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Tammo S. Steenhuis

Tammo S. Steenhuis

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Earth Science
USA
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
98
Citations
31327
World Ranking
153
National Ranking
76

Tammo S. Steenhuis 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 Tammo S. Steenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 631 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Tammo S. Steenhuis 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 Tammo S. Steenhuis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Tammo S. Steenhuis is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and specializes in environmental and agricultural sciences. Their primary research areas encompass environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with particular focus on soil science, water science and technology, global and planetary change, ecology, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to hydrology and watershed management studies, soil erosion and sediment transport, aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, irrigation practices and water management, and hydrology and sediment transport processes.

Key recent publications by Tammo S. Steenhuis include:

  • Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health (2024) - Nature Communications
  • Reduced groundwater use and increased grain production by optimized irrigation scheduling in winter wheat-summer maize double cropping system-A 16-year field study in North China Plain (2021) - Field Crops Research
  • Diversified crop rotations enhance groundwater and economic sustainability of food production (2021) - Food and Energy Security
  • Sustainable futures over the next decade are rooted in soil science (2021) - European Journal of Soil Science
  • Diversified crop rotations reduce groundwater use and enhance system resilience (2022) - Agricultural Water Management

Steenhuis has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Water
  • Hydrology
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
  • CATENA

Frequent collaborators include Seifu A. Tilahun, Fasikaw A. Zimale, Petra Schmitter, Steven Pacenka, and Mebrahtom G. Kebedew.

In recognition of their contributions, Steenhuis was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Citizen science in hydrology and water resources: opportunities for knowledge generation, ecosystem service management, and sustainable development

    Wouter Buytaert;Wouter Buytaert;Zed Zulkafli;Zed Zulkafli;Sam Grainger;Luis Acosta

  • Using the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis as weather input data for watershed models

    Daniel R. Fuka;M. Todd Walter;Charlotte MacAlister;Arthur T. Degaetano

  • MOBILITY AND SOLUBILITY OF TOXIC METALS AND NUTRIENTS IN SOIL FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER SLUDGE APPLICATION

    Murray B. McBride;Brian K. Richards;Tammo Steenhuis;John J. Russo

  • Movement of heavy metals through undisturbed and homogenized soil columns

    Vincent J. Camobreco;Brian K. Richards;Tammo S. Steenhuis;John H. Peverly

  • Re-conceptualizing the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model to predict runoff from variable source areas

    Zachary M. Easton;Daniel R. Fuka;M. Todd Walter;Dillon M. Cowan

  • Mechanism for finger persistence in homogeneous, unsaturated porous media: Theory and verification

    Robert J. Glass;Tammo S. Steenhuis;J. Yves Parlange

  • Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health

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  • Preferential paths of flow under conventional and conservation tillage

    M.S. Andreini;T.S. Steenhuis

  • Hydrologically sensitive areas: Variable source area hydrology implications for water quality risk assessment

    M. T. Walter;M. F. Walter;E. S. Brooks;T. S. Steenhuis

  • SCS Runoff Equation Revisited for Variable-Source Runoff Areas

    Tammo S. Steenhuis;Michael Winchell;Jane Rossing;James A. Zollweg

  • A multi basin SWAT model analysis of runoff and sedimentation in the Blue Nile, Ethiopia

    Z. M. Easton;D. R. Fuka;E. D. White;A. S. Collick

  • A soil-water-balance approach to quantify groundwater recharge from irrigated cropland in the North China Plain

    Eloise Kendy;Pierre Gérard-Marchant;M. Todd Walter;Yongqiang Zhang

  • Physics of water repellent soils

    T. W.J. Bauters;T. S. Steenhuis;David DiCarlo;J. L. Nieber

  • Wetting front instability: 2. Experimental determination of relationships between system parameters and two‐dimensional unstable flow field behavior in initially dry porous media

    R. J. Glass;T. S. Steenhuis;J. Y. Parlange

  • Environmental factors determining the trace-level sorption of silver and thallium to soils.

    Astrid R. Jacobson;Murray B. McBride;Philippe Baveye;Tammo S. Steenhuis

  • A GIS-based variable source area hydrology model

    Jane R. Frankenberger;Erin S. Brooks;M. Todd Walter;Michael F. Walter

  • Preferential Flow in Water-Repellent Sands

    Tim W. J. Bauters;Tammo S. Steenhuis;Jean-Yves Parlange;David A. DiCarlo

  • Phosphorus removal by wollastonite: A constructed wetland substrate

    Andrea S Brooks;Melissa N Rozenwald;Larry D Geohring;Leonard W Lion

  • Surface and subsurface flow effect on permanent gully formation and upland erosion near Lake Tana in the Northern Highlands of Ethiopia

    T. Y. Tebebu;A. Z. Abiy;A. D. Zegeye;H. E. Dahlke

  • Groundwater recharge from irrigated cropland in the North China Plain: case study of Luancheng County, Hebei Province, 1949-2000

    Eloise Kendy;Yongqiang Zhang;Changming Liu;Jinxia Wang

  • Wetting front instability as a rapid and far-reaching hydrologic process in the vadose zone

    R.J. Glass;T.S. Steenhuis;J.-Y. Parlange

Frequent Co-Authors

Seifu A. Tilahun
Seifu A. Tilahun Bahir Dar University
Brian K. Richards
Brian K. Richards Cornell University
Amy S. Collick
Amy S. Collick University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Zachary M. Easton
Zachary M. Easton Virginia Tech
M. Todd Walter
M. Todd Walter Cornell University
Jan Boll
Jan Boll Washington State University
John S. Selker
John S. Selker Oregon State University
Jean-Yves Parlange
Jean-Yves Parlange Cornell University
Bin Gao
Bin Gao University of Florida
David Andrew Barry
David Andrew Barry École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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