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Diederik Jacques

Diederik Jacques

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 43 4922 4541 34 34 164 7688

Diederik Jacques publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Diederik Jacques between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Diederik Jacques published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 7.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2014. 13 of the 228 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2014. 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 2 publications
1995 2026

228 publications in total across all disciplines

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Diederik Jacques: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 2
1996 2
1997 5
1998 2
1999 1
2000 2
2001 3
2002 7
2003 2
2004 2
2005 4
2006 8
2007 2
2008 5
2009 4
2010 9
2011 4
2012 9
2013 14
2014 19
2015 13
2016 18
2017 11
2018 17
2019 13
2020 5
2021 11
2022 2
2023 9
2024 10
2025 11
2026 2
Total 228
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 158–167 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 164 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458 164
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279 43
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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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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