Han Olff

21.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
256 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Han Olff is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Han Olff has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Ecology, 129 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 63 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Han Olff's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (121 papers), Plant and animal studies (49 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (47 papers). Han Olff is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (121 papers), Plant and animal studies (49 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (47 papers). Han Olff collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Han Olff's co-authors include Mark E. Ritchie, Jef Huisman, Elisabeth S. Bakker, T. Michael Anderson, Rampal S. Etienne, James B. Grace, Jan P. Bakker, Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt, Theunis Piersma and Samuel M. Scheiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Han Olff

251 papers receiving 14.0k 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.

Effects of herbivores on grassland plant diversity

1998 1.2k citations Han Olff, Mark E. Ritchie profile →
On the specification of structural equation models for ecological systems

2010 717 citations Han Olff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Han Olff Netherlands	67	8.1k	7.1k	3.4k	3.3k	2.5k	256	14.8k
Pablo Inchausti France	29	6.0k 0.7×	6.0k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	3.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	61	12.6k
Mark E. Ritchie United States	43	5.5k 0.7×	6.0k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	103	11.5k
Andrew R. Watkinson United Kingdom	65	7.5k 0.9×	5.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	4.2k 1.3×	3.9k 1.6×	172	15.2k
Michael A. Huston United States	36	6.3k 0.8×	8.7k 1.2×	4.2k 1.3×	4.5k 1.4×	2.8k 1.1×	53	14.7k
Eric W. Seabloom United States	56	7.9k 1.0×	6.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	4.5k 1.8×	176	17.5k
Eric L. Berlow United States	24	5.7k 0.7×	4.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	40	11.6k
Marc Dufrêne Belgium	31	6.1k 0.8×	5.4k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	114	12.5k
Oswald J. Schmitz United States	60	10.1k 1.2×	5.8k 0.8×	5.5k 1.6×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	194	16.5k
Forest Isbell United States	51	4.6k 0.6×	6.6k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	4.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	99	13.0k
Martı́n Oesterheld Argentina	41	6.1k 0.8×	5.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	4.2k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	103	13.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Han Olff

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Fields of papers citing papers by Han Olff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Han Olff

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20 of 20 papers shown

Franken, Oscar, Holger Haslob, Laura L. Govers, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of Population Trends Reveals Seascape‐Wide Reorganisation of Biodiversity From Microalgae to Birds. Global Change Biology. 31(6). e70298–e70298. 2 indexed citations

Leeuwen, Anieke van, et al.. (2024). Overfishing of Threatened Bycatch Species in a Marine Protected Area: The Elasmobranchs of Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 32(4). 97–106. 1 indexed citations

Plas, Fons van der & Han Olff. (2024). Rocky outcrops form islands of high and unique tree biodiversity within an ocean of grass in Serengeti National Park. African Journal of Ecology. 62(3).

Bakker, Jan P., A.V. de Groot, Han Olff, et al.. (2024). Spatial and temporal variation in long-term sediment accumulation in a back-barrier salt marsh. Geomorphology. 456. 109191–109191. 1 indexed citations

Olff, Han, et al.. (2024). Bioturbation by Benthic Stingrays Alters the Biogeomorphology of Tidal Flats. Ecosystems. 27(4). 493–507. 3 indexed citations

Wal, Daphne van der, et al.. (2023). Using salt marshes for coastal protection: Effective but hard to get where needed most. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(7). 1286–1301. 24 indexed citations

Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Ralph J. M. Temmink, Gregory S. Fivash, et al.. (2022). Biodegradable artificial reefs enhance food web complexity and biodiversity in an intertidal soft‐sediment ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(3). 541–552. 20 indexed citations

Govers, Laura L., et al.. (2022). The importance of marshes providing soil stabilization to resist fast‐flow erosion in case of a dike breach. Ecological Applications. 32(6). e2622–e2622. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Qingqing, Jan P. Bakker, Juan Alberti, et al.. (2021). Long‐term cross‐scale comparison of grazing and mowing on plant diversity and community composition in a salt‐marsh system. Journal of Ecology. 109(10). 3737–3747. 14 indexed citations

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Govers, Laura L., et al.. (2021). How grazing management can maximize erosion resistance of salt marshes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(7). 1533–1544. 15 indexed citations

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Leeuwen, Casper H. A. van, Ralph J. M. Temmink, Hui Jin, et al.. (2021). Enhancing ecological integrity while preserving ecosystem services: Constructing soft‐sediment islands in a shallow lake. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 24 indexed citations

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Bouma, Tjeerd J., et al.. (2020). Long-term changes in seagrass and benthos at Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, the premier intertidal system along the East Atlantic Flyway. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24. e01364–e01364. 12 indexed citations

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Jeugd, Henk P. van der, Thomas K. Lameris, Adriaan M. Dokter, et al.. (2020). Ontogenetic niche shifts as a driver of seasonal migration. Oecologia. 193(2). 285–297. 20 indexed citations

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Veldhuis, Michiel P., Mark E. Ritchie, Joseph O. Ogutu, et al.. (2019). Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Science. 363(6434). 1424–1428. 173 indexed citations

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Reijden, K.J. van der, Karline Soetaert, Bas W. Borsje, et al.. (2018). Video Transects Reveal That Tidal Sand Waves Affect the Spatial Distribution of Benthic Organisms and Sand Ripples. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(21). 39 indexed citations

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Dokter, Adriaan M., Willem Bouten, B.S. Ebbinge, et al.. (2018). Body stores persist as fitness correlate in a long-distance migrant released from food constraints. Behavioral Ecology. 29(5). 1157–1166. 12 indexed citations

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Dokter, Adriaan M., et al.. (2018). Agricultural pastures challenge the attractiveness of natural saltmarsh for a migratory goose. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(6). 2707–2718. 20 indexed citations

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Etienne, Rampal S., et al.. (2012). Can clade age alone explain the relationship between body size and diversity?. Interface Focus. 2(2). 170–179. 21 indexed citations

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Bakker, Elisabeth S., Han Olff, Charlotte Vandenberghe, et al.. (2004). Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light‐demanding tree species in wooded pastures. Journal of Applied Ecology. 41(3). 571–582. 133 indexed citations

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Olff, Han, V. K. Brown, & R.H. Drent. (1999). Herbivores : between plants and predators : the 38th symposium of the British Ecological Society in cooperation with the Netherlands Ecological Society held at the Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1997. 1 indexed citations

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