Lex Bouwman

44.0k citations

230 papers · 28.1k indexed · 20 hit papers · h-index 82

Impact in

Environmental Chemistry top 0.01%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Soil Science top 0.05%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Papers in

Environmental Chemistry 102
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 98
Geochemistry and Petrology 32
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry 28

Co-authors: Arthur Beusen Elke Stehfest Detlef P. van Vuuren K.W. van der Hoek John A. Harrison N.H. Batjes L.J.M. Boumans Sybil P. Seitzinger
Journals: Global Biogeochemical Cycles (28 papers)Global Environmental Change (7 papers)Environmental Research Letters (7 papers)Environmental Pollution (5 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (5 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands China United States

In The Last Decade

Lex Bouwman

230 papers receiving 26.9k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes 2023 · 194 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2023 Nature
2022 Nature
2016 Biogeosciences
2016 Global Environmental Change
2013 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
2012 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 Global Environmental Change
2010 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2009 Climatic Change
2009 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2006 Ecological Applications
2006 Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
2005 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2002 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2002 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
1997 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
1996 Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
1990 Soils and the greenhouse effect.

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Lex Bouwman, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries Nature ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jonathan Doelman, Isabela Schmidt Tagomori, Arthur Beusen, Sarah Cornell, Johan Rockström, Aafke M. Schipper, Elke Stehfest, Geanderson Ambrósio, Maarten van den Berg, Lex Bouwman, Vassilis Daioglou, Mathijs Harmsen, Paul Lucas, Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst, Willem-Jan van Zeist	2025	9
2	Phosphorus depletion is exacerbated by increasing nitrogen loading in the Bohai sea Environmental Pollution ·Feisheng Wei, Jun Liu, Junjie Wang, Zhaoliang Song, Lex Bouwman, Xiangbin Ran	2024	9
3	Significant impacts of artificial regulation on nutrient concentrations and transport in Huanghe River Journal of Oceanology and Limnology ·Fuxia Yang, Zhigang Yu, Lex Bouwman, Hongtao Chen, Mengfan Wu, Jing Liu, Dandan Li, Qingzhen Yao, C. Th. Dimaras, Xinyu Li, Kwo-Cheng Kao	2024	5
4	Impact of lifestyle, human diet and nutrient use efficiency in food production on eutrophication of global aquifers and surface waters Global Environmental Change ·Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Henk Westhoek	2024	7
5	Nitrogen from agriculture and temperature as the major drivers of deoxygenation in the central Bohai Sea The Science of The Total Environment ·Fuxia Yang, Netherlands Wilkinson, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Xiaochen Liu, Junjie Wang, Zhigang Yu, Qingzhen Yao	2023	9
6	The impact of phosphorus on projected Sub-Saharan Africa food security futures Nature Communications ·Daniel Magnone, Vahid Niasar, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee, Sheida Z. Sattari	2022	26
7	More efficient phosphorus use can avoid cropland expansion Nature Food ·José M. Mogollón, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Luis Lassaletta, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Henk Westhoek	2021	66
8	Phosphorus for Sustainable Development Goal target of doubling smallholder productivity Nature Sustainability ·Christoph Langhans, Arthur Beusen, José M. Mogollón, Lex Bouwman	2021	99
9	Spatially Explicit Inventory of Sources of Nitrogen Inputs to the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea for the Period 1970–2010 Earth s Future ·Junjie Wang, Arthur Beusen, Xiaochen Liu, Rita Van Dingenen, Frank Dentener, Qingzhen Yao, Bochao Xu, Xiangbin Ran, Zhigang Yu, Lex Bouwman	2020	55
10	Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm Global Environmental Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elke Stehfest, David Gernaat, Jonathan Doelman, Maarten van den Berg, Mathijs Harmsen, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Lex Bouwman, Vassilis Daioglou, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Bastien Girod, Tom Kram, Luis Lassaletta, Paul Lucas, Hans van Meijl, Christoph Müller, Bas van Ruijven, Sietske van der Sluis, Andrzej Tabeau Hit paper breakdown →	2016	613
11	Global riverine N and P transport to ocean increased during the 20th century despite increased retention along the aquatic continuum Biogeosciences ·Arthur Beusen, Lex Bouwman, Rens van Beek, José M. Mogollón, Jack J. Middelburg Hit paper breakdown →	2016	370
12	Coupling global models for hydrology and nutrient loading to simulate nitrogen and phosphorus retention in surface water – description of IMAGE–GNM and analysis of performance Geoscientific model development ·Arthur Beusen, Rens van Beek, Lex Bouwman, José M. Mogollón, Jack J. Middelburg	2015	145
13	A framework for global river flood risk assessments Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Hessel Winsemius, Rens van Beek, Brenden Jongman, Philip J. Ward, Lex Bouwman	2013	341
14	Residual soil phosphorus as the missing piece in the global phosphorus crisis puzzle Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sheida Z. Sattari, Lex Bouwman, K.E. Giller, M.K. van Ittersum Hit paper breakdown →	2012	513
15	Global river nutrient export: scenario analysis of past and future trends (Invited) AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Sybil P. Seitzinger, Emilio Mayorga, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Gabriella Amanta Chrisya, Carolien Kroeze, Egon Dumont	2010	1
16	The European Nitrogen Case AMBIO ·Salom Parets, N. E. Osselton, Lex Bouwman	2002	69
17	The European Nitrogen Case AMBIO ·Salom Parets, N. E. Osselton, Lex Bouwman	2002	65
18	Determination of dioxin- and estrogen-like activity in sediment extracts using in vitro CALUX assays. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Juliette Legler, Lex Bouwman, Albertinka J. Murk, A. Brouwer	1996	8
19	Soil and land use related sources and sinks of methane (CH4) in the context of the global methane budget. H. Schütz, W. Seiler, Heinz Rennenberg, Lex Bouwman	1990	71
20	Soils and the greenhouse effect : the present status and future trends concerning the effect of soils and their cover on the fluxes of greenhouse gasses, the surface energy balance, and the water balance Wiley eBooks ·Lex Bouwman, Katrina ORTIZ	1990	7

About Lex Bouwman

Lex Bouwman is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Soil Science and Oceanography, having authored 230 papers that have together received 28.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (98 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (37 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (34 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (31 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (28 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (24 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Chemistry (10.0k citations), Soil Science (6.6k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (2.3k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (3.3k citations) and Water Science and Technology (4.5k citations). Lex Bouwman has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Arthur Beusen, Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren, K.W. van der Hoek, John A. Harrison, N.H. Batjes, L.J.M. Boumans, Sybil P. Seitzinger, G. Van Drecht and J. G. J. Olivier. Their work appears in journals such as Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Pollution and The Science of The Total Environment.

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