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2026

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D-Index
77
Citations
18457
World Ranking
633
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jan Nyssen is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Soil Science, Language and Linguistics, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist has worked on a range of topics that include:

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • African history and culture analysis
  • Linguistics and language evolution
  • Linguistics and Cultural Studies
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Ureteral procedures and complications

Jan Nyssen's recent papers illustrate diverse research interests and are published in notable venues. These include:

  • "Gully prevention and control: Techniques, failures and effectiveness," 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "Modeling the Impact of Urbanization on Land-Use Change in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: An Integrated Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Approach," 2020, Land
  • "Managing the environmental impacts of war: What can be learned from conflict-vulnerable communities?," 2024, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Agricultural Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," 2021, Land
  • "Talus slope geomorphology investigated at multiple time scales from high-resolution topographic surveys and historical aerial photographs (Sanetsch Pass, Switzerland)," 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Enyew Adgo, Emnet Negash, Sofie Annys, Amaury Frankl, and Biadgilgn Demissie. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, showing ongoing research partnerships.

Jan Nyssen has published in venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)
  • Land
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Land Degradation and Development

The scientist's book publications are primarily associated with the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ghent University. Titles largely concern humanitarian and conflict-related situations, notably various editions of "Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation" and studies on the armed conflict in Tigray (Ethiopia), published mostly in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Human impact on the environment in the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands—a state of the art

    Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jan Moeyersons;Jozef Deckers

  • Comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risk for better land use planning in river basins : case study of the Upper Blue Nile River

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Jean Poesen;Mitsuru Tsubo

  • Effectiveness of exclosures to restore degraded soils as a result of overgrazing in Tigray, Ethiopia

    Wolde Mekuria;E. Veldkamp;Mitiku Haile;J. Nyssen;J. Nyssen

  • Household livelihood strategies and forest dependence in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

    Bedru Babulo;Bedru Babulo;Bart Muys;Fredu Nega;Fredu Nega;Eric Tollens

  • The economic contribution of forest resource use to rural livelihoods in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

    Bedru Babulo;Bart Muys;Fredu Nega;Eric Tollens

  • Soil erosion and conservation in Ethiopia A review

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen

  • How fast do gully headcuts retreat

    Matthias Vanmaercke;Matthias Vanmaercke;Jean Poesen;Bert Van Mele;Matthias Demuzere;Matthias Demuzere

  • Rainfall erosivity and variability in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;H Vandenreyken;Jean Poesen;J Moeyersons

  • Impact of road building on gully erosion risk: A case study from the northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jan Moeyersons;Edith Luyten

  • Runoff and sediment-associated nutrient losses under different land uses in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

    G. Girmay;G. Girmay;B.R. Singh;J. Nyssen;T. Borrosen

  • Effectiveness of stone bunds in controlling soil erosion on cropland in the Tigray Highlands, northern Ethiopia

    D Gebremichael;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jozef A Deckers

  • Use of LIDAR‐derived images for mapping old landslides under forest

    M. Van Den Eeckhaut;J. Poesen;G. Verstraeten;V. Vanacker

  • Reservoirs in Tigray (Northern Ethiopia): characteristics and sediment deposition problems

    N Haregeweyn;N Haregeweyn;Jean Poesen;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;J De Wit

  • Sediment deposition and pedogenesis in exclosures in the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

    Katrien Descheemaeker;Jan Nyssen;Joni Rossi;Jean Poesen

  • Impact of soil and water conservation measures on catchment hydrological response - a case in north Ethiopia.

    Jan Nyssen;Wim Clymans;Katrien Descheemaeker;Jean Poesen

  • Runoff on slopes with restoring vegetation: A case study from the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

    Katrien Descheemaeker;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Dirk Raes

  • Stone bunds for soil conservation in the northern Ethiopian highlands: Impacts on soil fertility and crop yield

    Karen Vancampenhout;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Desta Gebremichael;Jozef A. Deckers

  • Interdisciplinary on-site evaluation of stone bunds to control soil erosion on cropland in Northern Ethiopia

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Desta Gebremichael;Karen Vancampenhout

  • The effectiveness of hillshade maps and expert knowledge in mapping old deep-seated landslides

    M. Van Den Eeckhaut;J. Poesen;G. Verstraeten;V. Vanacker

  • The impacts of watershed management on land use and land cover dynamics in Eastern Tigray (Ethiopia)

    Fikir Alemayehu;Nurhussen Taha;Jan Nyssen;Atkilt Girma

  • Effects of land use, slope gradient, and soil and water conservation structures on runoff and soil loss in semi-arid Northern Ethiopia

    Gebeyehu Taye;Jean Poesen;Bas Van Wesemael;Matthias Vanmaercke

  • On-site evaluation of stone bunds to control soil erosion on cropland in Northern Ethiopia

    Jan Nyssen;Desta Gebremichael;K Vancampenhout;Jean Poesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Amaury Frankl
Amaury Frankl Ghent University
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Mitiku Haile
Mitiku Haile Mekelle University
Jan Moeyersons
Jan Moeyersons Royal Museum for Central Africa
Nigussie Haregeweyn
Nigussie Haregeweyn Tottori University
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Bram Govaerts
Bram Govaerts International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Wim Cornelis
Wim Cornelis Ghent University

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