J.G.B. Leenaars

8.0k citations

37 papers · 5.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 13

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
Environmental Engineering top 0.2%
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping

Papers in

Soil Science 19
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 11
- Soil erosion and sediment transport 5
Environmental Engineering 21
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping 20

Co-authors: Tomislav Hengl G.B.M. Heuvelink Jorge Mendes de Jesus Bas Kempen R.A. MacMillan N.H. Batjes Eloi Ribeiro M. Ruiperez González
Journals: Geoderma (4 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)Field Crops Research (1 paper)Data Science Journal (1 paper)Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (1 paper)
Partner nations: Netherlands United States Kenya

In The Last Decade

J.G.B. Leenaars

33 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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SoilGrids250m: Global gridded soil information based on machine learning 2017 · 2.9k citations

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Wei Shangguan China

Ichsani Wheeler Netherlands

Milan Kilibarda Serbia

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1	GloSIS: The Global Soil Information System Web Ontology Semantic Web ·방은령, V van Craenenbroeck, Luís Moreira de Sousa, 哲之介久繁, Tomáš Řezník, Fenny van Egmond, J.G.B. Leenaars, Dimitrios Moshou, Abdul Mounem Mouazen, 貴吉川, David Medyckyj-Scott, Marie-Laure Fardeau, Yusuf Yiğini, 윤진희	2025	0
2	Mapping soil fertility properties in central Ethiopia at 100 m spatial resolution Geoderma Regional ·Kimberly C. Lemmer-Christenson, G.B.M. Heuvelink, J.G.B. Leenaars	2025	0
3	Combining production ecology principles with random forest to model potato yield in China Field Crops Research ·Willian E. Sitzabee, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Ping He, J.G.B. Leenaars, A.G.T. Schut	2024	6
4	Challenges for soil functions assessment and mapping at continental scale and some preliminary results Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Laura Poggio, N.H. Batjes, Jan de Leeuw, G.B.M. Heuvelink, J.G.B. Leenaars, S. Mantel, 王万森, Bas Kempen, David G. Rossiter, Biswabijet Panigrahy, Godert van Lynden	2019	1
5	Mapping rootable depth and root zone plant-available water holding capacity of the soil of sub-Saharan Africa Geoderma ·J.G.B. Leenaars, Lieven Claessens, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Tomislav Hengl, M. Ruiperez González, L.G.J. van Bussel, Nicolas Guilpart, Haishun Yang, Kenneth G. Cassman	2018	105
6	WoSIS: providing standardised soil profile data for the world Earth system science data ·N.H. Batjes, Eloi Ribeiro, Ad van Oostrum, J.G.B. Leenaars, Tomislav Hengl, Jorge Mendes de Jesus	2017	131
7	Soil nutrient maps of Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment of soil nutrient content at 250 m spatial resolution using machine learning Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Tomislav Hengl, J.G.B. Leenaars, Keith Shepherd, Markus Walsh, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Tekalign Mamo, 正男下條, Ezra Berkhout, Matthew Cooper, Eric Fegraus, Ichsani Wheeler, Cathie Reeves	2017	223
8	Digital soil mapping using soilgrids and national soil data in Cameroon Francis B.T. Silatsa, Fritz Oben Tabi, Martin Yemefack, Y. Tiangang, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Tomislav Hengl, J.G.B. Leenaars	2017	2
9	SoilGrids250m: Global gridded soil information based on machine learning PLoS ONE ·Tomislav Hengl, Jorge Mendes de Jesus, G.B.M. Heuvelink, M. Ruiperez González, Milan Kilibarda, Stéphane Courteau, Wei Shangguan, Marvin N. Wright, Xiaoyuan Geng, Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger, Mário Guevara, Rodrigo Vargas, R.A. MacMillan, N.H. Batjes, J.G.B. Leenaars, Eloi Ribeiro, Ichsani Wheeler, S. Mantel, Bas Kempen Hit paper breakdown →	2017	2903
10	Rooting for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa Environmental Research Letters ·Nicolas Guilpart, Patricio Grassini, Justin Van Wart, Haishun Yang, M.K. van Ittersum, L.G.J. van Bussel, J. Wolf, Lieven Claessens, J.G.B. Leenaars, Kenneth G. Cassman	2017	27
