Martijn Westhoff

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Martijn Westhoff is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Martijn Westhoff has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Water Science and Technology, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Martijn Westhoff's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (5 papers). Martijn Westhoff is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (5 papers). Martijn Westhoff collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Martijn Westhoff's co-authors include J. S. Selker, W. M. J. Luxemburg, Nick van de Giesen, M. B. Parlange, Hendrik Huwald, H. H. G. Savenije, Erwin Zehe, Luc Thévenaz, Josef Zeman and Martin Stejskal and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Martijn Westhoff

23 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Distributed fiber‐optic temperature sensing for hydrologic systems

2006 477 citations J. S. Selker, Hendrik Huwald et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martijn Westhoff Germany	14	699	660	399	302	233	24	1.4k
W. M. J. Luxemburg Netherlands	10	490 0.7×	551 0.8×	276 0.7×	230 0.8×	199 0.9×	18	1.1k
Christine Hatch United States	13	733 1.0×	884 1.3×	193 0.5×	301 1.0×	220 0.9×	27	1.4k
Hendrik Huwald Switzerland	22	475 0.7×	558 0.8×	503 1.3×	210 0.7×	124 0.5×	42	1.6k
Mark B. Hausner United States	15	289 0.4×	527 0.8×	275 0.7×	301 1.0×	230 1.0×	28	1.4k
Tiejun Wang China	26	860 1.2×	784 1.2×	894 2.2×	171 0.6×	420 1.8×	84	1.8k
Ben R. Hodges United States	21	444 0.6×	224 0.3×	383 1.0×	440 1.5×	124 0.5×	98	1.7k
Heng Dai China	18	385 0.6×	425 0.6×	329 0.8×	181 0.6×	117 0.5×	53	1.1k
Ranjan S. Muttiah United States	15	1.2k 1.8×	579 0.9×	686 1.7×	227 0.8×	63 0.3×	32	1.6k
Kevin A. Oberg United States	19	554 0.8×	164 0.2×	327 0.8×	1.0k 3.4×	266 1.1×	45	1.5k
Yinghua Zhang China	24	625 0.9×	650 1.0×	133 0.3×	171 0.6×	33 0.1×	70	1.9k

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Zehe, Erwin, Ralf Loritz, Conrad Jackisch, et al.. (2019). Energy states of soil water – a thermodynamic perspective on soil water dynamics and storage-controlled streamflow generation in different landscapes. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(2). 971–987. 12 indexed citations

Loritz, Ralf, Axel Kleidon, Conrad Jackisch, et al.. (2019). A topographic index explaining hydrological similarity by accounting for the joint controls of runoff formation. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(9). 3807–3821. 44 indexed citations

Westhoff, Martijn, Axel Kleidon, Stanislaus J. Schymanski, et al.. (2019). ESD Reviews: Thermodynamic optimality in Earth sciences. The missing constraints in modeling Earth system dynamics?. 3 indexed citations

Loritz, Ralf, Hoshin V. Gupta, Conrad Jackisch, et al.. (2018). On the dynamic nature of hydrological similarity. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(7). 3663–3684. 49 indexed citations

Zehe, Erwin, Ralf Loritz, Conrad Jackisch, et al.. (2018). Energy states of soil water – a thermodynamic perspective on storage dynamics and the underlying controls. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations

Loritz, Ralf, Hoshin V. Gupta, Conrad Jackisch, et al.. (2018). On the dynamic nature of hydrologicalsimilarity. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 2 indexed citations

Westhoff, Martijn, Sébastien Erpicum, Pierre Archambeau, Michel Pirotton, & Benjamin Dewals. (2017). Maximum energy dissipation to explain velocity fields in shallow reservoirs. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 56(2). 221–230. 5 indexed citations

Westhoff, Martijn, Erwin Zehe, Pierre Archambeau, & Benjamin Dewals. (2016). Does the Budyko curve reflect a maximum-power state of hydrological systems? A backward analysis. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(1). 479–486. 14 indexed citations

Westhoff, Martijn, Erwin Zehe, Pierre Archambeau, & Benjamin Dewals. (2015). Does the Budyko curve reflect a maximum power state of hydrological systems? A backward analysis. 1 indexed citations

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Zehe, Erwin, Uwe Ehret, Laurent Pfister, et al.. (2014). HESS Opinions: Functional units: a novel framework to explore the link between spatial organization and hydrological functioning of intermediate scale catchments. Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Zehe, Erwin, Uwe Ehret, Laurent Pfister, et al.. (2014). HESS Opinions: From response units to functional units: a thermodynamic reinterpretation of the HRU concept to link spatial organization and functioning of intermediate scale catchments. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(11). 4635–4655. 82 indexed citations

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Zehe, Erwin, Uwe Ehret, Theresa Blume, et al.. (2013). A thermodynamic approach to link self-organization, preferential flow and rainfall–runoff behaviour. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(11). 4297–4322. 51 indexed citations

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Westhoff, Martijn & Erwin Zehe. (2013). Maximum entropy production: can it be used to constrain conceptual hydrological models?. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(8). 3141–3157. 21 indexed citations

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Westhoff, Martijn, Erwin Zehe, & Stanislaus J. Schymanski. (2013). Importance of temporal variability for hydrological predictions based on the maximum entropy production principle. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(1). 67–73. 19 indexed citations

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Zehe, Erwin, Theresa Blume, Axel Kleidon, et al.. (2012). Connected flow paths as first order control on critical zone water flows: coincidence or self-organized optimality?. 1 indexed citations

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Westhoff, Martijn, et al.. (2011). Direct observations of surface water-groundwater interaction using electrical resistivity tomography. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège).

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Westhoff, Martijn, Thom Bogaard, & H. H. G. Savenije. (2011). Quantifying spatial and temporal discharge dynamics of an event in a first order stream, using distributed temperature sensing. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(6). 1945–1957. 18 indexed citations

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Westhoff, Martijn, Thom Bogaard, & H. H. G. Savenije. (2010). Quantifying the effect of in-stream rock clasts on the retardation of heat along a stream. Advances in Water Resources. 33(11). 1417–1425. 25 indexed citations

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Roth, Travis R., Martijn Westhoff, Hendrik Huwald, et al.. (2010). Stream Temperature Response to Three Riparian Vegetation Scenarios by Use of a Distributed Temperature Validated Model. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(6). 2072–2078. 66 indexed citations

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Westhoff, Martijn, H. H. G. Savenije, W. M. J. Luxemburg, et al.. (2007). A distributed stream temperature model using high resolution temperature observations. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 11(4). 1469–1480. 181 indexed citations

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