Alex Watson
Impact in
- Soil Science top 5%
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
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- Seedling growth and survival studies
Papers in
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- Tree Root and Stability Studies 7
- Railway Engineering and Dynamics 2
- Non-Destructive Testing Techniques 2
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- Soil erosion and sediment transport 4
- Co-authors
- Michael Marden (5 shared papers)Chris Phillips (3 shared papers)Tien H. Wu (1 shared paper)T. Goddard (1 shared paper)Yantai Gan (1 shared paper)S. Sombatpanit (1 shared paper)Michael A. Zoebisch (1 shared paper)A. Pearce (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Plant and Soil (2 papers)Forest Ecology and Management (1 paper)New Zealand journal of forestry science (1 paper)Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (1 paper)Engineering Fracture Mechanics (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- New Zealand
In The Last Decade
Alex Watson
12 papers receiving 561 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 51
- Soil Science 234
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 125
- Mechanical Engineering 365
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 98
- Forestry 27
Countries citing papers authored by Alex Watson
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Watson
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Co-authors
The 12 scholars most cited alongside Alex Watson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No-till farming systems | 2008 | 150 |
| 2 | 1999 | 120 | |
| 3 | 1998 | 117 | |
| 4 | 2000 | 105 | |
| 5 | 1995 | 40 | |
| 6 | 1983 | 33 | |
| 7 | 2000 | 27 | |
| 8 | 2012 | 16 | |
| 9 | 2009 | 15 | |
| 10 | APPLICATION OF THE WHOLE LIFE RAIL MODEL TO CONTROL ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE | 2002 | 7 |
| 11 | 2023 | 3 | |
| 12 | SIMULATION OF RAIL WEAR AND ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE USING THE WHOLE LIFE RAIL MODEL | 2003 | 1 |
| 13 | AXLE INSPECTION: THE USE OF MONTE-CARLO ANALYSIS AND RISK ASSESSMENT TO OPTIMIZE AXLE INSPECTION INTERVAL | 1999 | 0 |
About Alex Watson
Alex Watson is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Soil Science, Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Plant Science, having authored 13 papers that have together received 634 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Tree Root and Stability Studies (7 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (4 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (2 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (2 papers), Fatigue and fracture mechanics (2 papers), Railway Engineering and Dynamics (2 papers), Non-Destructive Testing Techniques (2 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (234 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (125 citations), Mechanical Engineering (365 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (98 citations) and Forestry (27 citations). Alex Watson has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Michael Marden, Chris Phillips, Tien H. Wu, T. Goddard, Yantai Gan, S. Sombatpanit, Michael A. Zoebisch, A. Pearce, Scott Fraser and Craig Ross. Their work appears in journals such as Plant and Soil, Forest Ecology and Management, New Zealand journal of forestry science, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms and Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
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