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Joop L. M. Hermens

Joop L. M. Hermens

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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
18158
World Ranking
3892
National Ranking
91

Joop L. M. Hermens 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 Joop L. M. Hermens sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 237 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joop L. M. Hermens 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 Joop L. M. Hermens sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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 Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Joop L. M. Hermens is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and focuses their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Computational Mechanics.

Their research topics cover various aspects of Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and areas related to laser technologies such as Laser-induced Spectroscopy and Plasma, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, and Laser Material Processing Techniques. Additional subjects of interest include Water Quality and Pollution Assessment and Risk Perception and Management.

Hermens has contributed to several recent scientific publications. Notable papers include:

  • Laser-impact-induced splashing: an analysis of the splash crown evolution after Nd:YAG ns-pulse laser impact on a liquid tin pool, 2021, Applied Physics B
  • Risk Assessment Acknowledging Variability in Both Exposure and Effect, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A Review of Mechanistic Models for Predicting Adverse Effects in Sediment Toxicity Testing, 2023, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Expected Risk as basis for assessment of safe use of chemicals, 2023, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Expected Risk as basis for assessment of safe use of chemicals, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)

Hermens frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field, including Nico M. van Straalen, Kees van Leeuwen, Dik van de Meent, John R. Parsons, and Pim de Voogt. These collaborations have resulted in multiple co-authored publications.

Their work appears in a diverse set of publication venues, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of their research:

  • Applied Physics B
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Classifying environmental pollutants

    Henk J.M. Verhaar;Cees J. van Leeuwen;Joop L.M. Hermens

  • Modes of action in ecotoxicology: their role in body burdens, species sensitivity, QSARs, and mixture effects.

    Beate I. Escher;Joop L M Hermens

  • Determination of octanol/water partition coefficients for hydrophobic organic chemicals with the “slow‐stirring” method

    Jack De Bruijn;Frans Busser;Willem Seinen;Joop Hermens

  • QSAR modelling of soil sorption. Improvements and systematics of log KOC vs. log KOW correlations

    Aleksandar Sabljić;Hans Güsten;Henk Verhaar;Joop Hermens

  • Equilibrium sampling devices.

    Philipp Mayer;Johannes Tolls;Joop L. M. Hermens;Donald Mackay

  • Sensing Dissolved Sediment Porewater Concentrations of Persistent and Bioaccumulative Pollutants Using Disposable Solid-Phase Microextraction Fibers

    Philipp Mayer;Wouter H. J. Vaes;Femke Wijnker;Karin C. H. M. Legierse

  • Peer Reviewed: Internal Exposure: Linking Bioavailability to Effects

    Beate I. Escher;Joop L. M. Hermens

  • Quantitative structure-activity relationships and toxicity studies of mixtures of chemicals with anaesthetic potency: Acute lethal and sublethal toxicity to Daphnia magna

    Joop Hermens;Hans Canton;Peter Janssen;Rob De Jong

  • Measurement of free concentrations using negligible depletion-solid phase microextraction (nd-SPME)

    M.B. Heringa;J.L.M. Hermens

  • Measurement of the Free Concentration Using Solid-Phase Microextraction: Binding to Protein

    Wouter H. J. Vaes;Eñaut Urrestarazu Ramos;Henk J. M. Verhaar;and Willem Seinen

  • Comparison of the susceptibility of 22 freshwater species to 15 chemical compounds. I. (Sub)acute toxicity tests

    W. Slooff;J.H. Canton;J.L.M. Hermens

  • Dose metric considerations in in vitro assays to improve quantitative in vitro-in vivo dose extrapolations.

    Floris A. Groothuis;Minne B. Heringa;Beate Nicol;Joop L.M. Hermens

  • Application of QSARs, extrapolation and equilibrium partitioning in aquatic effects assessment. I. Narcotic industrial pollutants

    Cees J. Van Leeuwen;Peter T. J. Van Der Zandt;Tom Aldenberg;Henk J.M. Verhaar

  • Absorption of hydrophobic compounds into the poly(dimethylsiloxane) coating of solid-phase microextraction fibers: high partition coefficients and fluorescence microscopy images.

    Philipp Mayer;Wouter H. J. Vaes;Joop L. M. Hermens

  • Electrophiles and acute toxicity to fish.

    Joop L. M. Hermens

  • Using Solid-Phase Microextraction To Determine Partition Coefficients to Humic Acids and Bioavailable Concentrations of Hydrophobic Chemicals

    Eñaut Urrestarazu Ramos;Sandra N. Meijer;Wouter H. J. Vaes;Henk J. M. Verhaar

  • Solid Phase Microextraction as a Tool To Determine Membrane/Water Partition Coefficients and Bioavailable Concentrations in in Vitro Systems

    Wouter H. J. Vaes;Eñaut Urrestarazu Ramos;Casper Hamwijk;Ineke van Holsteijn

  • Solid-phase microextraction to predict bioavailability and accumulation of organic micropollutants in terrestrial organisms after exposure to a field-contaminated soil.

    Leon Van Der Wal;Tjalling Jager;Roel H. L. J. Fleuren;Arjan Barendregt

  • Predicting Fish Acute Toxicity Using a Fish Gill Cell Line-Based Toxicity Assay

    Katrin Tanneberger;Melanie Knöbel;Frans J.M. Busser;Theo L. Sinnige

  • Multivariate analysis of aquatic toxicity data with PLS

    Lennart Eriksson;Joop L. M. Hermens;Erik Johansson;Henk J. M. Verhaar

  • JOINT EFFECTS OF A MIXTURE OF 14 CHEMICALS ON MORTALITY AND INHIBITION OF REPRODUCTION OF DAPHNIA MAGNA

    Joop Hermens;Hans Canton;Niek Steyger;Ronald Wegman

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristin Schirmer
Kristin Schirmer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Philipp Mayer
Philipp Mayer Technical University of Denmark
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Michiel H. S. Kraak
Michiel H. S. Kraak University of Amsterdam
Scott D. Dyer
Scott D. Dyer LeTourneau University
Michiel T. O. Jonker
Michiel T. O. Jonker Utrecht University
Niels C. Bols
Niels C. Bols University of Waterloo
Scott E. Belanger
Scott E. Belanger Procter & Gamble (United States)
Roman Ashauer
Roman Ashauer University of York
Gerald T. Ankley
Gerald T. Ankley Environmental Protection Agency

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