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Diederik Jacques

Diederik Jacques

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
7688
World Ranking
4922
National Ranking
34

Diederik Jacques 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 Diederik Jacques sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 164 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Diederik Jacques 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 Diederik Jacques sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Diederik Jacques is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a significant research profile in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their scholarly output spans more than 50 publications primarily focusing on civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

In terms of subfields, their research prominently involves:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials

The core topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production

Diederik Jacques has published in a variety of venues, with some of the most frequent including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Vadose Zone Journal
  • Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • Sustainability

Recent papers highlight a range of topics and collaborative efforts, including:

  • "Developments and applications of the HYDRUS computer software packages since 2016" (2024, Vadose Zone Journal)
  • "Heating-induced transformations in calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H): In-situ investigations of composition, structure, and morphology" (2025, Cement and Concrete Research)
  • "Coupling Flow, Heat, and Reactive Transport Modeling to Reproduce In Situ Redox Potential Evolution: Application to an Infiltration Pond" (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "Digitalisation for nuclear waste management: predisposal and disposal" (2023, Environmental Earth Sciences)
  • "Speeding Up Reactive Transport Simulations in Cement Systems by Surrogate Geochemical Modeling: Deep Neural Networks and k-Nearest Neighbors" (2022, Transport in Porous Media)

Their frequent collaborators consist of:

  • Quoc Tri Phung
  • Thị Nhạn Nguyễn
  • Jan Elsen
  • Yiannis Pontikes
  • Alexandre Dauzères

Best Publications

  • Reactive transport codes for subsurface environmental simulation

    C. I. Steefel;C. A. J. Appelo;B. Arora;D. Jacques

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Efficient posterior exploration of a high‐dimensional groundwater model from two‐stage Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation and polynomial chaos expansion

    Eric Laloy;Bart Rogiers;Jasper A. Vrugt;Dirk Mallants

  • Inversion using a new low-dimensional representation of complex binary geological media based on a deep neural network

    Eric Laloy;Romain Hérault;John Aldo Lee;Diederik Jacques

  • Spatial variability of hydraulic properties in a multi-layered soil profile

    Dirk Mallants;Binayak P. Mohanty;Diederik Jacques;Jan Feyen

  • Training-Image Based Geostatistical Inversion Using a Spatial Generative Adversarial Neural Network

    Eric Laloy;Romain Hérault;Diederik Jacques;Niklas Linde

  • Effect of limestone fillers on microstructure and permeability due to carbonation of cement pastes under controlled CO2 pressure conditions

    Quoc Tri Phung;Norbert Maes;Diederik Jacques;Els Bruneel

  • Modelling Water Flow and Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Soils: A Review of Recent Approaches☆

    Jan Feyen;Diederik Jacques;Anthony Timmerman;Jan Vanderborght

  • Diffusivity of saturated ordinary Portland cement-based materials: A critical review of experimental and analytical modelling approaches

    Ravi Ajitbhai Patel;Quoc Tri Phung;Suresh C Seetharam;Janez Perko

  • Modelling coupled water flow, solute transport and geochemical reactions affecting heavy metal migration in a podzol soil

    D. Jacques;J. Šimůnek;D. Mallants;M.Th. van Genuchten

  • Indirect estimation of near-saturated hydraulic conductivity from readily available soil information

    N.J. Jarvis;L. Zavattaro;K. Rajkai;W.D. Reynolds

  • Development and analysis of the Soil Water Infiltration Global database

    Mehdi Rahmati;Mehdi Rahmati;Lutz Weihermüller;Jan Vanderborght;Yakov A. Pachepsky

  • Calibration of Richards' and convection–dispersion equations to field-scale water flow and solute transport under rainfall conditions

    Diederik Jacques;Jirka Šimůnek;Anthony Timmerman;Jan Feyen

  • Sensitivity of soil parameters in unsaturated zone modelling and the relation between effective, laboratory and in situ estimates

    Jan Mertens;H Madsen;M Kristensen;D Jacques

  • Temporal persistence in vertical distributions of soil moisture contents

    Ya. A. Pachepsky;A. K. Guber;D. Jacques

  • Modelling chemical degradation of concrete during leaching with rain and soil water types

    D. Jacques;L. Wang;E. Martens;D. Mallants

  • Determination of water permeability of cementitious materials using a controlled constant flow method

    Quoc Tri Phung;Norbert Maes;Geert De Schutter;Diederik Jacques

  • Modelling the carbonation of cement pastes under a CO2 pressure gradient considering both diffusive and convective transport

    Quoc Tri Phung;Norbert Maes;Diederik Jacques;Geert De Schutter

  • Including prior information in the estimation of effective soil parameters in unsaturated zone modelling

    Jan Mertens;H Madsen;Luc Feyen;D Jacques

  • Operator-splitting errors in coupled reactive transport codes for transient variably saturated flow and contaminant transport in layered soil profiles

    D. Jacques;J. Šimůnek;D. Mallants;M.Th. van Genuchten

  • MULTICOMPONENT GEOCHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELING USING HYDRUS‐1D AND HP11

    Jirka imůnek;Diederik Jacques;Martinus Th. Genuchten

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Mallants
Dirk Mallants Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Guang Ye
Guang Ye Delft University of Technology
Geert De Schutter
Geert De Schutter Ghent University
Jan Feyen
Jan Feyen University of Cuenca
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jirka Šimůnek
Jirka Šimůnek University of California, Riverside
M. Th. van Genuchten
M. Th. van Genuchten Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Niklas Linde
Niklas Linde University of Lausanne
Binayak P. Mohanty
Binayak P. Mohanty Texas A&M University
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich

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