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Jeroen Meersmans

Jeroen Meersmans

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 44 6683 6415 93 87 96 8515

Jeroen Meersmans publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jeroen Meersmans between 2006 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jeroen Meersmans published across 21 years, from 2006 to 2026, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2025. 21 of the 142 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2025. 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 6 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 20 publications 2026: 1 publication
2006 2026

142 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jeroen Meersmans: publications per year, 2006 to 2026
Year Publications
2006 1
2007 3
2008 3
2009 7
2010 3
2011 3
2012 5
2013 2
2014 2
2015 1
2016 6
2017 2
2018 6
2019 9
2020 15
2021 11
2022 12
2023 13
2024 17
2025 20
2026 1
Total 142
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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.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 91–100 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 96 publications — 11th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440 96
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 44 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

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 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330 44
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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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

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

    Zihan Jiang;Hongyan Liu;Hongya Wang;Jian Peng

  • 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

  • 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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