George van Zijl

549 total citations
24 papers, 293 citations indexed

About

George van Zijl is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Soil Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, George van Zijl has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 293 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Environmental Engineering, 16 papers in Soil Science and 8 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in George van Zijl's work include Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (14 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (12 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (8 papers). George van Zijl is often cited by papers focused on Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (14 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (12 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (8 papers). George van Zijl collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and France. George van Zijl's co-authors include Johan van Tol, P. A.L. le Roux, Philippe Roux, Catherine E. Clarke, Andrei Rozanov, Alen Manyevere, Garry Paterson, Liesl Wiese, David P. Turner and David D. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Geoderma, Remote Sensing and Hydrological Processes.

In The Last Decade

George van Zijl

24 papers receiving 286 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George van Zijl South Africa 12 169 168 94 86 53 24 293
Justin George Kalambukattu India 8 160 0.9× 207 1.2× 69 0.7× 49 0.6× 82 1.5× 23 316
P. A.L. le Roux South Africa 12 117 0.7× 180 1.1× 70 0.7× 107 1.2× 46 0.9× 33 307
Isa Esfandiarpoor Borujeni Iran 7 217 1.3× 92 0.5× 104 1.1× 39 0.5× 71 1.3× 8 320
Abolfazl Moeini Iran 10 144 0.9× 60 0.4× 55 0.6× 145 1.7× 49 0.9× 26 296
Marcos E. Angelini Argentina 9 225 1.3× 181 1.1× 57 0.6× 26 0.3× 68 1.3× 15 371
F. Mayol Spain 8 75 0.4× 162 1.0× 154 1.6× 53 0.6× 57 1.1× 10 350
Mohammad Reza Pahlavan-Rad Iran 8 259 1.5× 199 1.2× 97 1.0× 24 0.3× 72 1.4× 15 407
Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari India 8 111 0.7× 230 1.4× 49 0.5× 138 1.6× 95 1.8× 18 363
Zhongqi Zhang China 12 199 1.2× 161 1.0× 50 0.5× 17 0.2× 130 2.5× 26 360
Mahmood Samadi Iran 6 159 0.9× 81 0.5× 94 1.0× 154 1.8× 43 0.8× 7 330

Countries citing papers authored by George van Zijl

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Fields of papers citing papers by George van Zijl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George van Zijl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George van Zijl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George van Zijl 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 George van Zijl. George van Zijl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wadoux, Alexandre M.J.‐C., Budiman Minasny, Francis B.T. Silatsa, et al.. (2024). Applications and challenges of digital soil mapping in Africa. Geoderma. 449. 117007–117007. 19 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2024). Development of soil spectroscopy models for the Western Highveld region, South Africa: Why do we need local data?. European Journal of Soil Science. 75(6). 3 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2024). Model calibration using hydropedological insights to improve the simulation of internal hydrological processes using SWAT+. Hydrological Processes. 38(5). 2 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2023). Downscaling legacy soil information for hydrological soil mapping using multinomial logistic regression. Geoderma. 436. 116568–116568. 4 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van & Johan van Tol. (2023). Digital soil mapping enables informed decision-making to conserve soils within protected areas. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 40(4-5). 216–226. 1 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2020). A pedogenetic method for land type survey disaggregation into soil association maps. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 37(3). 177–183. 2 indexed citations
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Tol, Johan van, George van Zijl, & Stefan Jülich. (2020). Importance of Detailed Soil Information for Hydrological Modelling in an Urbanized Environment. Hydrology. 7(2). 34–34. 15 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2020). Machine learning digital soil mapping to inform gully erosion mitigation measures in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Geoderma. 368. 114287–114287. 29 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2019). Comparing algorithms to disaggregate complex soil polygons in contrasting environments. Geoderma. 352. 171–180. 15 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2019). A hillslope based digital soil mapping approach, for hydropedological assessments. Geoderma. 354. 113888–113888. 12 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van. (2018). Digital soil mapping approaches to address real world problems in southern Africa. Geoderma. 337. 1301–1308. 26 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2016). In pursuit of a South African national soil database: potential and pitfalls of combining different soil data sets. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 33(4). 257–264. 3 indexed citations
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Paterson, Garry, David D. Turner, Liesl Wiese, et al.. (2015). Spatial soil information in South Africa: Situational analysis, limitations and challenges. South African Journal of Science. 111(5/6). 1–7. 35 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2014). Functional digital soil mapping: A case study from Namarroi, Mozambique. Geoderma. 219-220. 155–161. 28 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van & Philippe Roux. (2014). Creating a conceptual hydrological soil response map for the Stevenson Hamilton Research Supersite, Kruger National Park, South Africa. Water SA. 40(2). 331–331. 20 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, et al.. (2013). Emphasising the soil factor in geomorphological studies of gully erosion: a case study in Maphutseng, Lesotho. South African Geographical Journal. 95(2). 205–216. 8 indexed citations
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Zijl, George van, P. A.L. le Roux, & David P. Turner. (2013). Disaggregation of land types using terrain analysis, expert knowledge and GIS methods. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 30(3). 123–129. 18 indexed citations

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