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Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
20005
World Ranking
3481
National Ranking
79

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
88
Citations
25139
World Ranking
659
National Ranking
16

Cornelis A.M. van Gestel publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cornelis A.M. van Gestel sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 465 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Cornelis A.M. van Gestel D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cornelis A.M. van Gestel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Cornelis A.M. van Gestel is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with extensive contributions to subfields such as Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Insect Science, Materials Chemistry, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Heavy Metals in Environment, Insect and Pesticide Research, Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cornelis A.M. van Gestel include Hao Qiu, Erkai He, Susana Loureiro, Rudo A. Verweij, and Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg.

Among the venues where the scientist regularly publishes are The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal of Hazardous Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Chemosphere.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Cornelis A.M. van Gestel include:

  • Transport and accumulation of microplastics through wastewater treatment sludge processes, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Maternal exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles retarded fetal growth and triggered metabolic disorders of placenta and fetus in mice, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Factors affecting microplastic retention and emission by a wastewater treatment plant on the southern coast of Caspian Sea, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Exploring the impacts of microplastics and associated chemicals in the terrestrial environment - Exposure of soil invertebrates to tire particles, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Impact of CeO2 nanoparticles on the aggregation kinetics and stability of polystyrene nanoplastics: Importance of surface functionalization and solution chemistry, 2020, Water Research

Best Publications

  • Neonicotinoids in bees: a review on concentrations, side-effects and risk assessment

    Tsjeerd Blacquière;Guy Smagghe;Cornelis A M Van Gestel;Veerle Mommaerts

  • Metal-based nanoparticles in soil: fate, behavior, and effects on soil invertebrates.

    Paula S. Tourinho;Cornelis A. M. van Gestel;Stephen Lofts;Claus Svendsen

  • Internal metal sequestration and its ecotoxicological relevance: a review.

    Martina G. Vijver;Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Roman P. Lanno;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Partitioning of chemical contaminants to microplastics: Sorption mechanisms, environmental distribution and effects on toxicity and bioaccumulation.

    Paula S. Tourinho;Vladimír Kočí;Susana Loureiro;Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

  • Resilience of Soil Microbial Communities to Metals and Additional Stressors: DNA-Based Approaches for Assessing "Stress-on-Stress" Responses.

    Hamed Azarbad;Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Maria Niklińska;Ryszard Laskowski

  • Oral sealing using glue: a new method to distinguish between intestinal and dermal uptake of metals in earthworms

    Martina G Vijver;Jos P.M Vink;Cornelis J.H Miermans;Cornelis A.M van Gestel

  • Incorporation of the biomarker concept in ecotoxicology calls for a redefinition of terms.

    C. A. M. Van Gestel;T. C. Van Brummelen

  • Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the earthworms Lumbricus rubellus and Aporrectodea caliginosa in relation to total and available metal concentrations in field soils.

    P.H.F. Hobbelen;J.E. Koolhaas;C.A.M. van Gestel

  • Exploring the impacts of plastics in soil - The effects of polyester textile fibers on soil invertebrates.

    Salla Selonen;Salla Selonen;Andraž Dolar;Anita Jemec Kokalj;Tina Skalar

  • Soil invertebrates as bioindicators of urban soil quality.

    Lucia Santorufo;Cornelis A.M. Van Gestel;Annamaria Rocco;Giulia Maisto

  • Soil ecotoxicology: state of the art and future directions

    Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

  • Handbook of soil invertebrate toxicity tests

    H. Lokke;C.A.M. van Gestel

  • Toxicity and bioaccumulation of chlorophenols in earthworms, in relation to bioavailability in soil.

    C.A.M. van Gestel;Wei-Chun Ma

  • Bioavailability and toxicokinetics of hydrophobic aromatic compounds in benthic and terrestrial invertebrates.

    A. C. Belfroid;D. T. H. M. Sijm;C. A. M. Van Gestel

  • Interaction of Cd and Zn toxicity for Folsomia candida Willem (Collembola: Isotomidae) in relation to bioavailability in soil

    Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Paul J. Hensbergen

  • Physico-chemical and biological parameters determine metal bioavailability in soils.

    Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

  • Environmental stress and cellular response in arthropods

    A. Korsloot;C. A. M. van Gestel;N. M. van Straalen

  • Chronic toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles, non-nano ZnO and ZnCl2 to Folsomia candida (Collembola) in relation to bioavailability in soil

    Pauline L. Kool;Maria Diez Ortiz;Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

  • Development of a standardized reproduction toxicity test with the earthworm species Eisenia fetida andrei using copper, pentachlorophenol and 2,4-dichloroaniline.

    C.A.M. van Gestel;W.A. van Dis;E.M. van Breemen;P.M. Sparenburg

  • Ratios between acute aquatic toxicity and effects on population growth rates in relation to toxicant mode of action

    Erwin W. M. Roex;Cornelis A. M. Van Gestel;Annemarie P. Van Wezel;Nico M. Van Straalen

  • Solid-phase microextraction to predict bioavailability and accumulation of organic micropollutants in terrestrial organisms after exposure to a field-contaminated soil.

    Leon Van Der Wal;Tjalling Jager;Roel H. L. J. Fleuren;Arjan Barendregt

  • The use of acute and chronic bioassays to determine the ecological risk and bioremediation efficiency of oil-polluted soils

    Cornelis A. M. van Gestel;Jaap J. van der Waarde;J. G. M. (Anja) Derksen;Eline E. van der Hoek

Frequent Co-Authors

Nico M. van Straalen
Nico M. van Straalen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Susana Loureiro
Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg Leiden University
Hao Qiu
Hao Qiu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Claus Svendsen
Claus Svendsen Imperial College London
Martina G. Vijver
Martina G. Vijver Leiden University
Ryszard Laskowski
Ryszard Laskowski Jagiellonian University
Jörg Römbke
Jörg Römbke ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Tjalling Jager
Tjalling Jager Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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