Herman Bouwer

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Herman Bouwer is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Herman Bouwer has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Environmental Engineering, 31 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 14 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Herman Bouwer's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (30 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers). Herman Bouwer is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (30 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers). Herman Bouwer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Nicaragua and Ukraine. Herman Bouwer's co-authors include R. C. Rice, F. D. Whisler, Robert C. Rice, Thomas Maddock, James M. Oliver, Steven D. Zaugg, Larry B. Barber, Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong and Michael T. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Water Research and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Herman Bouwer

75 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

A slug test for determining hydraulic conductivity of unc... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 2002 250 500 750
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.

  1. A slug test for determining hydraulic conductivity of unconfined aquifers with completely or partially penetrating wells
    1976 771 citations Herman Bouwer, R. C. Rice profile →
  2. Artificial recharge of groundwater: hydrogeology and engineering
    2002 761 citations Herman Bouwer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Herman Bouwer United States 27 2.3k 1.2k 1.1k 726 612 77 3.9k
Jagath J. Kaluarachchi United States 31 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 628 0.6× 591 0.8× 676 1.1× 114 3.3k
David Russo Israel 38 3.2k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 2.8k 2.5× 468 0.6× 208 0.3× 125 4.5k
W. D. Graham United States 33 1.8k 0.8× 784 0.6× 661 0.6× 577 0.8× 501 0.8× 108 3.3k
Philip John Binning Denmark 38 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 604 0.5× 696 1.0× 346 0.6× 121 4.1k
Claire Welty United States 26 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 699 0.6× 681 0.9× 355 0.6× 68 3.8k
Eshel Bresler Israel 34 2.3k 1.0× 603 0.5× 2.6k 2.3× 256 0.4× 211 0.3× 78 4.0k
Piotr Małoszewski Germany 37 3.2k 1.4× 1.8k 1.5× 758 0.7× 2.5k 3.5× 198 0.3× 96 4.8k
Wolfgang Durner Germany 38 3.1k 1.3× 935 0.8× 3.3k 2.9× 351 0.5× 327 0.5× 129 5.1k
G. Vachaud France 29 2.2k 0.9× 812 0.7× 1.9k 1.7× 153 0.2× 194 0.3× 87 3.7k
Adrian P. Butler United Kingdom 30 1.1k 0.5× 749 0.6× 361 0.3× 447 0.6× 455 0.7× 103 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Herman Bouwer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herman Bouwer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bouwer, Herman. (2003). About Herman Bouwer. Ground Water. 41(5). 709–713. 1 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (2000). Groundwater Problems Caused by Irrigation with Sewage Effluent. Journal of environmental health. 63(3). 17. 27 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1994). Irrigation and global water outlook. Agricultural Water Management. 25(3). 221–231. 23 indexed citations
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Albertson, Maurice L. & Herman Bouwer. (1992). Future of irrigation in balanced third world development. Agricultural Water Management. 21(1-2). 33–44. 5 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1990). Effect of Water Depth and Groundwater Table on Infiltration from Recharge Basins. Irrigation and Drainage. 377–384. 3 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1989). Agriculture and Groundwater Quality. Civil engineering. 59(7). 60–63. 28 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1987). Foreword. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 113(1). 2–3. 1 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Edward J., Perry L. McCarty, Herman Bouwer, & Robert C. Rice. (1984). Organic contaminant behavior during rapid infiltration of secondary wastewater at the phoenix 23rd avenue project. Water Research. 18(4). 463–472. 29 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman, et al.. (1978). The Place of Land Treatment of Wastewater in Today's Society. Civil engineering. 48(1). 78–81. 1 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1976). Infiltration Into Increasingly Permeable Soils. Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division. 102(1). 127–136. 20 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1974). Renovating Municipal Wastewater by High‐Rate Infiltration for Ground‐Water Recharge. American Water Works Association. 66(3). 159–162. 3 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman, J. C. Lance, & R. C. Rice. (1971). Renovating Sewage Effluent by Ground-Water Recharge. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153068–e0153068. 2 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1969). Infiltration of Water into Nonuniform Soil. Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division. 95(4). 451–462. 108 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman & R. C. Rice. (1968). Salt Penetration Technique for Seepage Measurement. Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division. 94(4). 481–492. 3 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman & R. C. Rice. (1967). Modified Tube Diameters for the Double‐Tube Apparatus. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 31(3). 437–439. 2 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1965). Limitation of the Dupuit-Forchheimer Assumption in Recharge and Seepage. Transactions of the ASAE. 8(4). 512–515. 10 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1964). Measuring Horizontal and Vertical Hydraulic Conductivity of Soil With the Double‐Tube Method. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 28(1). 19–23. 8 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman, L.E. Myers, & R. C. Rice. (1962). Effect of Velocity on Seepage and Its Measurement. Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division. 88(3). 1–14. 1 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman. (1959). Theoretical Aspects of Flow Above the Water Table in Tile Drainage of Shallow Homogeneous Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 23(4). 260–263. 6 indexed citations
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Bouwer, Herman, et al.. (1959). A Unifying Numerical Solution for Two‐Dimensional Steady Flow Problems in Porous Media With an Electrical Resistance Network. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 23(2). 91–96. 9 indexed citations

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