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Jozef Deckers

Jozef Deckers

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Environmental Sciences
Belgium
2026
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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
98
Citations
34872
World Ranking
415
National Ranking
4

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
33232
World Ranking
1674
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jozef Deckers is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed to various research areas within agricultural and environmental sciences. Their work focuses largely on soil science, environmental management, and engineering disciplines related to land and water resources.

Their primary research fields include Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Specific subfields of study cover Soil Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Plant Science, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

Deckers' research addresses multiple topics such as soil erosion and sediment transport, rangeland management and livestock ecology, irrigation practices and water management, landslides and related hazards, banana cultivation, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Frequent publication venues for Deckers include Soil and Tillage Research, SOIL, Scientific African, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, and Environment and Planning E Nature and Space.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Deckers are:

  • Altitude and management affect soil fertility, leaf nutrient status and Xanthomonas wilt prevalence in enset gardens (2021, SOIL)
  • Impact of soil and water conservation structures on the spatial variability of topsoil moisture content and crop productivity in semi-arid Ethiopia (2024, Soil and Tillage Research)
  • Estimating the runoff response from hillslopes treated with soil and water conservation structures in the semi-arid Ethiopian highlands: Is the curve number method applicable? (2023, Scientific African)
  • Spatial distribution and livelihood effects of debris cones at the western Afar Rift Valley margin, northern Ethiopia (2020, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography)
  • Land system resilience amidst the ravages of war: Insights from Tigray (Northern Ethiopia) (2025, Environment and Planning E Nature and Space)

Deckers collaborates frequently with researchers including Jean Poesen, Jan Nyssen, Gebeyehu Taye, Samuale Tesfaye, and Matthias Vanmaercke. These collaborations highlight a strong network in related fields of soil and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • The World Reference Base for Soil Resources

    Otto C. Spaargaren;Jozef Deckers

  • Reference Base for Soil Resources

    Jozef A. Deckers;P Driessen;F Nachtergaele;O Spaargaren

  • Human impact on the hydrology of the Andean páramos

    Wouter Buytaert;Wouter Buytaert;Rolando Célleri;Rolando Célleri;Bert De Bièvre;Felipe Cisneros

  • 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

  • Lecture notes on the major soils of the world.

    P. Driessen;J. Deckers;O. Spaargaren;F. Nachtergaele

  • Conservation agriculture, improving soil quality for sustainable production systems?

    N. Verhulst;Bram Govaerts;E. Verachtert;A. Castellanos-Navarrete

  • Influence of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on soil microbial biomass and catabolic diversity

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Monica Mezzalama;Yusuke Unno;Ken D. Sayre

  • A minimum data set for soil quality assessment of wheat and maize cropping in the highlands of Mexico

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Ken D. Sayre;Jozef Deckers

  • 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

  • Predictive Quality of Pedotransfer Functions for Estimating Bulk Density of Forest Soils

    Bruno De Vos;Marc Van Meirvenne;Paul Quataert;Jozef Deckers

  • Rainfall erosivity and variability in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

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

  • Soil Atlas of Africa

    A. Jones;H. Breuning-Madsen;Michel Brossard;A. Dampha

  • Infiltration, soil moisture, root rot and nematode populations after 12 years of different tillage, residue and crop rotation managements

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Mariela Fuentes;Monica Mezzalama;Julie M. Nicol

  • Stable high yields with zero tillage and permanent bed planting

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;Ken D. Sayre;Jozef Deckers

  • Migration of herbaceous plant species across ancient–recent forest ecotones in central Belgium

    Beatrijs Bossuyt;Martin Hermy;Jozef Deckers

  • Influence of permanent raised bed planting and residue management on physical and chemical soil quality in rain fed maize/wheat systems

    Bram Govaerts;Bram Govaerts;K.D Sayre;K Lichter;L Dendooven

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

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jan Moeyersons;Edith Luyten

  • Walkley–Black analysis of forest soil organic carbon: recovery, limitations and uncertainty

    B De Vos;S Lettens;Bart Muys;Jozef A. Deckers

  • 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

  • Lecture notes on the major soils of the world

    P.M. Driessen;Jozef Deckers;Otto Spaargaren

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University
Mitiku Haile
Mitiku Haile Mekelle University
Jan Moeyersons
Jan Moeyersons Royal Museum for Central Africa
Bram Govaerts
Bram Govaerts International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Amaury Frankl
Amaury Frankl Ghent University
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Hans Bauer
Hans Bauer University of Oxford
Dirk Raes
Dirk Raes KU Leuven
Nigussie Haregeweyn
Nigussie Haregeweyn Tottori University

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