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Johan Bouma 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 Johan Bouma sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 331 publications — 89th percentile

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

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

Johan Bouma 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 Johan Bouma sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

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

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Johan Bouma is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Soil Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's key research topics center on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis, Soil and Land Suitability Analysis, and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Johan Bouma has contributed multiple articles to renowned publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Geoderma
  • Soil Security
  • Soil Systems
  • Geoderma Regional

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Bouma are:

  • Contributing pedological expertise towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2020, Geoderma)
  • Ten challenges for the future of pedometrics (2021, Geoderma)
  • Targeting the soil quality and soil health concepts when aiming for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Green Deal (2020, SOIL)
  • Impressions of digital soil maps: The good, the not so good, and making them ever better (2020, Geoderma Regional)
  • Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective (2021, Geoderma Regional)

Johan Bouma has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Laura Poggio, Antonello Bonfante, Angelo Basile, M. Heinen, and Alex B. McBratney.

In recognition of their contributions, Bouma was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989.

Best Publications

  • The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations sustainable development goals

    Saskia D. Keesstra;Johan Bouma;Jakob Wallinga;Pablo Tittonell

  • Future Directions of Precision Agriculture

    Alex B. McBratney;Brett Whelan;Tihomir Ancev;Johan Bouma

  • Using Soil Survey Data for Quantitative Land Evaluation

    J. Bouma

  • A spatial explicit allocation procedure for modelling the pattern of land use change based upon actual land use

    P.H. Verburg;G.H.J. de Koning;K. Kok;A. Veldkamp

  • Pedotransfer functions in Earth system science: challenges and perspectives

    Kris Van Looy;Johan Bouma;Michael Herbst;John Koestel

  • Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective

    Rattan Lal;Johan Bouma;Eric Brevik;Lorna Dawson

  • A CASE STUDY ON INFILTRATION INTO DRY CLAY SOIL I. MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

    J. Bouma;L.W. Dekker

  • Transfer functions and threshold values: from soil characteristics to land qualities.

    J. Bouma;H.A.J. van Lanen

  • Soil Security: Solving the Global Soil Crisis

    Andrea Koch;Alex McBratney;Mark Adams;Damien Field

  • Soil morphology and preferential flow along macropores

    J. Bouma

  • Land use change under conditions of high population pressure : the case of Java

    Peter H. Verburg;A. Veldkamp;Johan Bouma

  • Influence of Soil Macroporosity on Environmental Quality

    J. Bouma

  • Soil organic matter content as a function of different land use history

    M.M. Pulleman;J. Bouma;E.A. van Essen;Erik Meijles

  • A Simulation Model for Predicting Infiltration into Cracked Clay Soil

    W. B. Hoogmoed;J. Bouma

  • Principal land use changes anticipated in Europe

    J Bouma;G Varallyay;N.H Batjes

  • Soil science contributions towards Sustainable Development Goals and their implementation: linking soil functions with ecosystem services

    Johan Bouma

  • Land quality indicators of sustainable land management across scales

    J. Bouma

  • Hydropedology: Synergistic integration of pedology and hydrology

    Henry Lin;Johan Bouma;Yakov Pachepsky;Andrew Western

  • Soil sensing: A new paradigm for agriculture

    Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel;Johan Bouma

  • Use of soil-map delineations to improve (Co-)kriging of point data on moisture deficits

    A. Stein;M. Hoogerwerf;J. Bouma

  • The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

    Saskia Keesstra;Johan Bouma;Jakob Wallinga;Pablo Tittonell

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Stein
Alfred Stein University of Twente
Jetse J. Stoorvogel
Jetse J. Stoorvogel Wageningen University & Research
Alex B. McBratney
Alex B. McBratney University of Sydney
Martin J. Kropff
Martin J. Kropff International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
A. Veldkamp
A. Veldkamp University of Twente
Yakov A. Pachepsky
Yakov A. Pachepsky Agricultural Research Service
Luca Montanarella
Luca Montanarella European Commission
Cristine L.S. Morgan
Cristine L.S. Morgan Texas A&M University
Peter Droogers
Peter Droogers Stockholm Environment Institute
Arnold K. Bregt
Arnold K. Bregt Wageningen University & Research

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