter, et al.. (2016). Spring : managing groundwater sustainably. 71 indexed citations

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Steenbergen, Frank van, et al.. (2015). Understanding Political Will in Groundwater Management: Comparing Yemen and Ethiopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations

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Bamaga, Omar, et al.. (2015). Diesel Subsidies and Yemen Politics: Post-2011 Crises and their Impact on Groundwater Use and Agriculture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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Spekkink, Wouter, et al.. (2012). Challenges and Tensions in Area Based Transitions. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1–20. 1 indexed citations

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Foster, Stephen, et al.. (2011). Appropriate Groundwater Management Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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Steenbergen, Frank van, et al.. (2007). Making the case for integrated water resources management: Drainage in Egypt. Water International. 32(sup1). 685–696. 8 indexed citations

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