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Jan Feyen publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Feyen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 352 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Jan Feyen D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Feyen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jan Feyen is affiliated with the University of Cuenca in Ecuador and specializes in environmental science. Their research focuses primarily on atmospheric science, global and planetary change, water science and technology, environmental engineering, and ecology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Feyen has published notable papers such as:

  • "Water transport and tracer mixing in volcanic ash soils at a tropical hillslope: A wet layered sloping sponge," 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • "Flood Early Warning Systems Using Machine Learning Techniques: The Case of the Tomebamba Catchment at the Southern Andes of Ecuador," 2021, Hydrology
  • "Frontiers in páramo water resources research: A multidisciplinary assessment," 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Flood Early Warning Systems using Machine Learning Techniques. Case the Tomebamba Catchment at the Southern Andes of Ecuador," 2021, Preprints.org
  • "Shall COVID-19 accelerate the transfer of passive learning to active education?," 2020, MASKANA

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Feyen include:

  • Rolando Célleri
  • Paúl Muñoz
  • Patricio Crespo
  • Dimitri Solomatine
  • Giovanny M. Mosquera

Feyen's work has appeared mostly in the journal MASKANA, with eight publications, followed by two publications in La Granja. Other venues include The Science of The Total Environment, Hydrological Processes, and Hydrology.

Best Publications

  • ESTIMATING THE SOIL MOISTURE RETENTION CHARACTERISTIC FROM TEXTURE, BULK DENSITY, AND CARBON CONTENT

    H Vereecken;Jozef Maes;Jan Feyen;Paul Darius

  • A Basin to Channel-Scale Unstructured Grid Hurricane Storm Surge Model Applied to Southern Louisiana

    Joannes J. Westerink;Richard A. Luettich;Jesse C. Feyen;Jesse C. Feyen;John H. Atkinson

  • Assessment of Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture Content Across Different Scales of Observation.

    Willem W. Verstraeten;Frank Veroustraete;Jan Feyen

  • Estimating unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from easily measured soil properties

    H. Vereecken;J. Maes;J. Feyen

  • Soil moisture retrieval using thermal inertia, determined with visible and thermal spaceborne data, validated for European forests

    Willem W. Verstraeten;Willem W. Verstraeten;Frank Veroustraete;Corné J. van der Sande;Ief Grootaers

  • Spatial variability of hydraulic properties in a multi-layered soil profile

    Dirk Mallants;Binayak P. Mohanty;Diederik Jacques;Jan Feyen

  • Air entrapment effects on infiltration rate and flow instability

    Zhi Wang;Jan Feyen;Martinus Th. van Genuchten;Donald R. Nielsen

  • Effect of grid size on effective parameters and model performance of the MIKE‐SHE code

    R. F. Vázquez;L. Feyen;J. Feyen;J. C. Refsgaard

  • Space–time rainfall variability in the Paute basin, Ecuadorian Andes

    Rolando Celleri;Rolando Celleri;Patrick Willems;Wouter Buytaert;Jan Feyen

  • The hydrology of tropical andean ecosystems: Importance, knowledge status, and perspectives

    Rolando Célleri;Jan Feyen

  • Spatial analysis of saturated hydraulic conductivity in a soil with macropores

    Dirk Mallants;Binayak P. Mohanty;André Vervoort;Jan Feyen

  • Effects of soil water repellency on infiltration rate and flow instability

    Z Wang;Q.J Wu;L Wu;C.J Ritsema

  • Regionalisation of the parameters of a hydrological model: Comparison of linear regression models with artificial neural nets

    Griet Heuvelmans;Bart Muys;Jan Feyen

  • Functional evaluation of pedotransfer functions for the estimation of soil hydraulic properties.

    H. Vereecken;J. Diels;J. Van Orshoven;J. Feyen

  • Modelling Water Flow and Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Soils: A Review of Recent Approaches☆

    Jan Feyen;Diederik Jacques;Anthony Timmerman;Jan Vanderborght

  • Modelling the hydrology of a catchment using a distributed and a semi-distributed model

    Ahmed Abu El-Nasr;Jeffrey G. Arnold;Jan Feyen;Jean Berlamont

  • Estimating evapotranspiration of European forests from NOAA-imagery at satellite overpass time: Towards an operational processing chain for integrated optical and thermal sensor data products

    Willem W. Verstraeten;Willem W. Verstraeten;Frank Veroustraete;Jan Feyen

  • Application of a distributed physically-based hydrological model to a medium size catchment

    L. Feyen;R. Vázquez;K. Christiaens;O. Sels

  • Logistic modelling to derive agricultural land use determinants: A case study from southeastern Nigeria

    Anne Gobin;Paul Campling;Jan Feyen

  • Identifying controls of the rainfall–runoff response of small catchments in the tropical Andes (Ecuador)

    Patricio Javier Crespo;Patricio Javier Crespo;Jan Feyen;Wouter Buytaert;Amelie Bücker

  • Calibration of Richards' and convection–dispersion equations to field-scale water flow and solute transport under rainfall conditions

    Diederik Jacques;Jirka Šimůnek;Anthony Timmerman;Jan Feyen

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Mallants
Dirk Mallants Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marnik Vanclooster
Marnik Vanclooster Université Catholique de Louvain
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Frank Veroustraete
Frank Veroustraete University of Antwerp
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Lutz Breuer
Lutz Breuer University of Giessen
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich

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