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Jeroen Meersmans

Jeroen Meersmans

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
8515
World Ranking
6681
National Ranking
93

Jeroen Meersmans 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 Jeroen Meersmans sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 96 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Jeroen Meersmans 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 Jeroen Meersmans sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jeroen Meersmans is affiliated with Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech in Belgium and has contributed extensively to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work focuses on various subfields, including soil science, global and planetary change, ecology, environmental engineering, and plant science. Research topics often explored include soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, land use and ecosystem services, soil erosion and sediment transport, wildlife-road interactions and conservation, remote sensing in agriculture, soil geostatistics and mapping, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Recent publications by Jeroen Meersmans cover multiple aspects of environmental and ecosystem research. Key papers include:

  • Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review (2021) published in Geoderma
  • Ecosystem services supply and demand response to urbanization: A case study of the Pearl River Delta, China (2021) published in Ecosystem Services
  • Bedrock geochemistry influences vegetation growth by regulating the regolith water holding capacity (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • Linking ecological background and demand to identify ecological security patterns across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China (2021) published in Landscape Ecology
  • Distinguishing the impacts of land use and climate change on ecosystem services in a karst landscape in China (2020) published in Ecosystem Services

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Meersmans include Gilles Colinet, Jian Peng, Timothy A. Quine, Robert Grabowski, and Jianquan Dong.

Publications have commonly appeared in the following venues:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Geoderma
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The breadth of Jeroen Meersmans' work reflects a substantial involvement in environmental science disciplines, with a significant number of studies dedicated to soil-related processes and ecosystem services. Their research spans both theoretical and applied aspects, often involving remote sensing and geospatial analysis to address environmental challenges.

Best Publications

  • Global change pressures on soils from land use and management.

    Pete Smith;Joanna Isobel House;Mercedes Bustamante;Jaroslava Sobocká

  • Linking ecosystem services and circuit theory to identify ecological security patterns

    Jian Peng;Yang Yang;Yanxu Liu;Yi'na Hu

  • Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review

    Songchao Chen;Dominique Arrouays;Vera Leatitia Mulder;Laura Poggio

  • A multiple regression approach to assess the spatial distribution of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) at the regional scale (Flanders, Belgium)

    J. Meersmans;F. De Ridder;F. Canters;S. De Baets

  • Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stocks in France

    M. P. Martin;M. Wattenbach;P. Smith;Jeroen Meersmans

  • Cover crops and their erosion-reducing effects during concentrated flow erosion

    S. De Baets;J. Poesen;Jeroen Meersmans;L. Serlet

  • Applying ant colony algorithm to identify ecological security patterns in megacities

    Jian Peng;Shiquan Zhao;Jianquan Dong;Yanxu Liu

  • Simulating the impact of Grain-for-Green Programme on ecosystem services trade-offs in Northwestern Yunnan, China

    Jian Peng;Xiaoxu Hu;Xiaoyu Wang;Jeroen Meersmans

  • Assessing bundles of ecosystem services from regional to landscape scale: insights from the French Alps

    Emilie Crouzat;Maud Mouchet;Maud Mouchet;Francis Turkelboom;Coline Byczek

  • Agricultural management explains historic changes in regional soil carbon stocks.

    Bas van Wesemael;Keith Paustian;Jeroen Meersmans;Esther Goidts

  • Ecosystem services supply and demand response to urbanization: A case study of the Pearl River Delta, China

    Zimo Zhang;Jian Peng;Zihan Xu;Xiaoyu Wang

  • Bedrock geochemistry influences vegetation growth by regulating the regolith water holding capacity

    Zihan Jiang;Hongyan Liu;Hongya Wang;Jian Peng

  • Linking ecological background and demand to identify ecological security patterns across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China

    Hong Jiang;Jian Peng;Jianquan Dong;Zimo Zhang

  • Spatial analysis of soil organic carbon evolution in Belgian croplands and grasslands, 1960-2006

    Jeroen Meersmans;B. Van Wesemael;E. Goidts;M. Van Molle

  • Changes in organic carbon distribution with depth in agricultural soils in northern Belgium, 1960-2006

    J. Meersmans;B. Van Wesemael;F. De Ridder;M. Fallas Dotti

  • Distinguishing the impacts of land use and climate change on ecosystem services in a karst landscape in China

    Jian Peng;Lu Tian;Zimo Zhang;Yan Zhao

  • Evaluation of modelling approaches for predicting the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stocks at the national scale

    M. P. Martin;T. G. Orton;E. Lacarce;Jeroen Meersmans

  • Methodological framework to select plant species for controlling rill and gully erosion: application to a Mediterranean ecosystem

    S. de Baets;J. Poesen;B. Reubens;B. Muys

  • Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone

    Sophie M. Green;Jennifer A.J. Dungait;Jennifer A.J. Dungait;Chenglong Tu;Heather Buss

  • Modelling the three-dimensional spatial distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) at the regional scale (Flanders, Belgium)

    J. Meersmans;B. van Wesemael;F. De Ridder;M. Van Molle

  • Assessing the potential of soil carbonation and enhanced weathering through Life Cycle Assessment: a case study for Sao Paulo State, Brazil

    David Lefebvre;Pietro Goglio;Pietro Goglio;Adrian Williams;David A.C. Manning

  • Determining soil organic carbon for agricultural soils: a comparison between the Walkley & Black and the dry combustion methods (north Belgium)

    Jeroen Meersmans;B. Van Wesemael;M. Van Molle

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy A. Quine
Timothy A. Quine University of Exeter
Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jian Peng
Jian Peng Peking University
Nicolas P.A. Saby
Nicolas P.A. Saby INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Hongyan Liu
Hongyan Liu Peking University
Jennifer A.J. Dungait
Jennifer A.J. Dungait University of Exeter
Iain P. Hartley
Iain P. Hartley University of Exeter
Zhaoliang Song
Zhaoliang Song Tianjin University
Guy J. D. Kirk
Guy J. D. Kirk Cranfield University

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