Werner Nel

3.0k total citations
66 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Werner Nel is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Nel has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Atmospheric Science and 16 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Werner Nel's work include Polar Research and Ecology (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (18 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (14 papers). Werner Nel is often cited by papers focused on Polar Research and Ecology (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (18 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (14 papers). Werner Nel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, China and Mauritius. Werner Nel's co-authors include Paul Sumner, Sonwabo Perez Mazinyo, Ahmed Mukalazi Kalumba, Israel R. Orimoloye, Junfeng Ji, David William Hedding, Weihua Wu, Olusola O. Ololade, Michelle Greve and Gregory D. Breetzke and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Chemosphere and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Werner Nel

64 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Werner Nel South Africa	19	368	336	296	231	162	66	1.3k
M. R. Peart Hong Kong	19	281 0.8×	435 1.3×	348 1.2×	282 1.2×	225 1.4×	55	1.5k
Yifei Zhao China	19	469 1.3×	380 1.1×	311 1.1×	231 1.0×	208 1.3×	42	1.2k
Н.С. Касимов Russia	24	226 0.6×	340 1.0×	441 1.5×	556 2.4×	469 2.9×	111	1.7k
Luca Zaggia Italy	25	360 1.0×	518 1.5×	243 0.8×	375 1.6×	263 1.6×	71	1.9k
Martinho Marta‐Almeida Portugal	24	716 1.9×	286 0.9×	456 1.5×	153 0.7×	217 1.3×	55	1.7k
Wojciech Zgłobicki Poland	21	146 0.4×	195 0.6×	120 0.4×	209 0.9×	111 0.7×	67	1.1k
Carolina Martı́nez Chile	19	277 0.8×	277 0.8×	231 0.8×	150 0.6×	311 1.9×	61	1.1k
Yuanhong Deng China	17	739 2.0×	355 1.1×	434 1.5×	69 0.3×	153 0.9×	34	1.5k
Marc Robin France	19	332 0.9×	362 1.1×	99 0.3×	131 0.6×	68 0.4×	63	1.0k
Mai Trọng Nhuận Vietnam	18	398 1.1×	603 1.8×	472 1.6×	139 0.6×	61 0.4×	44	1.7k

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Craig, K.J., et al.. (2025). Intra‐Island Variation in Wind Patterns on Sub‐Antarctic Marion Island. Geoscience Data Journal. 12(4).

Wu, Weihua, et al.. (2024). Prospects for the potential carbon sink effects of afforestation to enhance weathering in China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 276. 106370–106370. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Weihua, et al.. (2024). Heavy metal migration and lithium isotope fractionation under extreme weathering of basalt on tropical Hainan Island, China. Applied Geochemistry. 175. 106163–106163. 3 indexed citations

Nel, Werner, et al.. (2024). Exploring household water conservation methods in rural South Africa: a case of the Mbhashe and Mnquma local municipalities. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 10(4). 6 indexed citations

Nel, Werner, et al.. (2023). Hydrochemistry, chemical weathering and their significance on carbon cycle in the Heilong (Amur) River Basin, Northeast China. Chemosphere. 327. 138542–138542. 7 indexed citations

Nel, Werner, et al.. (2023). The sub-Antarctic islands are increasingly warming in the 21st century. Antarctic Science. 35(2). 124–126. 8 indexed citations

Ponce‐Campos, Guillermo E., M. M. Bitew, Paulo Tarso Sanches de Oliveira, et al.. (2022). Gridded 20-year climate parameterization of Africa and South America for a stochastic weather generator (CLIGEN). Big Earth Data. 7(2). 349–374. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Weihua, et al.. (2020). The influence of natural weathering on the behavior of heavy metals in small basaltic watersheds: A comparative study from different regions in China. Chemosphere. 262. 127897–127897. 36 indexed citations

Wu, Weihua, et al.. (2020). The impact of natural weathering and mining on heavy metal accumulation in the karst areas of the Pearl River Basin, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 734. 139480–139480. 89 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoxian, Yang Chen, David William Hedding, et al.. (2020). Geochemical behavior and potential health risk of heavy metals in basalt-derived agricultural soil and crops: A case study from Xuyi County, eastern China. The Science of The Total Environment. 729. 139058–139058. 90 indexed citations

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Sewani-Rusike, Constance R., et al.. (2019). Ellisras Longitudinal Study 2017: association of hypertension with increasing levels of adiposity in 10- to 14-year-old boys and girls in the Eastern Cape (ELS 31). Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 30(5). 258–261. 5 indexed citations

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Orimoloye, Israel R., Olusola O. Ololade, Sonwabo Perez Mazinyo, et al.. (2019). Spatial assessment of drought severity in Cape Town area, South Africa. Heliyon. 5(7). e02148–e02148. 68 indexed citations

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Wu, Weihua, et al.. (2019). The behavior of metals/metalloids during natural weathering: A systematic study of the mono-lithological watersheds in the upper Pearl River Basin, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 708. 134572–134572. 63 indexed citations

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Hedding, David William, et al.. (2019). Temporal and spatial variability of stream water chemistry on Subantarctic Marion Island. Polar Research. 38(0). 2 indexed citations

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Meiklejohn, Ian, et al.. (2018). Rock glaciers in the Jutulsessen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Polish Polar Research. 3 indexed citations

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Nel, Werner & Jan Boelhouwers. (2013). First observations on needle ice formation in the sub-Antarctic. Antarctic Science. 26(3). 327–328. 5 indexed citations

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Nel, Werner, et al.. (2010). Effect of altitude on erosive characteristics of concurrent rainfall events in the northern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. Water SA. 36(4). 509–512. 14 indexed citations

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Nel, Werner, et al.. (2009). Rethinking climate change impacts on subsurface temperatures in a sub‐Antarctic mire affected by synoptic scale processes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 34(10). 1446–1449. 4 indexed citations

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Nel, Werner & Paul Sumner. (2007). Intensity, energy and erosivity attributes of rainstorms in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 103. 398–402. 19 indexed citations

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Sumner, Paul, et al.. (2002). ROCK WEATHERING CHARACTERISTICS AS RELATIVE-AGE INDICATORS FOR GLACIAL AND POST-GLACIAL LANDFORMS ON MARION ISLAND. South African Geographical Journal. 84(2). 153–157. 21 indexed citations

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