Simon Langan

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Simon Langan is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Langan has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Water Science and Technology, 49 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 31 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Simon Langan's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (37 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (33 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (19 papers). Simon Langan is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (37 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (33 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (19 papers). Simon Langan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka. Simon Langan's co-authors include Marc Stutter, Mark E. Hodson, Yoshihide Wada, Malcolm S. Cresser, Chris Soulsby, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Wolde Mekuria, Richard P. Smart, Zenebe Adimassu and Andrew J. Wade and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Simon Langan

133 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Global assessment of water challenges under uncertainty in water scarcity projections

2018 408 citations Peter Greve, Taher Kahil et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Langan United Kingdom	41	2.1k	1.2k	1.0k	934	791	136	4.7k
Fernando António Leal Pacheco Portugal	45	2.0k 1.0×	878 0.7×	968 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	1.6k 2.1×	189	5.1k
F. Bouraoui Italy	46	3.6k 1.7×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	2.1k 2.3×	1.2k 1.5×	117	6.7k
Kevin M. Hiscock United Kingdom	36	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	476 0.5×	894 1.0×	1.7k 2.1×	93	4.9k
Rafael Muñoz‐Carpena United States	42	2.5k 1.2×	847 0.7×	2.0k 2.0×	1.7k 1.8×	1.9k 2.4×	229	7.5k
Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes Portugal	36	1.7k 0.8×	724 0.6×	885 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	155	4.2k
Mark S. Johnson Canada	37	1.1k 0.5×	620 0.5×	880 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	588 0.7×	138	4.1k
Jan Boll United States	39	1.8k 0.9×	581 0.5×	982 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	997 1.3×	131	3.8k
Penny J Johnes United Kingdom	37	3.0k 1.4×	3.4k 2.8×	1.4k 1.4×	670 0.7×	625 0.8×	121	6.4k
Guishan Yang China	41	2.1k 1.0×	791 0.6×	494 0.5×	2.7k 2.9×	950 1.2×	128	5.5k
Chantal Gascuel France	34	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	961 1.0×	505 0.5×	756 1.0×	100	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Langan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Langan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Langan, Simon, et al.. (2025). A multi-dimensional framework for responsible and socially inclusive digital innovation in food, water, and land systems. Agriculture and Human Values. 42(3). 1829–1846.

Jampani, Mahesh, Javier Mateo‐Sagasta, Despo Fatta‐Kassinos, et al.. (2023). Fate and transport modelling for evaluating antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: Current knowledge and research priorities. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 461. 132527–132527. 40 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Arnab, Bridget R. Scanlon, Alice Aureli, et al.. (2021). Global groundwater source, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

Eker, Sibel, E. Rovenskaya, Simon Langan, & Michael Obersteiner. (2019). Model validation: A bibliometric analysis of the literature. Environmental Modelling & Software. 117. 43–54. 36 indexed citations

Kahil, Taher, Peter Burek, Ting Tang, et al.. (2019). An integrated modeling framework for assessing water-energy-land nexus solutions: Application to the Zambezi transboundary river basin. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9113. 1 indexed citations

Beck, M.B., Michael Thompson, Dipak Gyawali, Simon Langan, & J. Linnerooth‐Bayer. (2018). Viewpoint – Pouring money down the drain: Can we break the habit by reconceiving wastes as resources?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

Eker, Sibel, E. Rovenskaya, Michael Obersteiner, & Simon Langan. (2018). Practice and perspectives in the validation of resource management models. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5359–5359. 55 indexed citations

Greve, Peter, Taher Kahil, Yusuke Satoh, et al.. (2017). Global assessment of water policy vulnerability under uncertainty in water scarcity projections. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 15042. 1 indexed citations

Schmitter, Petra, et al.. (2017). Sustainable smallholder intensification through improved water management requires adjusted fertilizer recommendation. EGUGA. 1388. 1 indexed citations

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Worqlul, Abeyou W., B.H.P. Maathuis, Anwar A. Adem, et al.. (2014). Comparison of TRMM, MPEG and CFSR rainfall estimation with the ground observed data for the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. University of Twente Research Information. 8 indexed citations

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Worqlul, Abeyou W., B.H.P. Maathuis, Anwar A. Adem, et al.. (2014). Comparison of rainfall estimations by TRMM 3B42, MPEG and CFSR with ground-observed data for the Lake Tana basin in Ethiopia. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(12). 4871–4881. 115 indexed citations

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Barron, Jennie, et al.. (2014). Advancing the water-energy-food nexus: social networks and institutional interplay in the blue Nile. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 18 indexed citations

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Demars, Benoît O. L., et al.. (2012). The Tarland Catchment Initiative and Its Effect on Stream Water Quality and Macroinvertebrate Indices. Journal of Environmental Quality. 41(2). 314–321. 22 indexed citations

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Tetzlaff, Doerthe, Chris Soulsby, A. F. Youngson, et al.. (2005). Variability in stream discharge and temperature: a preliminary assessment of the implications for juvenile and spawning Atlantic salmon. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 9(3). 193–208. 47 indexed citations

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Langan, Simon, et al.. (2001). Variation in river water temperature in a Scottish highland stream over a 30 year period. The Science of The Total Environment. 265. 199–212. 7 indexed citations

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Langan, Simon & C. Soulsby. (2001). The environmental context for water quality variation in Scotland. The Science of The Total Environment. 265(1-3). 7–14. 12 indexed citations

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Smart, Richard P., Chris Soulsby, Colin Neal, et al.. (1998). Factors regulating the spatial and temporal distribution of solute concentrations in a major river system in NE Scotland. The Science of The Total Environment. 221(2-3). 93–110. 69 indexed citations

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Langan, Simon, B. Reynolds, & D. C. Bain. (1996). The calculation of base cation release from mineral weathering in soils derived from Palaeozoic greywackes and shales in upland UK. Geoderma. 69(3-4). 275–285. 40 indexed citations

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Hornung, M., Keith Bull, Malcolm S. Cresser, et al.. (1995). The sensitivity of surface waters of Great Britain to acidification predicted from catchment characteristics. Environmental Pollution. 87(2). 207–214. 71 indexed citations

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Wheater, H. S., Simon Langan, Alan Brown, & M.B. Beck. (1991). Hydrological response of the Allt a'Mharcaidh catchment - inferences from experimental plots. Journal of Hydrology. 123(1-2). 163–199. 17 indexed citations

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