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Johan A. Martens

Johan A. Martens

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
113
Citations
42666
World Ranking
713
National Ranking
12

Johan A. Martens 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 Johan A. Martens sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 914 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johan A. Martens 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 Johan A. Martens sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Johan A. Martens is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a significant research portfolio in materials science. Their work principally focuses on materials chemistry, with substantial contributions to inorganic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and catalysis. The research spans several interrelated subfields including catalytic processes and mechanical engineering.

The scientific output includes publications addressing a variety of advanced topics. Key areas of study encompass zeolite catalysis and synthesis, catalytic processes in materials science, NMR spectroscopy and its applications, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, advanced NMR techniques, mesoporous materials and catalysis, and metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Johan A. Martens include Eric Breynaert, Sambhu Radhakrishnan, Maarten Houlleberghs, Françis Taulelle, and C. Vinod Chandran. This network reflects interdisciplinary teamwork across materials chemistry and catalysis.

Johan A. Martens has contributed to a range of scientific journals and publication platforms. The most common venues for their work are Harvard Dataverse, The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry of Materials, Materials Horizons, and Catalysis Science & Technology.

Recent publications demonstrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Strongly Reducing (Diarylamino)benzene-Based Covalent Organic Framework for Metal-Free Visible Light Photocatalytic H2O2 Generation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Hydrogen Clathrates: Next Generation Hydrogen Storage Materials, 2021, Energy Storage Materials
  • N2 Electroreduction to NH3 by Selenium Vacancy-Rich ReSe2 Catalysis at an Abrupt Interface, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Towards Green Ammonia Synthesis through Plasma-Driven Nitrogen Oxidation and Catalytic Reduction, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Water as a Tuneable Solvent: a Perspective, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews

Johan A. Martens was recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2017. This award acknowledges their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The nanosilica hazard: another variable entity

    Dorota Napierska;Leen Cj Thomassen;Dominique Lison;Johan A. Martens

  • Size‐Dependent Cytotoxicity of Monodisperse Silica Nanoparticles in Human Endothelial Cells

    Dorota Napierska;Leen C J Thomassen;Virginie Rabolli;Dominique Lison

  • Nanoscale intimacy in bifunctional catalysts for selective conversion of hydrocarbons

    Jovana Zecevic;Gina Vanbutsele;Krijn P. de Jong;Johan A. Martens

  • Selective Adsorption and Separation of Xylene Isomers and Ethylbenzene with the Microporous Vanadium(IV) Terephthalate MIL‐47

    Luc Alaerts;Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Michael Maes;Monique A. van der Veen

  • Strongly Reducing (Diarylamino)benzene-Based Covalent Organic Framework for Metal-Free Visible Light Photocatalytic H2O2 Generation.

    Chidharth Krishnaraj;Chidharth Krishnaraj;Himanshu Sekhar Jena;Laurens Bourda;Andreas Laemont

  • Isomerization and hydrocracking of C9 through C16 n-alkanes on Pt/HZSM-5 zeolite

    Jens Weitkamp;Peter A. Jacobs;Johan A. Martens

  • Identification of precursor species in the formation of MFI zeolite in the TPAOH-TEOS-H2O system

    Christine E. A. Kirschhock;Raman Ravishankar;Frederik Verspeurt;Piet J. Grobet

  • Selective Adsorption and Separation of ortho-Substituted Alkylaromatics with the Microporous Aluminum Terephthalate MIL-53

    Luc Alaerts;Michael Maes;Lars Giebeler;Pierre A. Jacobs

  • Tailoring nanoporous materials by atomic layer deposition.

    Christophe Detavernier;Jolien Dendooven;Sreeprasanth Pulinthanathu Sree;Karl F. Ludwig

  • Oxidative stress and proinflammatory effects of carbon black and titanium dioxide nanoparticles: role of particle surface area and internalized amount.

    Salik Hussain;Salik Hussain;Sonja Boland;Armelle Baeza-Squiban;Rodolphe Hamel

  • Fischer-Tropsch Waxes Upgrading via Hydrocracking and Selective Hydroisomerization

    C. Bouchy;G. Hastoy;E. Guillon;Johan Martens

  • Crystallization mechanism of zeolite beta from (TEA)2O, Na2O and K2O containing aluminosilicate gels.

    Joaquin Perez-Pariente;Johan A. Martens;Peter A. Jacobs

  • Attempts to rationalize the distribution of hydrocracked products. I qualitative description of the primary hydrocracking modes of long chain paraffins in open zeolites

    Johan Martens;Pierre Jacobs;J Weitkamp

  • Understanding the role of sodium during adsorption: a force field for alkanes in sodium-exchanged faujasites.

    Sofía Calero;David Dubbeldam;Rajamani Krishna;Berend Smit

  • Estimation of the void structure and pore dimensions of molecular sieve zeolites using the hydroconversion of n-decane

    Johan A. Martens;Mia Tielen;Peter A. Jacobs;Jens Weitkamp

  • Physical state of poorly water soluble therapeutic molecules loaded into SBA-15 ordered mesoporous silica carriers: a case study with itraconazole and ibuprofen.

    Randy Mellaerts;Jasper A. G. Jammaer;Michiel Van Speybroeck;Hong Chen

  • Ordered mesoporous silica material SBA-15: a broad-spectrum formulation platform for poorly soluble drugs

    Michiel Van Speybroeck;Valéry Barillaro;Thao Do Thi;Randy Mellaerts

  • A screening study of surface stabilization during the production of drug nanocrystals

    Bernard Van Eerdenbrugh;Jan Vermant;Johan A. Martens;Ludo Froyen

  • Carbon black and titanium dioxide nanoparticles elicit distinct apoptotic pathways in bronchial epithelial cells

    Salik Hussain;Salik Hussain;Leen C J Thomassen;Ioana Ferecatu;Marie-Caroline Borot

  • Increasing the oral bioavailability of the poorly water soluble drug itraconazole with ordered mesoporous silica

    Randy Mellaerts;Raf Mols;Jasper A.G. Jammaer;Caroline A. Aerts

  • Selective Isomerization of Hydrocarbon Chains on External Surfaces of Zeolite Crystals

    Johan A. Martens;Wim Souverijns;Wim Verrelst;Rudy Parton

Frequent Co-Authors

Joeri F. M. Denayer
Joeri F. M. Denayer Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Gino V. Baron
Gino V. Baron Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Guy Marin
Guy Marin Ghent University
Christophe Detavernier
Christophe Detavernier Ghent University
Sara Bals
Sara Bals University of Antwerp

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