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Anton Van Rompaey

Anton Van Rompaey

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
7600
World Ranking
6416
National Ranking
89

Anton Van Rompaey publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton Van Rompaey sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 186 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Anton Van Rompaey D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anton Van Rompaey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anton Van Rompaey is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and social sciences, with significant contributions in several specialized subfields including global and planetary change, urban studies, environmental engineering, plant science, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics centered on land use, urban and rural development, environmental risks, and water resource management. Major areas of work include land use and ecosystem services, urban and rural development challenges, flood risk assessment and management, urban agriculture and sustainability, groundwater and watershed analysis, hydrology and drought analysis, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Anton Van Rompaey has coauthored extensively, collaborating with colleagues such as Ali Essahlaoui, Narjisse Essahlaoui, Lisa-Marie Hemerijckx, Abdennabi Alitane, and Mohammed El Hafyani.

Their scholarly output includes publications in various venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals:

  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Remote Sensing
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Land
  • Journal of Land Use Science

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Anton Van Rompaey include:

  • "The impact of urbanization on agricultural dynamics: a case study in Belgium" (2020, Journal of Land Use Science)
  • "Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift" (2021, Nature Sustainability)
  • "Water Erosion Monitoring and Prediction in Response to the Effects of Climate Change Using RUSLE and SWAT Equations: Case of R'Dom Watershed in Morocco" (2022, Land)
  • "Bridging the rural-urban dichotomy in land use science" (2020, Journal of Land Use Science)
  • "Machine Learning Algorithms for Modeling and Mapping of Groundwater Pollution Risk: A Study to Reach Water Security and Sustainable Development (SDG) Goals in a Mediterranean Aquifer System" (2022, Remote Sensing)

Best Publications

  • Modelling mean annual sediment yield using a distributed approach

    Anton J. J. Van Rompaey;Gert Verstraeten;Kristof Van Oost;Gerard Govers

  • Predicting soil erosion and sediment yield at regional scales: Where do we stand?

    Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Gert Verstraeten;Gerard Govers

  • Urban growth of Kampala, Uganda: Pattern analysis and scenario development

    Karolien Vermeiren;Anton Van Rompaey;Maarten Loopmans;Eria Serwajja

  • Detecting and modelling spatial patterns of urban sprawl in highly fragmented areas: A case study in the Flanders–Brussels region

    Lien Poelmans;Anton Van Rompaey

  • Spatially distributed modelling of soil erosion and sediment yield at regional scales in Spain

    Joris de Vente;Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Gert Verstraeten;Anton Van Rompaey

  • Complexity and performance of urban expansion models

    Lien Poelmans;Anton J. J. van Rompaey

  • Evaluating an integrated approach to catchment management to reduce soil loss and sediment pollution through modelling

    Gert Verstraeten;Kristof Van Oost;Anton Van Rompaey;Jean Poesen

  • Predicting catchment sediment yield in Mediterranean environments: the importance of sediment sources and connectivity in Italian drainage basins

    Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Paolo Bazzoffi;Anton Van Rompaey

  • Modeling sediment yields in Italian catchments.

    Anton Van Rompaey;Paolo Bazzoffi;Robert J.A. Jones;Luca Montanarella

  • The effect of atmospheric and topographic correction methods on land cover classification accuracy

    Steven Vanonckelen;Stefaan Lhermitte;Anton J. J. van Rompaey

  • Detecting the impact of the "Grain for Green" program on the mean annual vegetation cover in the Shaanxi province, China using SPOT-VGT NDVI data

    Hongjian Zhou;Hongjian Zhou;Anton Van Rompaey;Jing´ai Wang

  • Historical land use changes and their impact on sediment fluxes in the Balaton basin (Hungary)

    Gyozo Jordan;Anton van Rompaey;Peter Szilassi;Gabor Csillag

  • Quantifying the impact of impervious surface location on flood peak discharge in urban areas

    Shiqiang Du;Shiqiang Du;Shiqiang Du;Peijun Shi;Anton Van Rompaey;Jiahong Wen

  • Modelling land use changes and their impact on soil erosion and sediment supply to rivers

    Anton J. J. Van Rompaey;Gerard Govers;Cindy Puttemans

  • Impacts of historical land use changes on erosion and agricultural soil properties in the Kali Basin at Lake Balaton, Hungary

    Peter Szilassi;Peter Szilassi;Gyozo Jordan;Anton van Rompaey;Gabor Csillag

  • Spatial Analysis of Land Cover Changes in Eastern Tigray (Ethiopia) from 1965 to 2007: Are There Signs of a Forest Transition?

    Kassa Teka Belay;Anton Van Rompaey;Jean Poesen;Simon Van Bruyssel

  • Holocene alluvial sediment storage in a small river catchment in the loess area of central Belgium

    Tom Rommens;Gert Verstraeten;Pieter Bogman;Iris Peeters

  • Data quality and model complexity for regional scale soil erosion prediction

    Anton J. J. Van Rompaey;Gerard Govers

  • Soil erosion and sediment deposition in the Belgian oess belt during the Holocene: establishing a sediment budget for a small agricultural catchment:

    Tom Rommens;Gert Verstraeten;Andreas Lang;Jean Poesen

  • The impact of urbanization on agricultural dynamics: a case study in Belgium

    Veronique Beckers;L. Poelmans;A. Van Rompaey;N. Dendoncker

  • The impacts of land use policy on the soil erosion risk: a case study in central Belgium

    Anton J.J. Van Rompaey;Gerard Govers;Etienne Van Hecke;Kristine Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Kristof Van Oost
Kristof Van Oost Université Catholique de Louvain
Veerle Vanacker
Veerle Vanacker Université Catholique de Louvain
Joris de Vente
Joris de Vente Spanish National Research Council
Andreas Lang
Andreas Lang University of Salzburg

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