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Johan Alexander Huisman

Johan Alexander Huisman

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
83
Citations
24222
World Ranking
426
National Ranking
18

Johan Alexander Huisman 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 Johan Alexander Huisman sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 445 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johan Alexander Huisman 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 Johan Alexander Huisman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Johan Alexander Huisman is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broad areas, Huisman focuses on subfields including Geophysics, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in Huisman's work include Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, Geophysical Methods and Applications, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography, Climate Change and Permafrost, and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

Huisman has contributed to multiple publication venues with frequency, including:

  • Water Resources Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Sensors
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Some of Huisman's recent published papers are:

  • Error Estimation for Soil Moisture Measurements With Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing and Implications for Rover Surveys, 2020, Frontiers in Water
  • Sensing the electrical properties of roots: A review, 2020, Vadose Zone Journal
  • Monitoring of Snowpack Dynamics With Cosmic-Ray Neutron Probes: A Comparison of Four Conversion Methods, 2020, Frontiers in Water
  • Advancing measurements and representations of subsurface heterogeneity and dynamic processes: towards 4D hydrogeology, 2023, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Simulation of spatial variability in crop leaf area index and yield using agroecosystem modeling and geophysics-based quantitative soil information, 2020, Vadose Zone Journal

Huisman frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Harry Vereecken
  • Egon Zimmermann
  • Heye Bogena
  • Olaf A. Cirpka
  • Cosimo Brogi

Best Publications

  • Measuring Soil Water Content with Ground Penetrating Radar: A Review

    J. A. Huisman;S. S. Hubbard;J. D. Redman;A. P. Annan

  • On the value of soil moisture measurements in vadose zone hydrology: a review

    H. Vereecken;J. A. Huisman;H. Bogena;J. Vanderborght

  • Surface complexation of ferrous iron and carbonate on ferrihydrite and the mobilization of arsenic.

    Appelo Ca;Van Der Weiden Mj;Tournassat C;Charlet L

  • Measuring Soil Water Content with Ground Penetrating Radar

    J. A. Huisman;S. S. Hubbard;J. D. Redman;A. P. Annan

  • The emergence of hydrogeophysics for improved understanding of subsurface processes over multiple scales.

    Andrew Binley;Susan S. Hubbard;Johan A. Huisman;André Revil

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • On the spatio-temporal dynamics of soil moisture at the field scale

    H. Vereecken;J.A. Huisman;Y. Pachepsky;C. Montzka

  • A hierarchical set of models for species response analysis

    J. Huisman;H. Olff;L.F.M. Fresco

  • Evaluation of a low-cost soil water content sensor for wireless network applications

    H.R. Bogena;J.A. Huisman;C. Oberdörster;H. Vereecken

  • Soil water content measurements at different scales: accuracy of time domain reflectometry and ground-penetrating radar

    J.A. Huisman;C. Sperl;W. Bouten;J.M. Verstraten

  • Potential of Wireless Sensor Networks for Measuring Soil Water Content Variability

    H.R. Bogena;M. Herbst;J.A. Huisman;U. Rosenbaum

  • Arsenic(III) oxidation by birnessite and precipitation of manganese(II) arsenate.

    Christophe Tournassat;Laurent Charlet;Dirk Bosbach;Alain Manceau

  • Seasonal and event dynamics of spatial soil moisture patterns at the small catchment scale

    U. Rosenbaum;H. R. Bogena;M. Herbst;J. A. Huisman

  • Improved extraction of hydrologic information from geophysical data through coupled hydrogeophysical inversion.

    A. C. Hinnell;T. P. A. Ferré;J. A. Vrugt;J. A. Vrugt;J. A. Huisman

  • Mapping the spatial variation of soil water content at the field scale with different ground penetrating radar techniques

    L. Weihermüller;J.A. Huisman;Sébastien Lambot;M. Herbst

  • Assessing the impact of land use change on hydrology by ensemble modeling (LUCHEM) I: Model intercomparison with current land use

    L Breuer;J.A. Huisman;P Willems;H Bormann

  • Electron transfer at the mineral/water interface: Selenium reduction by ferrous iron sorbed on clay

    L. Charlet;A.C. Scheinost;Christophe Tournassat;Jean-Marc Greneche

  • Soil hydrology: Recent methodological advances, challenges, and perspectives

    H. Vereecken;J. A. Huisman;H. J. Hendricks Franssen;N. Brüggemann

  • A robust model for pore-water chemistry of clayrock

    Eric C. Gaucher;Christophe Tournassat;F.J. Pearson;Philippe Blanc

  • Accuracy of the cosmic-ray soil water content probe in humid forest ecosystems: The worst case scenario

    H. R. Bogena;J. A. Huisman;R. Baatz;H.-J. Hendricks Franssen

  • A high-accuracy impedance spectrometer for measuring sediments with low polarizability

    E Zimmermann;A Kemna;J Berwix;W Glaas

  • Analysis of air-launched ground-penetrating radar techniques to measure the soil surface water content

    Sébastien Lambot;Sébastien Lambot;Lutz Weihermüller;Johan A. Huisman;Harry Vereecken

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Heye Bogena
Heye Bogena Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lutz Weihermüller
Lutz Weihermüller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Andreas Kemna
Andreas Kemna University of Bonn
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lutz Breuer
Lutz Breuer University of Giessen
Carsten Montzka
Carsten Montzka Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jan van der Kruk
Jan van der Kruk Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sébastien Lambot
Sébastien Lambot Université Catholique de Louvain
Jasper A. Vrugt
Jasper A. Vrugt University of California, Irvine

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