Isabelle Cousin

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Isabelle Cousin is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabelle Cousin has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 24 papers in Environmental Engineering and 21 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Isabelle Cousin's work include Soil and Unsaturated Flow (42 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (16 papers) and Geophysical Methods and Applications (13 papers). Isabelle Cousin is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Unsaturated Flow (42 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (16 papers) and Geophysical Methods and Applications (13 papers). Isabelle Cousin collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and Germany. Isabelle Cousin's co-authors include Ary Bruand, Guy Richard, Anatja Samouëlian, Alain Tabbagh, Bernard B. Nicoullaud, Jérôme Guerif, Anne Besson, Olivier Thérond, Sophie Cornu and Hubert Boizard and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Soil Science Society of America Journal and Plant and Soil.

In The Last Decade

Isabelle Cousin

65 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Electrical resistivity survey in soil science: a review 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 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. Electrical resistivity survey in soil science: a review
    2005 824 citations Anatja Samouëlian, Isabelle Cousin et al. Soil and Tillage Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Isabelle Cousin France 27 1.2k 957 942 905 825 67 2.9k
R. G. Kachanoski Canada 32 1.5k 1.2× 469 0.5× 1.9k 2.1× 656 0.7× 1.7k 2.0× 106 3.8k
John Koestel Sweden 31 1.7k 1.5× 300 0.3× 1.3k 1.4× 290 0.3× 1.2k 1.5× 66 3.2k
Bernard B. Nicoullaud France 22 483 0.4× 328 0.3× 586 0.6× 286 0.3× 873 1.1× 37 2.3k
James A. Doolittle United States 23 299 0.3× 574 0.6× 983 1.0× 817 0.9× 220 0.3× 65 1.9k
Henry Lin United States 35 1.1k 1.0× 203 0.2× 1.7k 1.8× 325 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 79 3.6k
S. D. Logsdon United States 34 1.6k 1.3× 143 0.1× 1.4k 1.5× 215 0.2× 1.5k 1.9× 109 3.4k
D. King France 17 247 0.2× 361 0.4× 634 0.7× 299 0.3× 635 0.8× 28 1.5k
Ute Wollschläger Germany 20 394 0.3× 151 0.2× 868 0.9× 229 0.3× 1.3k 1.5× 43 2.5k
Toshiko Komatsu Japan 31 1.7k 1.5× 142 0.1× 1.4k 1.4× 126 0.1× 640 0.8× 113 3.0k
Kosuke Noborio Japan 21 776 0.7× 147 0.2× 748 0.8× 295 0.3× 227 0.3× 65 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Isabelle Cousin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabelle Cousin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Isabelle Cousin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Isabelle Cousin 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 Isabelle Cousin. Isabelle Cousin 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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Grossel, Agnès, et al.. (2024). What is the most relevant soil structure parameter to describe field-measured N2O emissions?. Geoderma. 453. 117155–117155. 1 indexed citations
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Cousin, Isabelle, et al.. (2023). Relationships between soil ecosystem services in temperate annual field crops: A systematic review. The Science of The Total Environment. 902. 165930–165930. 8 indexed citations
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Villerd, Jean, et al.. (2020). Using a multivariate regression tree to analyze trade-offs between ecosystem services: Application to the main cropping area in France. The Science of The Total Environment. 764. 142815–142815. 42 indexed citations
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Rabot, Éva, Marine Lacoste, Catherine Hénault, & Isabelle Cousin. (2015). Using X‐ray Computed Tomography to Describe the Dynamics of Nitrous Oxide Emissions during Soil Drying. Vadose Zone Journal. 14(8). 1–10. 30 indexed citations
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Korboulewsky, Nathalie, et al.. (2010). Water transfer between rock fragments and fine earth in remoulded soils. EGUGA. 6012. 1 indexed citations
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Korboulewsky, Nathalie, et al.. (2010). Contribution of rock fragments to soil fertility. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5. 6558–1056989. 1 indexed citations
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Korboulewsky, Nathalie, et al.. (2010). Do rock fragments participate to plant water and mineral nutrition. EGUGA. 6537. 3 indexed citations
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Besson, Anne, Isabelle Cousin, Hocine Bourennane, et al.. (2010). The spatial and temporal organization of soil water at the field scale as described by electrical resistivity measurements. European Journal of Soil Science. 61(1). 120–132. 57 indexed citations
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Samouëlian, Anatja, et al.. (2009). Lessivage as a major pedogenetic process: an experimental approach. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6743. 2 indexed citations
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Cousin, Isabelle, et al.. (2009). Three-dimensional structure of a highly heterogeneous soil horizon derived by Electrical Resistivity Tomography. ArchéoSciences. 33 (suppl.). 279–281. 3 indexed citations
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Cousin, Isabelle, et al.. (2009). Characterisation of the structural heterogeneity of the soil layer by using in situ 2D and 3D electrical resistivity measurements. ArchéoSciences. 33 (suppl.). 349–351. 1 indexed citations
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Cousin, Isabelle, et al.. (2009). From spatial-continuous electrical resistivity measurements to the soil hydraulic functioning at the field scale. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 341(10-11). 859–867. 22 indexed citations
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Reatto, Adriana, Ary Bruand, Régis Guégan, et al.. (2009). Shrinkage of microaggregates in Brazilian Latosols during drying: significance of the clay content, mineralogy and hydric stress history. European Journal of Soil Science. 60(6). 1106–1116. 16 indexed citations
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Cousin, Isabelle, et al.. (2009). Characterisation of the structural heterogeneity of the soil tilled layer by using in situ 2D and 3D electrical resistivity measurements. Soil and Tillage Research. 103(2). 387–398. 34 indexed citations
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Bruand, Ary, et al.. (2007). Variation of the water-retention properties of soils: Validity of class-pedotransfer functions. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 339(9). 632–639. 28 indexed citations
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Vogel, Hans J., Isabelle Cousin, Olaf Ippisch, & Peter Bastian. (2006). The dominant role of structure for solute transport in soil: experimental evidence and modelling of structure and transport in a field experiment. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 10(4). 495–506. 73 indexed citations
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Issa, Oumarou Malam, Isabelle Cousin, Yves Le Bissonnais, & Philippe Quétin. (2004). Dynamic evolution of the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of a developing crust. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 29(9). 1131–1142. 17 indexed citations
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Bruand, Ary & Isabelle Cousin. (1995). Variation of textural porosity of a clay‐loam soil during compaction. European Journal of Soil Science. 46(3). 377–385. 60 indexed citations

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