| Degradation and conservation of the resources in the Ethiopian highlands H Hurni Mountain research and development, 123-130, 1988 | 813 | 1988 |
| Land degradation, famine, and land resource scenarios in Ethiopia. H Hurni | 731 | 1993 |
| Implications of land use and land cover dynamics for mountain resource degradation in the Northwestern Ethiopian highlands G Zeleke, H Hurni Mountain research and development 21 (2), 184-191, 2001 | 684 | 2001 |
| Erosion-productivity-conservation systems in Ethiopia H Hurni | 585 | 1985 |
| The implications of changes in population, land use, and land management for surface runoff in the upper Nile basin area of Ethiopia H Hurni, K Tato, G Zeleke Mountain research and development 25 (2), 147-154, 2005 | 468 | 2005 |
| Land degradation and sustainable land management in the highlands of Ethiopia H Hurni, S Abate, A Bantider, B Debele, E Ludi, B Portner, B Yitaferu, ... Geographica Bernensia 5, 187-207, 2010 | 273 | 2010 |
| Fog-water collection for community use M Fessehaye, SA Abdul-Wahab, MJ Savage, T Kohler, T Gherezghiher, ... Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 29, 52-62, 2014 | 257 | 2014 |
| Assessing sustainable land management (SLM) H Hurni Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 81 (2), 83-92, 2000 | 254 | 2000 |
| Mountains and climate change: A global concern T Kohler, M Giger, H Hurni, C Ott, U Wiesmann, SW Von Dach, D Maselli Mountain Research and Development 30 (1), 53-55, 2010 | 213 | 2010 |
| Soil and water conservation in Ethiopia: guidelines for development agents H Hurni, WA Berhe, P Chadhokar, D Daniel, Z Gete, M Grunder, ... Centre for Development and Environment (CDE); Bern Open Publishing (BOP), 2016 | 180 | 2016 |
| Factors influencing the adoption of physical soil and water conservation practices in the Ethiopian highlands A Mekuriaw, A Heinimann, G Zeleke, H Hurni International soil and water conservation research 6 (1), 23-30, 2018 | 171 | 2018 |
| Agroecological belts of Ethiopia: explanatory notes on three maps at a scale of 1: 1,000,000 H Hurni Soil Conservation Research Program of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 31, 1998 | 157 | 1998 |
| Soil properties and crop yields along the terraces and toposequece of Anjeni Watershed, Central Highlands of Ethiopia T Amare, A Terefe, YG Selassie, B Yitaferu, B Wolfgramm, H Hurni Journal of Agricultural Science 5 (2), 134, 2013 | 155 | 2013 |
| Soil erosion and soil formation in agricultural ecosystems: Ethiopia and Northern Thailand H Hurni Mountain research and development, 131-142, 1983 | 155 | 1983 |
| Combined effect of soil bund with biological soil and water conservation measures in the northwestern Ethiopian highlands T Amare, AD Zegeye, B Yitaferu, TS Steenhuis, H Hurni, G Zeleke Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 14 (3), 192-199, 2014 | 150 | 2014 |
| Concepts of sustainable land management H Hurni ITC journal, 210-215, 1997 | 143 | 1997 |
| Terminology for soil erosion and conservation E Bergsma, P Charman, F Gibbons, H Hurni, WC Moldenhauer, ... ISSS: ITC: ISRIC, 1996 | 140 | 1996 |
| Environmental conditions and human drivers for changes to north Ethiopian mountain landscapes over 145 years J Nyssen, A Frankl, M Haile, H Hurni, K Descheemaeker, D Crummey, ... Science of the total environment 485, 164-179, 2014 | 131 | 2014 |
| Effects of climate change on water resources in the upper Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia V Roth, T Lemann, G Zeleke, AT Subhatu, TK Nigussie, H Hurni Heliyon 4 (9), 2018 | 123 | 2018 |
| Soils, agriculture and food security: the interplay between ecosystem functioning and human well-being H Hurni, M Giger, H Liniger, RM Studer, P Messerli, B Portner, G Schwilch, ... Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 15, 25-34, 2015 | 119 | 2015 |