Gilles Billen

596 total papers · 30.5k total citations
292 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Gilles Billen is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilles Billen has authored 292 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 99 papers in Ecology and 69 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Gilles Billen's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (116 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (66 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (44 papers). Gilles Billen is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (116 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (66 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (44 papers). Gilles Billen collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and Spain. Gilles Billen's co-authors include Josette Garnier, Luis Lassaletta, Bruna Grizzetti, Christiane Lancelot, Lex Bouwman, Robert W. Howarth, Arthur Beusen, Juliette Anglade, Pierre Servais and Sybil P. Seitzinger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Gilles Billen

280 papers receiving 19.3k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

1996 1.1k citations Robert W. Howarth, Gilles Billen et al. Biogeochemistry profile →
The European Nitrogen Assessment

2011 979 citations Mark A. Sutton, Clare Howard et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
50 year trends in nitrogen use efficiency of world cropping systems: the relationship between yield and nitrogen input to cropland

2014 851 citations Luis Lassaletta, Gilles Billen et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Global river nutrient export: A scenario analysis of past and future trends

2010 639 citations Sybil P. Seitzinger, Emilio Mayorga et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Coupled biogeochemical cycles: eutrophication and hypoxia in temperate estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems

2011 610 citations Robert W. Howarth, Francis Chan et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
The fate of nitrogen and phosphorus at the land-sea margin of the North Atlantic Ocean

1996 554 citations S. W. Nixon, James W. Ammerman et al. Biogeochemistry profile →
Human alteration of the global nitrogen and phosphorus soil balances for the period 1970–2050

2009 470 citations Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

2015 390 citations Adrian Leip, Gilles Billen et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Reshaping the European agro-food system and closing its nitrogen cycle: The potential of combining dietary change, agroecology, and circularity

2021 117 citations Gilles Billen, Eduardo Aguilera et al. One Earth profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gilles Billen	8.7k	6.8k	6.0k	5.3k	2.6k	292	20.3k
Elizabeth W. Boyer	8.1k 0.9×	5.3k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	5.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	128	17.1k
Lex Bouwman	10.0k 1.1×	6.5k 1.0×	3.9k 0.6×	4.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	230	27.9k
Josette Garnier	5.5k 0.6×	3.9k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	3.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	207	13.0k
David W. Schindler	8.3k 1.0×	7.4k 1.1×	4.1k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	124	20.2k
William H. McDowell	12.2k 1.4×	10.6k 1.6×	5.9k 1.0×	7.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	282	26.8k
Lars J. Tranvik	10.5k 1.2×	12.6k 1.9×	15.5k 2.6×	4.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	216	28.8k
Carolien Kroeze	4.2k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	2.2k 0.4×	3.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	261	12.8k
Walter K. Dodds	9.2k 1.1×	7.9k 1.2×	2.4k 0.4×	5.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	214	16.2k
Boqiang Qin	12.8k 1.5×	6.9k 1.0×	11.5k 1.9×	5.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	348	20.8k
Hans W. Paerl	18.9k 2.2×	12.4k 1.8×	17.9k 3.0×	5.5k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	302	33.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gilles Billen

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