Philippe De Smedt

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Philippe De Smedt is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geophysics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe De Smedt has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Environmental Engineering, 33 papers in Geophysics and 30 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Philippe De Smedt's work include Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (33 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (30 papers) and Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (22 papers). Philippe De Smedt is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (33 papers), Geophysical Methods and Applications (30 papers) and Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (22 papers). Philippe De Smedt collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Philippe De Smedt's co-authors include Marc Van Meirvenne, Jeroen De Reu, Timothy Saey, Machteld Bats, Peter Finke, Wim De Clercq, Ellen Van De Vijver, Jacques Verniers, Philippe Crombé and Marc Antrop and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Philippe De Smedt

82 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Application of the topographic position index to heterogeneous landscapes

2012 497 citations Jeroen De Reu, Jean Bourgeois et al. profile →
Towards a three-dimensional cost-effective registration of the archaeological heritage

2012 295 citations Jeroen De Reu, Philippe De Smedt et al. Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philippe De Smedt Belgium	23	711	484	471	469	442	88	2.2k
Jeroen De Reu Belgium	16	450 0.6×	564 1.2×	110 0.2×	83 0.2×	448 1.0×	33	1.5k
David Hodgetts United Kingdom	25	383 0.5×	607 1.3×	145 0.3×	400 0.9×	92 0.2×	62	1.7k
Massimiliano Favalli Italy	36	595 0.8×	538 1.1×	113 0.2×	1.4k 2.9×	126 0.3×	101	3.2k
Geert Verhoeven Austria	24	1.0k 1.4×	1.5k 3.2×	194 0.4×	61 0.1×	1.2k 2.6×	104	2.5k
Machteld Bats Belgium	12	344 0.5×	317 0.7×	71 0.2×	50 0.1×	257 0.6×	42	1.2k
Matthew Westoby United Kingdom	22	1.8k 2.5×	1.8k 3.6×	168 0.4×	181 0.4×	284 0.6×	44	4.2k
Marc‐Henri Derron Switzerland	24	786 1.1×	762 1.6×	112 0.2×	187 0.4×	86 0.2×	110	2.8k
Gabriele Bitelli Italy	22	734 1.0×	698 1.4×	168 0.4×	44 0.1×	234 0.5×	142	2.3k
Brian J. Moorman Canada	22	496 0.7×	328 0.7×	311 0.7×	156 0.3×	71 0.2×	58	1.9k
Jamie K. Pringle United Kingdom	25	176 0.2×	227 0.5×	831 1.8×	585 1.2×	263 0.6×	101	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Philippe De Smedt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe De Smedt

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Blanchy, Guillaume, David Caterina, Jonathan Chambers, et al.. (2025). Advances in agrogeophysics: geophysical monitoring of the fresh–saline water interface in an agricultural field in the Belgian polders. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 357(G1). 47–60. 1 indexed citations

Welham, Kate, et al.. (2024). Geophysical approaches to the archaeological prospection of early modern battlefield landscapes: a review of methods and objectives. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 19(1). 6–41.

Opitz, Rachel, Philippe De Smedt, Stefano Campana, et al.. (2023). Remote Sensing Data to Support Integrated Decision Making in Cultural and Natural Heritage Management. Impasses and opportunities for collaboration in agricultural areas. Internet Archaeology.

Smedt, Philippe De, Paul Garwood, Henry Chapman, et al.. (2022). Novel insights into prehistoric land use at Stonehenge by combining electromagnetic and invasive methods with a semi-automated interpretation scheme. Journal of Archaeological Science. 143. 105557–105557. 6 indexed citations

Coster, Ilse De, Isabel Leroux‐Roels, Ananda S Bandyopadhyay, et al.. (2020). Safety and immunogenicity of two novel type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine candidates compared with a monovalent type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine in healthy adults: two clinical trials. The Lancet. 397(10268). 39–50. 58 indexed citations

Smedt, Philippe De, et al.. (2020). Combining resistivity and frequency domain electromagnetic methods to investigate submarine groundwater discharge in the littoral zone. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 24(7). 3539–3555. 27 indexed citations

Vijver, Ellen Van De, et al.. (2019). Representative sampling of landfills: a robust procedure for selecting trench locations based on electromagnetic induction survey data. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Bos, Johanna A.A., Philippe De Smedt, Wim Z. Hoek, et al.. (2017). Weichselian Lateglacial environmental and vegetation development in the Moervaart palaeolake area (NW Belgium); implications for former human occupation patterns. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 248. 1–14. 20 indexed citations

Smedt, Philippe De, Timothy Saey, Birger Stichelbaut, et al.. (2012). Exploring the potential of multi-receiver EMI survey for geoarchaeological prospection: A 90 ha dataset. Geoderma. 199. 30–36. 47 indexed citations

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Reu, Jeroen De, Philippe Crombé, Machteld Bats, et al.. (2011). Les tombelles de l'âge du bronze en Flandre sablonneuse (nord-ouest de la Belgique) : un status quaestionis. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 41(4). 491–505. 5 indexed citations

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Bats, Machteld, Philippe De Smedt, Jeroen De Reu, et al.. (2011). Continued geoarchaeological research at the Moervaart palaeolake area (East Flanders, B): field campaign 2011. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 31. 201–211. 7 indexed citations

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Reu, Jeroen De, Machteld Bats, Philippe Crombé, et al.. (2011). Een GIS benadering van de bronstijdgrafheuvel in Zandig-Vlaanderen: enkele voorlopige resultaten (België). Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 3 indexed citations

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Islam, Mohammad Monirul, et al.. (2011). A floating sensing system to evaluate soil and crop variability within flooded paddy rice fields. Precision Agriculture. 12(6). 850–859. 6 indexed citations

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Reu, Jeroen De, Machteld Bats, Jean Bourgeois, et al.. (2010). Digitizing, inventorying, reviewing and analyzing the 'Bronze Age barrows database' of East and West Flanders (Belgium). Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 18. 43–47. 2 indexed citations

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Reu, Jeroen De, Machteld Bats, Philippe De Smedt, et al.. (2010). Bronze and Iron Age landscapes in Sandy Flanders (NW-Belgium): a geoarchaeologi- cal approach. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 18. 17–22. 1 indexed citations

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Bats, Machteld, Philippe De Smedt, Ann Zwertvaegher, et al.. (2010). Continued geoarchaeological research at the Moervaart palaeolake area (East Flanders, Belgium): preliminary results. 30(1). 55–61. 8 indexed citations

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Bats, Machteld, Jeroen De Reu, Philippe De Smedt, et al.. (2009). Geoarchaeological research of the large palaeolake of the Moervaart (municipalities of Wachtebeke and Moerbeke-Waas, East Flanders, Belgium) From Late Glacial to Early Holocene. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 29. 105–112. 10 indexed citations

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Smedt, Philippe De, et al.. (2007). Assuring Data Interoperability Through The Use Of Formal Models Of Visa Payment Messages.. ICIQ. 29–37. 3 indexed citations

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Smedt, Philippe De, et al.. (1990). The EC Merger Control Regulation. Hastings international and comparative law review. 13(3). 437. 1 indexed citations

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Smedt, Philippe De. (1988). EEC Competition Rules Apply to the Insurance Sector: VdS v. Commission. Boston College international and comparative law review. 11(1). 75.

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