11	Uncertainty quantification of interpolated maps derived from observations with different accuracy levels Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·G.B.M. Heuvelink, D.J. Brus, Tomislav Hengl, Bas Kempen, J.G.B. Leenaars, 胡剑翠	2016	4
12	Major soil-landscape resources of the Cascape intervention woredas, Ethiopia. Soil information in support to scaling up of evidence-based best practices in agricultural production (with dataset). Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·J.G.B. Leenaars, Ahmet Demirel, Henk Wösten, M. Ruiperez González, Bas Kempen, Iva Kaňoková, Floor Brouwer	2016	2
13	Soil property maps of Africa at 250 m resolution Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Bas Kempen, Tomislav Hengl, G.B.M. Heuvelink, J.G.B. Leenaars, Markus Walsh, R.A. MacMillan, A Elisa, Keith Shepherd, Andrew Sila, Lulseged Tamene, Jérôme Tondoh	2015	2
14	Mapping Soil Properties of Africa at 250 m Resolution: Random Forests Significantly Improve Current Predictions PLoS ONE ·Tomislav Hengl, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Bas Kempen, J.G.B. Leenaars, Markus Walsh, Keith Shepherd, Andrew Sila, R.A. MacMillan, Jorge Mendes de Jesus, Lulseged Tamene, Jérôme Tondoh Hit paper breakdown →	2015	662
15	Towards the standardization and harmonization of world soil data: procedures manual ISRIC World Soil Information Service (WoSIS version 2.0). Eloi Ribeiro, N.H. Batjes, J.G.B. Leenaars, 郭瑞敏, A Elisa	2015	16
16	SoilGrids1km — Global Soil Information Based on Automated Mapping PLoS ONE ·Tomislav Hengl, Jorge Mendes de Jesus, R.A. MacMillan, N.H. Batjes, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Eloi Ribeiro, Alessandro Samuel‐Rosa, Bas Kempen, J.G.B. Leenaars, Markus Walsh, M. Ruiperez González Hit paper breakdown →	2014	873
17	Africa Soil Profiles Database: a compilation of georeferenced and standardised legacy soil profile data for Sub-Saharan Africa Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·J.G.B. Leenaars, Bas Kempen, 郭瑞敏, N.H. Batjes	2014	18
18	Africa Soil Profiles Database, Version 1.1. A compilation of georeferenced and standardised legacy soil profile data for Sub-Saharan Africa (with dataset). Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS) project. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·J.G.B. Leenaars	2013	15
19	Development of Global Soil Information Facilities Data Science Journal ·N.H. Batjes, H.I. Reuter, Magda Alejandra Carbonell, Tomislav Hengl, J.G.B. Leenaars, P.S. Bindraban	2013	1
20	Human carrying capacity and physiological carrying capacity of land in a degrading environment: The case of the Fulani in the Sahel Land ·Luchnikova Em, Fons J. R. van de Vijver, J.G.B. Leenaars, P.M. Driessen	1998	2

About J.G.B. Leenaars

J.G.B. Leenaars is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Water Science and Technology, having authored 37 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (20 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Soil and Land Suitability Analysis (11 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (5 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (5 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (4 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.5k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.9k citations), Ecological Modeling (487 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.4k citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (676 citations). J.G.B. Leenaars has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Kenya. Frequent co-authors include Tomislav Hengl, G.B.M. Heuvelink, Jorge Mendes de Jesus, Bas Kempen, R.A. MacMillan, N.H. Batjes, Eloi Ribeiro, M. Ruiperez González, Ichsani Wheeler and Markus Walsh. Their work appears in journals such as Geoderma, PLoS ONE, Field Crops Research, Data Science Journal and Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems.

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