Sofyan Kurnianto

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Sofyan Kurnianto is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofyan Kurnianto has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Sofyan Kurnianto's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (10 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers). Sofyan Kurnianto is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (12 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (10 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers). Sofyan Kurnianto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Indonesia and United Kingdom. Sofyan Kurnianto's co-authors include Daniel Murdiyarso, J. Boone Kauffman, Daniel C. Donato, Markku Kanninen, Melanie Stidham, Matthew Warren, Sigit D. Sasmito, J. Purbopuspito, Sartji Taberima and Haruni Krisnawati and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Global Change Biology and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Sofyan Kurnianto

16 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics
    2011 2.2k citations Daniel C. Donato, J. Boone Kauffman et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  2. The potential of Indonesian mangrove forests for global climate change mitigation
    2015 582 citations Daniel Murdiyarso, J. Purbopuspito et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sofyan Kurnianto United States 11 2.8k 781 671 635 344 17 3.2k
Stuart Hamilton United States 18 2.2k 0.8× 727 0.9× 852 1.3× 405 0.6× 279 0.8× 38 2.9k
James Gitundu Kairo Kenya 35 3.2k 1.1× 932 1.2× 747 1.1× 684 1.1× 514 1.5× 111 3.7k
Melanie Stidham United States 10 2.0k 0.7× 909 1.2× 505 0.8× 415 0.7× 274 0.8× 12 2.7k
Jared O. Bosire Kenya 20 2.1k 0.8× 694 0.9× 508 0.8× 496 0.8× 303 0.9× 37 2.6k
Nathan Thomas United States 21 2.7k 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 557 0.8× 491 0.8× 368 1.1× 42 3.3k
T. R. LOVELAND United States 2 1.9k 0.7× 535 0.7× 449 0.7× 460 0.7× 214 0.6× 3 2.2k
María Fernanda Adame Australia 37 3.2k 1.1× 952 1.2× 816 1.2× 331 0.5× 709 2.1× 104 4.0k
François Fromard France 25 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 2.4× 639 1.0× 338 0.5× 292 0.8× 47 4.9k
Karen Diele United Kingdom 23 2.9k 1.0× 917 1.2× 508 0.8× 227 0.4× 697 2.0× 65 3.4k
David Lagomasino United States 26 1.9k 0.7× 755 1.0× 511 0.8× 303 0.5× 359 1.0× 60 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sofyan Kurnianto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sofyan Kurnianto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofyan Kurnianto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sofyan Kurnianto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sofyan Kurnianto 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 Sofyan Kurnianto. Sofyan Kurnianto is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Kurnianto, Sofyan, Ankur R. Desai, Susan Page, et al.. (2023). Net greenhouse gas balance of fibre wood plantation on peat in Indonesia. Nature. 616(7958). 740–746. 15 indexed citations
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Evans, Chris, Sofyan Kurnianto, Susan Page, et al.. (2022). Long-term trajectory and temporal dynamics of tropical peat subsidence in relation to plantation management and climate. Geoderma. 428. 116100–116100. 7 indexed citations
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Desai, Ankur R., Susan Page, Sofyan Kurnianto, et al.. (2021). Conservation slows down emission increase from a tropical peatland in Indonesia. Nature Geoscience. 14(7). 484–490. 55 indexed citations
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Evans, Chris, Susan Page, Vincent Gauci, et al.. (2020). Impact of forest plantation on methane emissions from tropical peatland. Global Change Biology. 26(4). 2477–2495. 37 indexed citations
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Kurnianto, Sofyan, J. S. Selker, J. Boone Kauffman, Daniel Murdiyarso, & James T. Peterson. (2018). The influence of land-cover changes on the variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity in tropical peatlands. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 24(4). 535–555. 26 indexed citations
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Kurnianto, Sofyan. (2017). The Eco-hydrology of Tropical Peatlands Associated with Land Cover Changes. 1 indexed citations
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Warren, Matthew, Steve Frolking, Zhaohua Dai, & Sofyan Kurnianto. (2016). Impacts of land use, restoration, and climate change on tropical peat carbon stocks in the twenty-first century: implications for climate mitigation. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 22(7). 1041–1061. 42 indexed citations
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J.B., Kauffman, et al.. (2016). Protocols for the measurement, monitoring, and reporting of structure, biomass, carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peat swamp forests. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Sasmito, Sigit D., Daniel Murdiyarso, Daniel A. Friess, & Sofyan Kurnianto. (2015). Can mangroves keep pace with contemporary sea level rise? A global data review. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 24(2). 263–278. 100 indexed citations
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Murdiyarso, Daniel, J. Purbopuspito, J. Boone Kauffman, et al.. (2015). The potential of Indonesian mangrove forests for global climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change. 5(12). 1089–1092. 582 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kauffman, J. Boone, Virni Budi Arifanti, Imam Basuki, et al.. (2014). Impacts of Land Cover Change on the Carbon Dynamics in Indonesian Tropical Forested Wetlands- Mangroves and Peat Swamp Forests. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Kurnianto, Sofyan, et al.. (2014). Carbon accumulation of tropical peatlands over millennia: a modeling approach. Global Change Biology. 21(1). 431–444. 78 indexed citations
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Kurnianto, Sofyan. (2013). Modeling long-term carbon accumulation of tropical peat swamp forest ecosystems. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 1 indexed citations
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Warren, Matthew, J. Boone Kauffman, Daniel Murdiyarso, et al.. (2012). A cost-efficient method to assess carbon stocks in tropical peat soil. Biogeosciences. 9(11). 4477–4485. 66 indexed citations
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Donato, Daniel C., J. Boone Kauffman, Daniel Murdiyarso, et al.. (2011). Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics. Nature Geoscience. 4(5). 293–297. 2166 indexed citations breakdown →
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Murdiyarso, Daniel & Sofyan Kurnianto. (2008). Ecohydrology of the Mamberamo basin: an initial assessment of biophysical processes. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 4 indexed citations

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