Sam Geerts

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Sam Geerts is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Geerts has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 11 papers in Food Science and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sam Geerts's work include Seed and Plant Biochemistry (11 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (11 papers) and Irrigation Practices and Water Management (8 papers). Sam Geerts is often cited by papers focused on Seed and Plant Biochemistry (11 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (11 papers) and Irrigation Practices and Water Management (8 papers). Sam Geerts collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Bolivia and Zimbabwe. Sam Geerts's co-authors include Dirk Raes, Ligia García, María Cruz García-González, Jorge Cusicanqui, Roberto Miranda, Cristal Taboada, M. Weemaes, Jorge Mendoza, Emmanuel C. Kipkorir and Ali Sahli and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Sam Geerts

37 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Deficit irrigation as an on-farm strategy to maximize crop water productivity in dry areas

2009 793 citations Sam Geerts, Dirk Raes Agricultural Water Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Geerts Belgium	22	1.0k	1.0k	657	606	299	39	2.2k
Tilahun Amede Ethiopia	24	546 0.5×	731 0.7×	321 0.5×	338 0.6×	51 0.2×	94	1.9k
Naveen Kalra India	27	1.2k 1.2×	878 0.9×	628 1.0×	508 0.8×	36 0.1×	125	2.7k
Davide Cammarano United States	28	1.4k 1.4×	524 0.5×	732 1.1×	544 0.9×	128 0.4×	86	2.5k
Roger Nelson United States	18	855 0.8×	514 0.5×	834 1.3×	559 0.9×	57 0.2×	29	1.8k
Ardeshir Adeli United States	28	617 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	178 0.3×	161 0.3×	64 0.2×	117	2.2k
N. de Ridder Netherlands	23	435 0.4×	622 0.6×	465 0.7×	253 0.4×	53 0.2×	55	1.8k
Johannes Scholberg United States	28	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	172 0.3×	359 0.6×	73 0.2×	64	2.5k
A. Kassam Nigeria	10	848 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	302 0.5×	571 0.9×	58 0.2×	14	1.8k
Fábio Ricardo Marin Brazil	26	1.2k 1.2×	676 0.7×	322 0.5×	473 0.8×	43 0.1×	129	1.8k
Sylvie M. Brouder United States	32	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	288 0.4×	252 0.4×	34 0.1×	79	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Geerts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Geerts

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Geerts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Geerts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Geerts based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sam Geerts. Sam Geerts is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Geerts, Sam, et al.. (2025). Sand Dunes as a Nature‐Based Solution to Mitigate Salt Intrusion in Stratified Estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(1). 2 indexed citations

Saerens, Bart, Sam Geerts, & M. Weemaes. (2020). Phosphorus recovery as struvite from digested sludge – experience from the full scale. Journal of Environmental Management. 280. 111743–111743. 58 indexed citations

Geerts, Sam, et al.. (2019). Closing the phosphorus cycle: Multi-criteria techno-economic optimization of phosphorus extraction from wastewater treatment sludge ash. The Science of The Total Environment. 713. 135543–135543. 54 indexed citations

Geerts, Sam, et al.. (2014). Full-scale phosphorus recovery from digested wastewater sludge in Belgium – part II: economic opportunities and risks. Water Science & Technology. 71(4). 495–502. 26 indexed citations

Cusicanqui, Jorge, Koen Dillen, María Cruz García-González, et al.. (2013). Economic assessment at farm level of the implementation of deficit irrigation for quinoa production in the Southern Bolivian Altiplano. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. 11(4). 894–907. 10 indexed citations

Geerts, Sam, et al.. (2012). RELATIVE TRANSPIRATION AS A DECISION TOOL IN CROP MANAGEMENT: A CASE FOR RAINFED MAIZE IN ZIMBABWE. TSpace. 20(1). 47–57. 6 indexed citations

Vanuytrecht, Eline, Dirk Raes, Patrick Willems, & Sam Geerts. (2012). Quantifying field-scale effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on crops. Climate Research. 54(1). 35–47. 48 indexed citations

Abrha, Berhanu, Nele Delbecque, Dirk Raes, et al.. (2012). SOWING STRATEGIES FOR BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.) BASED ON MODELLED YIELD RESPONSE TO WATER WITH AQUACROP. Experimental Agriculture. 48(2). 252–271. 58 indexed citations

Taboada, Cristal, Dirk Raes, Erik Mathijs, et al.. (2011). Farmers' willingness to adopt irrigation for quinoa in communities of the Central Altiplano of Bolivia. 7–28. 1 indexed citations

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Zinyengere, Nkulumo, et al.. (2011). Using seasonal climate forecasts to improve maize production decision support in Zimbabwe. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 151(12). 1792–1799. 61 indexed citations

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Farougou, Souaïbou, et al.. (2010). Dynamique des infections trypanosomiennes chez des bovins Borgou à la ferme de l'Okpara au Bénin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Geerts, Sam, Dirk Raes, & María Cruz García-González. (2010). Using AquaCrop to derive deficit irrigation schedules. Agricultural Water Management. 98(1). 213–216. 102 indexed citations

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Raes, Dirk, Sam Geerts, & Eline Vanuytrecht. (2009). Waarom water broodnodig is. Lirias (KU Leuven). 12(5). 2–4. 4 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Nirman, et al.. (2009). Yield response of sugar beets to water stress under Western European conditions. Agricultural Water Management. 97(2). 346–350. 47 indexed citations

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Misra, S. C., et al.. (2009). Can carbon isotope discrimination and ash content predict grain yield and water use efficiency in wheat?. Agricultural Water Management. 97(1). 57–65. 28 indexed citations

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Geerts, Sam, et al.. (2008). Review of current knowledge on Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.). 2 indexed citations

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Raes, Dirk, et al.. (2008). More Food, Less Water. Leuven University Press eBooks. 81–102. 1 indexed citations

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Bossche, Peter Van den, Johan Esterhuizen, P.T. Matjila, et al.. (2006). An update of the bovine trypanosomosis situation at the edge of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa : research communication. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 73(1). 77–9. 23 indexed citations

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Goossens, B., et al.. (2001). Sustainability of small ruminant production in The Gambia with special reference to improved husbandry of trypanotolerant sheep. 4. 9–11. 1 indexed citations

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Geerts, Sam. (1992). Taenia saginata knaagt aan kwaliteit van rundvlees. 236. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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