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Nelson Belzile

Nelson Belzile

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
10447
World Ranking
7284
National Ranking
325

Nelson Belzile 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 Nelson Belzile sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nelson Belzile 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 Nelson Belzile sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nelson Belzile is affiliated with Laurentian University in Canada and specializes primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes several subfields, including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered on chemical synthesis and characterization, radioactive element chemistry and processing, as well as nuclear materials and radiation effects. Additional research interests include covalent organic framework applications, heavy metals in the environment, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, and agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Frequent collaborators in their research have included Yafei Guo and Tianlong Deng, each contributing to seven joint works, followed by Yuwei Chen with four joint publications. Bin Wang and Chi Ma are also frequent co-authors, having worked together on three publications each.

Belzile has published several recent papers, illustrating ongoing research activity. These include:

  • A review on emerging composite materials for cesium adsorption and environmental remediation on the latest decade, 2020, Separation and Purification Technology
  • Distribution characteristics, potential contribution, and management strategy of crop straw and livestock-poultry manure in multi-ethnic regions of China: A critical evaluation, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Enhanced kinetics and super selectivity toward Cs+ in multicomponent aqueous solutions: A robust Prussian blue analogue/polyvinyl chloride composite membrane, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Returning excrement from livestock, poultry, and humans to farmland as nutrient resources for crop growth: Assessment of rural China, 2020, Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Readily regenerated porous fiber-supported metal tin sulfide for rapid and selective removal of cesium from wastewater, 2023, Journal of Cleaner Production

The scientist also frequently publishes in the Journal of Cleaner Production and the SSRN Electronic Journal, with multiple contributions to each. Other venues include Separation and Purification Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Best Publications

  • Antimony in the environment: a review focused on natural waters: I. Occurrence

    Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen

  • Antimony in the environment: a review focused on natural waters: II. Relevant solution chemistry

    Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen

  • Metal sorption to diagenetic iron and manganese oxyhydroxides and associated organic matter: Narrowing the gap between field and laboratory measurements

    A. Tessier;D. Fortin;N. Belzile;R.R. DeVitre

  • Interactions between arsenic and iron oxyhydroxides in lacustrine sediments

    N. Belzile;A. Tessier

  • A review on pyrrhotite oxidation

    Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen;Mei-Fang Cai;Yuerong Li

  • Antimony in the environment: knowns and unknowns

    Montserrat Filella;Peter A. Williams;Nelson Belzile

  • Selenium and mercury in organisms: Interactions and mechanisms

    Dan-Yi YangD.-Y. Yang;Yu-Wei ChenY.-W. Chen;John M. GunnJ.M. Gunn;Nelson BelzileN. Belzile

  • Oxidation of antimony (III) by amorphous iron and manganese oxyhydroxides

    Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen;Zijian Wang

  • Testing readsorption of trace elements during partial chemical extractions of bottom sediments

    Nelson Belzile;Pierre Lecomte;Andre Tessier

  • Antimony in the environment: A review focused on natural waters. III. Microbiota relevant interactions

    Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile;Marie-Claire Lett

  • Thallium in the environment: A critical review focused on natural waters, soils, sediments and airborne particles☆

    Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen

  • Speciation and adsorption of arsenic on diagenetic iron oxyhydroxides

    Richard De Vitre;Nelson Belzile;André Tessier

  • The effect of selenium on mercury assimilation by freshwater organisms

    Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen;John M. Gunn;Jian Tong

  • Antagonistic effect of selenium on mercury assimilation by fish populations near Sudbury metal smelters

    Yu-Wei Chen;Nelson Belzile;John M. Gunn

  • A review on emerging composite materials for cesium adsorption and environmental remediation on the latest decade

    Shangqing Chen;Jiayin Hu;Senjian Han;Yafei Guo

  • Antimony speciation at ultra trace levels using hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry and 8-hydroxyquinoline as an efficient masking agent

    Tian-Long Deng;Yu-Wei Chen;Nelson Belzile

  • Electron microscopy of aquatic colloids: Non-perturbing preparation of specimens in the field

    Didier Perret;Gary G. Leppard;Martin Müller;Nelson Belzile

  • Distribution and early diagenesis of antimony species in sediments and porewaters of freshwater lakes.

    Yu-Wei Chen;Tian-Long Deng;Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile

  • Gut sediments in a burrowing mayfly (Ephemeroptera, Hexagenia limbata): their contribution to animal trace element burdens, their removal, and the efficacy of a correction for their presence

    Landis Hare;Peter G. C. Campbell;André Tessier;Nelson Belzile

  • Sediment trace metal profiles in lakes of Killarney Park, Canada: from regional to continental influence

    Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen;John M. Gunn;John M. Gunn;Sushil S. Dixit

  • Inhibition of pyrite oxidation by surface treatment

    Nelson Belzile;Stephanie Maki;Yu-Wei Chen;Douglas Goldsack

Frequent Co-Authors

Montserrat Filella
Montserrat Filella University of Geneva
André Tessier
André Tessier University of Quebec
John M. Gunn
John M. Gunn Laurentian University
Ingrid J. Pickering
Ingrid J. Pickering University of Saskatchewan
Jacques Buffle
Jacques Buffle University of Geneva
Zijian Wang
Zijian Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter M. May
Peter M. May Trinity College Dublin
Alfonso Mucci
Alfonso Mucci McGill University
Simon Silver
Simon Silver University of Illinois at Chicago
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa

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