Gérard Govers

344 papers and 24.6k indexed citations i.

About

Gérard Govers is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérard Govers has authored 344 papers receiving a total of 24.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Soil Science, 192 papers in Ecology and 107 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Gérard Govers’s work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (242 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (148 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (104 papers). Gérard Govers is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (242 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (148 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (104 papers). Gérard Govers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Gérard Govers's co-authors include Jean Poesen, Kristof Van Oost, Gert Verstraeten, Anton Van Rompaey, John Quinton, Piet Desmet, Jeroen Nachtergaele, Stijn Temmerman, I Takken and Rafael Giménez and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gérard Govers

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Gérard Govers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Gérard Govers

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