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Matjaž Mikoš is affiliated with the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and has a research focus centered on environmental science and engineering, with a particular emphasis on soil erosion, landslides, hydrology, and related hazards. Their body of work reflects an extensive engagement with topics including landslides and related hazards, flood risk assessment and management, soil erosion and sediment transport, hydrology and watershed management studies, and cryospheric studies among others.

The main fields of study where Matjaž Mikoš has contributed are Environmental Science and Engineering. Within these fields, subfields of special interest include Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Global and Planetary Change; Soil Science; Water Science and Technology; and Ecology.

Matjaž Mikoš's major recent publications include the following:

  • Soil erosion modelling: A global review and statistical analysis, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Soil erosion modelling: A bibliometric analysis, 2021, Environmental Research
  • An in-depth statistical analysis of the rainstorms erosivity in Europe, 2021, CATENA
  • Reconstruction of past rainfall erosivity and trend detection based on the REDES database and reanalysis rainfall, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Towards multi-model soil erosion modelling: An evaluation of the erosion potential method (EPM) for global soil erosion assessments, 2023, CATENA

The researcher frequently publishes in journals and venues such as Acta Hydrotechnica, Landslides, Water, Applied Sciences, and the Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress. These outlets reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work bridging environmental processes and engineering applications.

Co-authorship collaborations include notable contributions alongside Nejc Bezak, Panos Panagos, Kyoji Sassa, Pasquale Borrelli, and Jošt Sodnik, with Nejc Bezak being the most frequent collaborator.

Matjaž Mikoš has also contributed to book publications, with works published by "Progress in Landslide Research and Technology" including two volumes in 2022 and 2023, as well as a title published by Springer International Publishing in 2020 titled "Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk."

Best Publications

  • Soil erosion modelling: A global review and statistical analysis.

    Pasquale Borrelli;Pasquale Borrelli;Pasquale Borrelli;Christine Alewell;Pablo Alvarez;Jamil Alexandre Ayach Anache

  • Rainfall interception by two deciduous Mediterranean forests of contrasting stature in Slovenia

    Mojca Šraj;Mitja Brilly;Matjaž Mikoš

  • Copula-based IDF curves and empirical rainfall thresholds for flash floods and rainfall-induced landslides

    Nejc Bezak;Mojca Šraj;Matjaž Mikoš

  • Soil erosion modelling: A bibliometric analysis.

    Nejc Bezak;Matjaž Mikoš;Pasquale Borrelli;Christine Alewell

  • The rainfall kinetic energy-intensity relationship for rainfall erosivity estimation in the Mediterranean part of Slovenia.

    Sašo Petan;Simon Rusjan;Andrej Vidmar;Matjaž Mikoš

  • Flushing of nitrate from a forested watershed: An insight into hydrological nitrate mobilization mechanisms through seasonal high-frequency stream nitrate dynamics

    Simon Rusjan;Mitja Brilly;Matjaž Mikoš

  • Hydrologic conditions responsible for triggering the Stože landslide, Slovenia

    Matjaž Mikoš;Matja Četina;Mitja Brilly

  • Sediment production and delivery from recent large landslides and earthquake-induced rock falls in the Upper Soča River Valley, Slovenia

    Matjaž Mikoš;Rok Fazarinc;Mihael Ribičič

  • Case Study: Numerical Simulations of Debris Flow below Stoze, Slovenia

    Matjaž Četina;Rudi Rajar;Tomaž Hojnik;Majda Zakrajšek

  • Estimating the R factor from daily rainfall data in the sub-Mediterranean climate of southwest Slovenia / Estimation du facteur R à partir de données journalières de pluie dans le climat sub-méditerranéen du Sud-Ouest de la Slovénie

    Gregor Petkovšek;Matjaž Mikoš

  • Rainfall and runoff erosivity in the alpine climate of north Slovenia: a comparison of different estimation methods

    Matjaž Mikoš;Darja Jošt;Gregor Petkovšek

  • Characteristics of the extreme rainfall event and consequent flash floods in W Slovenia in September 2007

    Simon Rusjan;Mira Kobold;Matjaž Mikoš

  • Advancing culture of living with landslides: volume 1 ISDR-ICL sendai partnerships 2015-2025

    Kyoji Sassa;Matjaž Mikoš;Yueping Yin

  • An in-depth statistical analysis of the rainstorms erosivity in Europe

    Nejc Bezak;Matjaž Mikoš;Pasquale Borrelli;Pasquale Borrelli;Leonidas Liakos

  • Towards multi-model soil erosion modelling: An evaluation of the erosion potential method (EPM) for global soil erosion assessments

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  • Using a laser measurement system for monitoring morphological changes on the Strug rock fall, Slovenia

    Matjaž Mikoš;Andrej Vidmar;Mitja Brilly

  • Reconstruction of past rainfall erosivity and trend detection based on the REDES database and reanalysis rainfall

    Nejc Bezak;Cristiano Ballabio;Matjaž Mikoš;Sašo Petan;Sašo Petan

  • Debris Flow Modelling Using RAMMS Model in the Alpine Environment With Focus on the Model Parameters and Main Characteristics

    Matjaž Mikoš;Nejc Bezak

  • Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides

    Matjaž Mikoš;Nicola Casagli;Yueping Yin;Kyoji Sassa

  • Seasonal variability of diurnal in-stream nitrate concentration oscillations under hydrologically stable conditions

    Simon Rusjan;Matjaž Mikoš

  • The impact of flow regulation by hydropower dams on the periphyton community in the Soča River, Slovenia

    Nataša Smolar-Žvanut;Matjaž Mikoš

  • Impact of the Rainfall Duration and Temporal Rainfall Distribution Defined Using the Huff Curves on the Hydraulic Flood Modelling Results

    Nejc Bezak;Mojca Šraj;Simon Rusjan;Matjaž Mikoš

  • The Stogovce landslide in SW Slovenia triggered during the September 2010 extreme rainfall event

    Ana Petkovšek;Rok Fazarinc;Marko Kočevar;Matej Maček

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyoji Sassa
Kyoji Sassa Kyoto University
Pasquale Borrelli
Pasquale Borrelli Roma Tre University
Panos Panagos
Panos Panagos European Commission
Nicola Casagli
Nicola Casagli University of Florence
Cristiano Ballabio
Cristiano Ballabio University of Milan
Guangju Zhao
Guangju Zhao Northwest A&F University
Luigi Lombardo
Luigi Lombardo University of Twente
Demetrio Antonio Zema
Demetrio Antonio Zema University of Reggio Calabria
Nigussie Haregeweyn
Nigussie Haregeweyn Tottori University
Chiyuan Miao
Chiyuan Miao Beijing Normal University

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