Jan Diels

6.3k total citations
172 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Jan Diels is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Diels has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Soil Science, 47 papers in Plant Science and 43 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jan Diels's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (31 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (29 papers). Jan Diels is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (36 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (31 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (29 papers). Jan Diels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Nigeria and Germany. Jan Diels's co-authors include Roel Merckx, Bernard Vanlauwe, N. Sanginga, Jan Feyen, Gérard Govers, An Van den Putte, Marnik Vanclooster, Jan Vanderborght, Erik Smolders and Harry Vereecken and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jan Diels

160 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jan Diels 1.7k 1.2k 953 831 711 172 4.3k
Sandeep Kumar 2.5k 1.5× 808 0.7× 650 0.7× 779 0.9× 584 0.8× 155 4.2k
David E. Clay 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 856 0.9× 898 1.1× 427 0.6× 202 4.5k
Zhu Ouyang 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 568 0.6× 464 0.6× 379 0.5× 150 3.8k
Kelin Hu 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 702 0.7× 349 0.4× 424 0.6× 121 3.2k
Kristofor R. Brye 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 400 0.4× 532 0.6× 522 0.7× 246 3.9k
Tyson E. Ochsner 1.7k 1.0× 843 0.7× 1.6k 1.7× 766 0.9× 1.4k 2.0× 124 5.1k
Thomas J. Sauer 1.8k 1.1× 935 0.8× 743 0.8× 565 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 125 4.4k
Rattan Lal 3.0k 1.8× 887 0.8× 481 0.5× 802 1.0× 427 0.6× 107 4.8k
Francesco Morari 1.8k 1.0× 756 0.7× 739 0.8× 318 0.4× 844 1.2× 146 3.8k
David R. Huggins 2.4k 1.4× 1.8k 1.5× 600 0.6× 1.2k 1.5× 356 0.5× 131 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Diels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Diels

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All Works

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Panagea, Ioanna, et al.. (2025). A Database Schema for Standardized Data and Metadata Collection in Agricultural Experiments. Land. 14(9). 1816–1816.
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Baesens, Bart, et al.. (2024). Harnessing the power of transformers and data fusion in smart irrigation. Applied Soft Computing. 152. 111246–111246. 10 indexed citations
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Diels, Jan, et al.. (2023). Assessment of fertilization strategies and policy measures for vegetables by simulation of a long-term cauliflower leek rotation. European Journal of Agronomy. 149. 126902–126902. 1 indexed citations
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Diels, Jan, et al.. (2023). Maximising runoff retention by vegetated landscape elements positioned through spatial optimisation. Landscape and Urban Planning. 243. 104968–104968. 3 indexed citations
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Diels, Jan, et al.. (2023). Temporal covariance of spatial soil moisture variations: A mechanistic error modeling approach. Vadose Zone Journal. 23(3). 2 indexed citations
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Diels, Jan, et al.. (2023). The impact of vegetated landscape elements on runoff in a small agricultural watershed: A modelling study. Journal of Hydrology. 617. 129144–129144. 8 indexed citations
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Diels, Jan, et al.. (2021). A Workflow to Extract the Geometry and Type of Vegetated Landscape Elements from Airborne LiDAR Point Clouds. Remote Sensing. 13(20). 4031–4031. 3 indexed citations
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Langhans, Christoph, Jan Diels, Wim Clymans, An Van den Putte, & Gérard Govers. (2019). Scale effects of runoff generation under reduced and conventional tillage. CATENA. 176. 1–13. 22 indexed citations
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Orshoven, Jos Van, et al.. (2017). Extraction and connection of artificial drainage networks in agricultural areas using LiDAR data. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Diels, Jan, et al.. (2015). Simulación de la producción de quinua en el altiplano boliviano con el modelo de Aquacrop con escenarios futuros generados por LARS-WG y QPM. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Janssens, Pieter, et al.. (2014). Numerical calculation of soil water potential in an irrigated ‘conference’ pear orchard. Agricultural Water Management. 148. 113–122. 11 indexed citations
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Tits, Mia, et al.. (2013). ArcNEMO, a new spatially distributed nutrient emission model to quantify N and P losses from agriculture to surface waters. Lirias (KU Leuven). 3 indexed citations
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Loon, Jelle Van, et al.. (2011). Developing and testing a model for open field horticultural crops to enable use of a ‘just-in-time’ fertilization management. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 4 indexed citations
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Ogunwole, J. O., et al.. (2010). EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS ON SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES IN A WEST AFRICA SAVANNA AGROECOSYSTEM. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11 indexed citations
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Nwoke, O.C., J. A. Okogun, N. Sanginga, et al.. (2009). Phosphate rock utilization by soybean genotypes on a low-P savanna soil and the status of soil P fractions after a subsequent maize crop. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 8(15). 3479–3488. 5 indexed citations
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Gobin, Anne, Jos Van Orshoven, J. Keulemans, et al.. (2008). Adaptatiemogelijkheden van de Vlaamse landbouw aan de klimaatverandering. 57(2). 278–287. 1 indexed citations
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Nwoke, O.C., Jan Diels, Robert Clement Abaidoo, & N. Sanginga. (2005). Low phosphorus availability in West African moist savanna soils: effect of sparing soluble P sources on the growth of soybean, cowpea and maize. 7. 1157–1161. 4 indexed citations
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Bossuyt, Beatrijs, Jan Diels, & Jozef Deckers. (2000). Changes following cultivation and reforestation of loess soils in Central Belgium: consequences for future land use. Land. 3(3). 151–166. 13 indexed citations

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