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D-Index
54
Citations
10268
World Ranking
12623
National Ranking
155

Frank David publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank David sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 175 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Frank David D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank David sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Frank David is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on aquatic environments, with a particular emphasis on aquatic science, ecology, biomedical engineering, global and planetary change, and spectroscopy.

The main topics covered in Frank David's research include:

  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Analytical chemistry and chromatography
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Advanced chemical sensor technologies
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth
  • Fermentation and sensory analysis

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations have been:

  • Pat Sandra (6 publications)
  • Cyril Marchand (5 publications)
  • Nadia Améziane (4 publications)
  • Tarik Meziane (4 publications)
  • Nguyễn Thành-Nho (3 publications)

Frank David's research is commonly published in several academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Aquaculture Nutrition (2 publications)
  • Journal of Chromatography A (2 publications)
  • LCGC Europe (2 publications)
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (2 publications)
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frank David include:

  • Food sources, digestive efficiency and resource allocation in the sea cucumber Holothuria forskali (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea): Insights from pigments and fatty acids, 2020, Aquaculture Nutrition
  • Sex-specific seasonal variations in the fatty acid and carotenoid composition of sea cucumber gonads and implications for aquaculture, 2023, Marine Biology

Other notable publications from their research group or collaborators in related fields include:

  • Respective contribution of urban wastewater and mangroves on nutrient dynamics in a tropical estuary during the monsoon season, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Fractionated stir bar sorptive extraction using conventional and solvent-assisted approaches for enhanced identification capabilities of aroma compounds in beverages, 2020, Journal of Chromatography A
  • Untargeted flavor profiling of lager beers by stir bar sorptive extraction -capillary gas chromatography - time-of-flight mass spectrometry: High analytical performance with a green touch, 2021, Journal of Chromatography A

Best Publications

  • Stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE), a novel extraction technique for aqueous samples: Theory and principles†

    Erik Baltussen;Pat Sandra;Pat Sandra;Frank David;Carel Cramers

  • Stir bar sorptive extraction for trace analysis

    Frank David;Pat Sandra

  • Evaluation of ultra performance liquid chromatography Part I. Possibilities and limitations

    André de Villiers;François Lestremau;Roman Szucs;Sylvie Gélébart

  • Profiling and Characterizing Skin Ceramides Using Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography–Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

    Ruben t'Kindt;Lucie Jorge;Emmie Dumont;Pauline Couturon

  • Multi-residue screening of pesticides in vegetables, fruits and baby food by stir bar sorptive extraction-thermal desorption-capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Pat Sandra;Bart Tienpont;Frank David

  • Comprehensive blood plasma lipidomics by liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Koen Sandra;Alberto dos Santos Pereira;Gerd Vanhoenacker;Frank David

  • High capacity headspace sorptive extraction

    B Tienpont;Frank David;C Bicchi;Patrick Sandra

  • Stir bar sorptive extraction applied to the determination of dicarboximide fungicides in wine

    Pat Sandra;Bart Tienpont;Joeri Vercammen;Andreas Tredoux

  • Stir bar sorptive extraction-thermal desorption-capillary GC-MS applied to biological fluids.

    Bart Tienpont;Frank David;Koen Desmet;Patrick Sandra

  • The utility of sulfonate salts in drug development

    David P. Elder;Ed Delaney;Andrew Teasdale;Steve Eyley

  • Two decades of stir bar sorptive extraction: A retrospective and future outlook

    Frank David;Nobuo Ochiai;Pat Sandra

  • Optimization of a multi-residue screening method for the determination of 85 pesticides in selected food matrices by stir bar sorptive extraction and thermal desorption GC-MS.

    Nobuo Ochiai;Kikuo Sasamoto;Hirooki Kanda;Takashi Yamagami

  • Dual-phase twisters: a new approach to headspace sorptive extraction and stir bar sorptive extraction.

    Carlo Bicchi;Chiara Cordero;Erica Liberto;Patrizia Rubiolo

  • Chiral packed column subcritical fluid chromatography on polysaccharide and macrocyclic antibiotic chiral stationary phases.

    Andrei Medvedovici;Pat Sandra;Laura Toribio;Frank David

  • Study into the Equilibrium Mechanism between Water and Poly(dimethylsiloxane) for Very Apolar Solutes: Adsorption or Sorption?

    Erik Baltussen;Pat Sandra;Frank David;Hans-Gerd Janssen

  • Comparison of one-dimensional and comprehensive two-dimensional separations by gas chromatography

    Leonid M. Blumberg;Frank David;Matthew S. Klee;Pat Sandra

  • Characterization of triglycerides in vegetable oils by silver-ion packed-column supercritical fluid chromatography coupled to mass spectroscopy with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and coordination ion spray

    Patrick Sandra;A Medvedovici;Y Zhao;Frank David

  • The acetonitrile shortage: Is reversed HILIC with water an alternative for the analysis of highly polar ionizable solutes?

    Alberto dos Santos Pereira;Frank David;Gerd Vanhoenacker;Pat Sandra

  • A sensitive HPLC method for the quantification of free and total p-cresol in patients with chronic renal failure.

    Rita De Smet;Frank David;Patrick Sandra;Jaqueline Van Kaer

  • Instrumentation and applications of fast high-resolution capillary gas chromatography

    F David;D.R Gere;F Scanlan;P Sandra

Frequent Co-Authors

Pat Sandra
Pat Sandra Ghent University
Carlo Bicchi
Carlo Bicchi University of Turin
Frederic Lynen
Frederic Lynen Ghent University
Patrizia Rubiolo
Patrizia Rubiolo University of Turin
Chiara Cordero
Chiara Cordero University of Turin
Guowang Xu
Guowang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp
Raymond Vanholder
Raymond Vanholder Ghent University
Alain Saliot
Alain Saliot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University

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