Javier Tomasella

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
113 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Javier Tomasella is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Javier Tomasella has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 63 papers in Water Science and Technology and 27 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Javier Tomasella's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (31 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers). Javier Tomasella is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (31 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (21 papers). Javier Tomasella collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Netherlands. Javier Tomasella's co-authors include M. G. Hodnett, José A. Marengo, Daniel Andrés Rodríguez, Lincoln Muniz Alves, Luz Adriana Cuartas, Carlos A. Nobre, Wagner R. Soares, M. J. Waterloo, Antônio Donato Nobre and Marcos Daisuke Oyama and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Javier Tomasella

105 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

The drought of 2010 in the context of historical droughts in the Amazon region

2011 547 citations José A. Marengo, Javier Tomasella et al. profile →
The Drought of Amazonia in 2005

2008 545 citations José A. Marengo, Carlos A. Nobre et al. profile →
Extreme Drought Events over Brazil from 2011 to 2019

2019 271 citations Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha, Marcelo Zeri et al. Atmosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Javier Tomasella Brazil	39	3.5k	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	113	6.0k
T. Meixner United States	40	2.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	911 0.9×	139	5.9k
Thomas G. Huntington United States	37	3.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	712 0.7×	1.8k 1.7×	80	6.6k
Wei Shangguan China	25	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	2.3k 2.2×	1.5k 1.4×	69	6.3k
Ying Fan United States	32	3.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.4×	684 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.2×	67	5.8k
Antônio Donato Nobre Brazil	34	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	615 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	67	5.2k
Xiaoming Feng China	40	5.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.2×	2.7k 2.1×	920 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	116	8.0k
Alan L. Flint United States	41	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	132	6.5k
Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha Brazil	38	4.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	690 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	109	5.8k
C. Tague United States	45	4.4k 1.2×	3.5k 1.7×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	2.3k 2.1×	156	7.7k
Douglas A. Burns United States	49	1.6k 0.5×	3.7k 1.8×	1.8k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	134	7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Javier Tomasella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Javier Tomasella

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Martins, Minella Alves, et al.. (2025). Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into the nexus approach. Journal of Water and Climate Change. 16(2). 289–306.

Mantovani, José Roberto Sanches, Enner Alcântara, Cheila Flávia de Praga Baião, et al.. (2025). Unprecedented flooding in Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region (Southern Brazil) in May 2024: Causes, risks, and impacts. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 160. 105533–105533. 5 indexed citations

Vaz, Carlos Manoel Pedro, Ladislau Martin‐Neto, Javier Tomasella, et al.. (2025). Predicting bulk density in Brazilian soils for carbon stocks calculation: a comparative study of multiple linear regression and Random Forest models using continuous and categorical variables. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 2(1).

Alcântara, Enner, José A. Marengo, Luciana R. Londe, et al.. (2024). Flood Risk Mapping during the Extreme February 2021 Flood in the Juruá River, Western Brazilian Amazonia, State of Acre. Sustainability. 16(7). 2999–2999. 3 indexed citations

Martins, Minella Alves, David Collste, Marcela Miranda, et al.. (2024). Long-term sustainability of the water-agriculture-energy nexus in Brazil’s MATOPIBA region: A case study using system dynamics. AMBIO. 53(12). 1722–1736. 3 indexed citations

Emilio, Thaíse, et al.. (2024). Soil water regime and nutrient availability modulate fine root distribution and biomass allocation in amazon forests with shallow water tables. Plant and Soil. 510(1-2). 1013–1028.

Alvarenga, Lívia Alves, et al.. (2024). Uncertainty analysis on long-term runoff projection from the Budyko framework and a conceptual hydrological model. Journal of Water and Climate Change. 15(8). 3850–3866. 2 indexed citations

Martins, Minella Alves, et al.. (2023). Inter-basin water transfers under changing climate and land use: Assessing water security and hydropower in the Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 133. 104707–104707. 4 indexed citations

Monteiro, Antônio Miguel Vieira, et al.. (2023). Spatial Inequalities in Access to Safe Drinking Water in an Upper-Middle-Income Country: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Brazil. Water. 15(8). 1620–1620. 5 indexed citations

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Coelho, Victor, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation and its characteristics under tropical atmospheric systems of Brazil: Insights from a large sub‐hourly database. Hydrological Processes. 37(11). 5 indexed citations

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Negrón‐Juárez, Robinson, et al.. (2023). Estudo do Comportamento do Fluxo de Água em Zona Saturada - Reserva Biológica do Cuieiras, Amazônia Central. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física. 16(4). 2287–2302. 1 indexed citations

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Martins, Minella Alves, et al.. (2022). On the sustainability of paddy rice cultivation in the Paraíba do Sul river basin (Brazil) under a changing climate. Journal of Cleaner Production. 386. 135760–135760. 5 indexed citations

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Alvarenga, Lívia Alves, et al.. (2021). Impactos das Mudanças Climáticas em uma Bacia Hidrográfica no Sul do Estado de Minas Gerais. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 36(4). 667–681. 7 indexed citations

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Alvarenga, Lívia Alves, et al.. (2021). Sensitivity and Performance Analyses of the Distributed Hydrology–Soil–Vegetation Model Using Geomorphons for Landform Mapping. Water. 13(15). 2032–2032. 8 indexed citations

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Gesualdo, Gabriela Chiquito, Carlos de Oliveira Galvão, Eduardo Sávio Passos Rodrigues Martins, et al.. (2021). Unveiling water security in Brazil: current challenges and future perspectives. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 66(5). 759–768. 19 indexed citations

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Alvarenga, Lívia Alves, et al.. (2020). Avaliação de projeções climáticas para uma bacia experimental, localizada na região sul de Minas Gerais. Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciências Ambientais. 11(6). 234–250. 2 indexed citations

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Martins, Minella Alves, et al.. (2019). Maize yield under a changing climate in the Brazilian Northeast: Impacts and adaptation. Agricultural Water Management. 216. 339–350. 46 indexed citations

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Cunha, Ana Paula Martins do Amaral, Marcelo Zeri, Karinne Reis Deusdará Leal, et al.. (2019). Extreme Drought Events over Brazil from 2011 to 2019. Atmosphere. 10(11). 642–642. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tomasella, Javier, et al.. (2017). Secondary Forest as a counterbalance on the deforestation effects: its role on evapotranspiration and water use efficiency. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 10724. 2 indexed citations

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Rodríguez, Daniel Andrés & Javier Tomasella. (2012). Simulation of the impacts land use and land cover changes - LUCC on the hydrological response of the Ji-Parana Basin with MGB-INPE model. Biblioteca Digital da Memória Científica do INPE (National Institute for Space Research). 8264. 1 indexed citations

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