Tjeerd J. Bouma

27.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
413 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Tjeerd J. Bouma is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Tjeerd J. Bouma has authored 413 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 329 papers in Ecology, 172 papers in Oceanography and 171 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Tjeerd J. Bouma's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (285 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (149 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (140 papers). Tjeerd J. Bouma is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (285 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (149 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (140 papers). Tjeerd J. Bouma collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and China. Tjeerd J. Bouma's co-authors include P.M.J. Herman, Stijn Temmerman, Tom Ysebaert, Marieke M. van Katwijk, Johan van de Koppel, Patrick Meire, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck, Mindert de Vries, Thorsten Balke and Jim van Belzen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tjeerd J. Bouma

396 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Ecosystem-based coastal defence in the face of global change

2013 1.2k citations Stijn Temmerman, Tjeerd J. Bouma et al. profile →
Wave attenuation over coastal salt marshes under storm surge conditions

2014 674 citations Iris Möller, Matthias Kudella et al. profile →
How ecological engineering can serve in coastal protection

2010 426 citations Bas W. Borsje, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck et al. profile →
Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world’s biotic carbon hotspots

2022 222 citations Ralph J. M. Temmink, Leon P. M. Lamers et al. Science profile →
Hard Structures for Coastal Protection, Towards Greener Designs

2019 192 citations Tjeerd J. Bouma et al. profile →
Coastal wetland resilience through local, regional and global conservation

2025 26 citations Tjeerd J. Bouma et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tjeerd J. Bouma Netherlands	72	14.3k	7.8k	6.1k	3.8k	2.9k	413	19.5k
Patrick Meire Belgium	55	6.2k 0.4×	2.8k 0.4×	2.1k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	353	11.3k
Eric Wolanski Australia	64	9.1k 0.6×	4.2k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	4.5k 1.2×	454 0.2×	273	13.3k
Karen L. McKee United States	55	9.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.4×	1.9k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	3.5k 1.2×	111	11.2k
Iván Valiela United States	67	11.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.2×	8.8k 1.5×	4.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.3×	274	18.2k
J. Boone Kauffman United States	65	9.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.2×	1.2k 0.2×	6.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.4×	131	14.6k
Erik Kristensen Denmark	63	8.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.2×	5.9k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	210	13.6k
Sally D. Hacker United States	34	6.3k 0.4×	2.2k 0.3×	2.9k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	723 0.2×	82	9.1k
Joy B. Zedler United States	57	8.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.1×	1.8k 0.3×	3.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	187	11.8k
Denise J. Reed United States	37	7.0k 0.5×	3.9k 0.5×	1.8k 0.3×	2.7k 0.7×	393 0.1×	89	9.2k
Glenn R. Guntenspergen United States	42	5.9k 0.4×	3.0k 0.4×	705 0.1×	2.1k 0.5×	881 0.3×	121	7.9k

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Koppel, Johan van de, et al.. (2025). Are willows suitable for flood defense? Quantifying mechanical properties of willow species. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 320. 109306–109306. 1 indexed citations

Weinberger, Florian, et al.. (2025). Sedimentation and drag in drifting macrophytes and plastic objects: a model. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 43088–43088.

Katwijk, Marieke M. van, Leon P. M. Lamers, Alfons J. P. Smolders, et al.. (2024). Iron co-limitation of Sargassum fluitans. Aquatic Botany. 196. 103807–103807. 6 indexed citations

Fivash, Gregory S., et al.. (2024). Abiotic origins of self‐organized ridge‐runnel patterns on tidal flats. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(6). 1378–1389. 1 indexed citations

Wal, Daphne van der, et al.. (2023). Using salt marshes for coastal protection: Effective but hard to get where needed most. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(7). 1286–1301. 24 indexed citations

Fouw, Jimmy de, Marieke M. van Katwijk, Tjeerd J. Bouma, et al.. (2023). Seagrass is protected from ragworm pressure by a newly discovered grazer–ragworm interaction; implications for restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(6). 978–989. 5 indexed citations

Temmink, Ralph J. M., Leon P. M. Lamers, Christine Angelini, et al.. (2022). Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world’s biotic carbon hotspots. Science. 376(6593). eabn1479–eabn1479. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

Bijsterveldt, Celine E. J. van, Adolphe O. Debrot, Tjeerd J. Bouma, et al.. (2022). To Plant or Not to Plant: When can Planting Facilitate Mangrove Restoration?. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. 32 indexed citations

Wesenbeeck, Bregje K. van, Guido Wolters, José A. Á. Antolínez, et al.. (2022). Wave attenuation through forests under extreme conditions. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 1884–1884. 45 indexed citations

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Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Ralph J. M. Temmink, Gregory S. Fivash, et al.. (2022). Biodegradable artificial reefs enhance food web complexity and biodiversity in an intertidal soft‐sediment ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60(3). 541–552. 20 indexed citations

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Govers, Laura L., et al.. (2022). The importance of marshes providing soil stabilization to resist fast‐flow erosion in case of a dike breach. Ecological Applications. 32(6). e2622–e2622. 13 indexed citations

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Schoutens, Ken, Stefanie Nolte, Ben Evans, et al.. (2021). Survival of the thickest? Impacts of extreme wave‐forcing on marsh seedlings are mediated by species morphology. Limnology and Oceanography. 66(7). 2936–2951. 16 indexed citations

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Bouma, Tjeerd J., et al.. (2020). Long-term changes in seagrass and benthos at Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, the premier intertidal system along the East Atlantic Flyway. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24. e01364–e01364. 12 indexed citations

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James, Rebecca K., Marjolijn J. A. Christianen, Marieke M. van Katwijk, et al.. (2020). Seagrass coastal protection services reduced by invasive species expansion and megaherbivore grazing. Journal of Ecology. 108(5). 2025–2037. 32 indexed citations

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Yang, S.L., Xiangxin Luo, Stijn Temmerman, et al.. (2020). Role of delta‐front erosion in sustaining salt marshes under sea‐level rise and fluvial sediment decline. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(9). 1990–2009. 88 indexed citations

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Belzen, Jim van, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Daphne van der Wal, et al.. (2019). Estuarine biofilm patterns: Modern analogues for Precambrian self‐organization. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(5). 1141–1154. 31 indexed citations

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Morris, EP, et al.. (2019). Using Remote Sensing to Identify Drivers behind Spatial Patterns in the Bio-physical Properties of a Saltmarsh Pioneer. Remote Sensing. 11(5). 511–511. 7 indexed citations

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Wal, Daphne van der, et al.. (2019). Flow-divergence feedbacks control propagule retention by in-stream vegetation: the importance of spatial patterns for facilitation. Aquatic Sciences. 81(1). 16 indexed citations

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Willemsen, Pim Wilhelmus Johannes Maria, Bas W. Borsje, Suzanne J.M.H. Hulscher, et al.. (2018). Quantifying Bed Level Change at the Transition of Tidal Flat and Salt Marsh: Can We Understand the Lateral Location of the Marsh Edge?. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 123(10). 2509–2524. 43 indexed citations

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Paul, Maike, Tjeerd J. Bouma, & C L Amos. (2011). Wave attenuation by submerged vegetation: combining the effect of organism traits and tidal current. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 444. 31–41. 150 indexed citations

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