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Jan W. de Leeuw is affiliated with the International Soil Reference and Information Centre in the Netherlands. Their research contributions span several key areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on sensory analysis and statistical methods, spectroscopy and chemometric analyses, leaf properties and growth measurement, data analysis with R, geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Their recent publications include:

  • More on Multidimensional Scaling and Unfolding in R: smacof Version 2, 2022, Journal of Statistical Software
  • Improved Approximation and Visualization of the Correlation Matrix, 2023, The American Statistician
  • Reconstructing sedimentary processes in a Permian channel-lobe transition zone: an outcrop study in the Karoo Basin, South Africa, 2022, Geological Magazine
  • Improved approximation and visualization of the correlation matrix, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Parcel loss prediction in last-mile delivery: deep and non-deep approaches with insights from Explainable AI, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan W. de Leeuw include:

  • Jan Graffelman
  • Patrick Mair
  • Patrick J. F. Groenen
  • Florian Pohl
  • JT Eggenhuisen

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Statistical Software, The American Statistician, Geological Magazine, and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Jan W. de Leeuw has multiple publications within these venues, with arXiv hosting four of their papers.

The core fields of study covered in their research are agricultural and biological sciences, with subfields including food science, artificial intelligence, analytical chemistry, plant science, and earth-surface processes. Their main topics of work concentrate on:

  • Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
  • Data Analysis with R
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Best Publications

  • The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments

    JI Hedges;G Eglinton;PG Hatcher;DL Kirchman

  • A reappraisal of kerogen formation

    E.W Tegelaar;J.W de Leeuw;S Derenne;C Largeau

  • A Review of Macromolecular Organic Compounds That Comprise Living Organisms and Their Role in Kerogen, Coal, and Petroleum Formation

    J. W. De Leeuw;C. Largeau

  • Soil-related sustainable development goals: Four concepts to make land degradation neutrality and restoration work

    Saskia Keesstra;Gerben Mol;Jan de Leeuw;Joop Okx

  • Diagenetic and catagenetic products of isorenieratene: Molecular indicators for photic zone anoxia

    Martin P. Koopmans;Jürgen Köster;Heidy M.E. Van Kaam-Peters;Fabien Kenig

  • Selective preservation of organic matter in marine environments; processes and impact on the sedimentary record

    K. A. F. Zonneveld;G. J. M. Versteegh;Sabine Kasten;T. I. Eglinton

  • Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean

    Henk Brinkhuis;Stefan Schouten;Margaret E Collinson;Appy Sluijs

  • Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems

    R. Alkemade;R.S. Reid;M. van den Berg;J. de Leeuw

  • Vegetation succession and herbivory in a salt marsh: changes induced by sea level rise and silt deposition along an elevational gradient

    Han Olff;J De Leeuw;Jan Bakker;RJ Platerink

  • Catastrophic soil erosion during the end-Permian biotic crisis

    Mark A. Sephton;Cindy V. Looy;Henk Brinkhuis;Paul B. Wignall

  • MICRO-PATTERNS IN GRASSLAND VEGETATION CREATED AND SUSTAINED BY SHEEP-GRAZING

    J. P. Bakker;J. de Leeuw;S. E. van Wieren

  • Distribution of aliphatic, nonhydrolyzable biopolymers in marine microalgae

    F Gelin;J.K Volkman;C Largeau;S Derenne

  • Population trends of large non‐migratory wild herbivores and livestock in the Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya, between 1977 and 1997

    W.K. Ottichilo;J. de Leeuw;A.K. Skidmore;H.H.T. Prins

  • A molecular and carbon isotopic study towards the origin and diagenetic fate of diaromatic carotenoids

    Walter A. Hartgers;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;A.G. Requejo;Jim Allan

  • Strategic assessment of the magnitude and impacts of sand mining in Poyang Lake, China.

    Jan de Leeuw;Jan de Leeuw;David Shankman;Guofeng Wu;Willem Frederik de Boer

  • Resistant biomacromolecules in marine microalgae of the classes Eustigmatophyceae and Chlorophyceae: Geochemical implications

    François Gelin;Ilco Boogers;Anna A.M. Noordeloos;Jaap S.Sinninghe Damste

  • Chemical structure of algaenans from the fresh water algae Tetraedron minimum, Scenedesmus communis and Pediastrum boryanum

    Peter Blokker;Stefan Schouten;Herman van den Ende;Jan W. de Leeuw

  • Length of Growing Period over Africa: Variability and Trends from 30 Years of NDVI Time Series

    Anton Vrieling;Jan De Leeuw;Mohammed Y. Said

  • Organic sulfur compounds formed during early diagenesis in Black Sea sediments

    Stuart G. Wakeham;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Math E.L. Kohnen;Jan W. De Leeuw

  • Biases from natural sulphurization in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction based on hydrocarbon biomarker distributions

    Math E. L Kohnen;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste;Jan W. De Leeuw

  • Directional reflectance factor distributions for cover types of Northern Africa

    D.S. Kimes;W.W. Newcomb;C.J. Tucker;I.S. Zonneveld

  • Comparing accuracy assessments to infer superiority of image classification methods

    J. de Leeuw;H. Jia;L. Yang;X. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Joseph O. Ogutu
Joseph O. Ogutu University of Hohenheim
Robin S. Reid
Robin S. Reid Colorado State University
Andrew K. Skidmore
Andrew K. Skidmore University of Twente
W. Irene C. Rijpstra
W. Irene C. Rijpstra Utrecht University
Keith D. Shepherd
Keith D. Shepherd World Agroforestry Centre
Yaolin Liu
Yaolin Liu Wuhan University
Eike Luedeling
Eike Luedeling University of Bonn
Adri C. T. van Duin
Adri C. T. van Duin Pennsylvania State University

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