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Ken'ichirou Kosugi

Ken'ichirou Kosugi

Ken'ichirou Kosugi 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 Ken'ichirou Kosugi sits on this spectrum.

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Ken'ichirou Kosugi 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 Ken'ichirou Kosugi sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Ken'ichirou Kosugi is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

The primary areas of research include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Landslides and related hazards, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Cryospheric studies and observations, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ken'ichirou Kosugi include Naoya Masaoka, Yoshiko Kosugi, Masanori Katsuyama, Jun Inaoka, and Yoshifumi Satofuka.

Significant publication venues for this researcher are Hydrological Processes, Hydrological Research Letters, International Journal of Erosion Control Engineering, Ecohydrology, and Water Resources Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Slope position and water use by trees in a headwater catchment dominated by Japanese cypress: Implications for catchment-scale transpiration estimates, 2020, Ecohydrology
  • Bedrock Groundwater Catchment Area Unveils Rainfall-Runoff Processes in Headwater Basins, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • Effects of geological structures on rainfall-runoff responses in headwater catchments in a sedimentary rock mountain, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • Debris flow disaster in Atami, Japan, in July 2021, 2022, International Journal of Erosion Control Engineering
  • Long-term effects of evapotranspiration on the flow duration curve in a coniferous plantation forest over 40 years, 2020, Hydrological Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Lognormal Distribution Model for Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Properties

    Ken'ichirou Kosugi

  • Effects of pipeflow on hydrological process and its relation to landslide: a review of pipeflow studies in forested headwater catchments

    Taro Uchida;Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • General Model for Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity for Soils with Lognormal Pore-Size Distribution

    K. Kosugi

  • Dynamic runoff connectivity of overland flow on steep forested hillslopes: Scale effects and runoff transfer

    Takashi Gomi;Roy C. Sidle;Shusuke Miyata;Shusuke Miyata;Ken'ichirou Kosugi

  • Effects of forest floor coverage on overland flow and soil erosion on hillslopes in Japanese cypress plantation forests

    Shusuke Miyata;Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Takashi Gomi;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • Water flow processes in weathered granitic bedrock and their effects on runoff generation in a small headwater catchment

    Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Shin'ya Katsura;Masanori Katsuyama;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • Characteristics of overland flow generation on steep forested hillslopes of central Japan

    Takashi Gomi;Roy C. Sidle;Masayasu Ueno;Shusuke Miyata

  • Runoff responses to forest thinning at plot and catchment scales in a headwater catchment draining Japanese cypress forest

    Bui Xuan Dung;Takashi Gomi;Shusuke Miyata;Roy C. Sidle

  • Development, evaluation and interpretation of sediment rating curves for a Japanese small mountainous reforested watershed

    S.H.R. Sadeghi;T. Mizuyama;S. Miyata;T. Gomi

  • Scaling Water Retention Curves for Soils with Lognormal Pore-Size Distribution

    K. Kosugi;J. W. Hopmans

  • Soil water dynamics around a tree on a hillslope with or without rainwater supplied by stemflow

    Wei-Li Liang;Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • Surface runoff as affected by soil water repellency in a Japanese cypress forest

    Shusuke Miyata;Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Takashi Gomi;Yuichi Onda

  • Effects of pipe flow and bedrock groundwater on runoff generation in a steep headwater catchment in Ashiu, central Japan

    Taro Uchida;Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • Determinant factors of sediment graphs and rating loops in a reforested watershed

    S.H.R. Sadeghi;T. Mizuyama;S. Miyata;T. Gomi

  • Simultaneous scaling of soil water retention and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity functions assuming lognormal pore-size distribution

    A. Tuli;K. Kosugi;J.W. Hopmans

  • Heterogeneous Soil Water Dynamics around a Tree Growing on a Steep Hillslope

    Wei-Li Liang;Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • A three-dimensional model of the effect of stemflow on soil water dynamics around a tree on a hillslope.

    Wei-Li Liang;Ken’ichirou Kosugi;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • Controlled-Suction Period Lysimeter for Measuring Vertical Water Flux and Convective Chemical Fluxes

    K. Kosugi;M. Katsuyama

  • Numerical calculation of soil pipe flow and its effect on water dynamics in a slope

    Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Taro Uchida;Takahisa Mizuyama

  • Hydraulic Properties of Variously Weathered Granitic Bedrock in Headwater Catchments

    Shin'ya Katsura;Ken'ichirou Kosugi;Tasuku Mizutani;Takahisa Mizuyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Gomi
Takashi Gomi Nagoya University
Yuichi Onda
Yuichi Onda University of Tsukuba
Roy C. Sidle
Roy C. Sidle University of Central Asia
Jan W. Hopmans
Jan W. Hopmans University of California, Davis
Yoshiko Kosugi
Yoshiko Kosugi Kyoto University
Zhao Zhang
Zhao Zhang Beijing Normal University
Fulu Tao
Fulu Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peijun Shi
Peijun Shi Beijing Normal University
Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi
Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi Tarbiat Modares University
Takeshi Ohta
Takeshi Ohta Nagoya University

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