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Pierre Jacques Meerts

Pierre Jacques Meerts

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
43
Citations
8398
World Ranking
3178
National Ranking
35

Pierre Jacques Meerts publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Jacques Meerts sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 205 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Pierre Jacques Meerts D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Jacques Meerts sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pierre Jacques Meerts is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research work spans various aspects of agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on plant science and ecological studies. The scientist's output includes research on topics such as plant diversity and evolution, ecology and vegetation dynamics, African botany and ecology, and phytochemistry and biological activities.

Recent publications by the researcher cover a range of subjects and were published between 2020 and 2022. These include:

  • Interspecific trait integration increases with environmental harshness: A case study along a metal toxicity gradient, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Tree growth, recruitment, and survival in a tropical dry woodland: The importance of soil and functional identity of the neighbourhood, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Plastid introgression and evolution of African miombo woodlands: New insights from the plastome-based phylogeny of Brachystegia trees, 2021, Journal of Biogeography
  • Alien flora of D.R. Congo: improving the checklist with digitised herbarium collections, 2021, Biological Invasions
  • Nuclear ribosomal phylogeny of Brachystegia: new markers for new insights about rain forests and Miombo woodlands evolution, 2022, Plant Ecology and Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Marc S.M. Sosef, Jérôme Degreef, D.E. Bauman, Mylor Ngoy Shutcha, and Farzaneh Bordbar. These collaborations often contribute to their studies in related fields.

Publication venues where the scientist has frequently contributed include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Plant Ecology and Evolution
  • Phytotaxa
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Functional Ecology

In addition to journal articles, Pierre Jacques Meerts has authored several books published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Titles include:

  • Classificação e nomenclatura botânica, uma introdução, 2021
  • Flore d'Afrique centrale - Spermatophyta - Amaryllidaceae, sous-fam. Allioideae, 2020
  • Flore d'Afrique centrale - Spermatophyta - Phyllanthaceae, 2020
  • Flore d'Afrique centrale - Spermatophyta - Labiatae, Introduction, Sous-familles I. Viticoideae et II. Premnoideae, 2020

Their research fields include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of study are:

  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Forestry
  • Complementary and alternative medicine

Main topics investigated by the scientist cover:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Natural variation in cadmium tolerance and its relationship to metal hyperaccumulation for seven populations of Thlaspi caerulescens from western Europe

    N. Roosens;N. Roosens;N. Verbruggen;P. Meerts;P. Ximénez-Embún

  • Impacts of alien invasive plants on soil nutrients are correlated with initial site conditions in NW Europe

    Nicolas Dassonville;Sonia Vanderhoeven;Valérie Vanparys;Mathieu Hayez

  • Mineral nutrient concentrations in sapwood and heartwood: a literature review

    Pierre Meerts

  • Genetic basis of Cd tolerance and hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis halleri

    Valérie Bert;Pierre Jacques Meerts;Pierre Saumitou-Laprade;Pietrino Salis

  • Copper and cobalt accumulation in plants: a critical assessment of the current state of knowledge

    Bastien Lange;Antony van der Ent;Antony van der Ent;Alan John Martin Baker;Alan John Martin Baker;Alan John Martin Baker;Guillaume Echevarria

  • Heavy metal tolerance and accumulation in metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Thlaspi caerulescens from continental Europe

    Pierre Jacques Meerts;nathalie van isacker

  • Chloride salinity reduces cadmium accumulation by the Mediterranean halophyte species Atriplex halimus L.

    Isabelle Lefèvre;Geoffrey Marchal;Pierre Jacques Meerts;Enrique Corréal

  • Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa

    Marc S.M. Sosef;Gilles Dauby;Gilles Dauby;Anne Blach-Overgaard;Xander van der Burgt

  • Increased topsoil mineral nutrient concentrations under exotic invasive plants in Belgium.

    Sonia Vanderhoeven;Nicolas Dassonville;Pierre Jacques Meerts

  • Niche construction by the invasive Asian knotweeds (species complex Fallopia ): impact on activity, abundance and community structure of denitrifiers and nitrifiers

    Nicolas Dassonville;Nadine Guillaumaud;Nadine Guillaumaud;Florence Piola;Pierre Jacques Meerts

  • RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions.

    Gilles Dauby;Rainer Zaiss;Anne Blach-Overgaard;Luís Catarino

  • Revisiting copper and cobalt concentrations in supposed hyperaccumulators from SC Africa: influence of washing and metal concentrations in soil

    Michel-Pierre Faucon;M Ngoy Shutcha;Pierre Jacques Meerts

  • Effect of the exotic invasive plant Solidago gigantea on soil phosphorus status

    lydie chapuis-lardy;Sonia Vanderhoeven;Nicolas Dassonville;Lydie Stella Koutika

  • Palatability of Thlaspi caerulescens for snails: influence of zinc and glucosinolates

    N. Noret;N. Noret;P. Meerts;R. Tolrà;C. Poschenrieder

  • Invasion by Fallopia japonica increases topsoil mineral nutrient concentrations

    Nicolas Dassonville;Sonia Vanderhoeven;Wolf Gruber;Pierre Jacques Meerts

  • Ecological, morphological and allozymic differentiation between diploid and tetraploid knapweeds (Centaurea jacea) from a contact zone in the Belgian Ardennes

    Olivier J. Hardy;Sonia Vanderhoeven;M de Loose;Pierre Jacques Meerts

  • Radial variations in wood mineral element concentrations: a comparison of beech and pedunculate oak from the Belgian Ardennes

    Valérie Penninckx;Suzanne Glineur;Wolf Gruber;Jacques Herbauts

  • Do metal-rich plants deter herbivores? A field test of the defence hypothesis.

    Nausicaa Noret;Nausicaa Noret;Pierre Meerts;Mathieu Vanhaelen;Anabelle Dos Santos

  • Reaction norms of life history traits in response to zinc in Thlaspi caerulescens from metalliferous and nonmetalliferous sites.

    Caroline Dechamps;Claude Lefebvre;Nausicaa Noret;Pierre Jacques Meerts

  • Floristics and Biogeography of Vegetation in Seasonally Dry Tropical Regions

    K. G. Dexter;B. Smart;C. Baldauf;S. Fauset;S. Fauset

Frequent Co-Authors

Grégory Mahy
Grégory Mahy Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Olivier J. Hardy
Olivier J. Hardy Université Libre de Bruxelles
Xavier Vekemans
Xavier Vekemans University of Lille
Nathalie Verbruggen
Nathalie Verbruggen Université Libre de Bruxelles
Anne-Laure Jacquemart
Anne-Laure Jacquemart Université Catholique de Louvain
Thomas L. P. Couvreur
Thomas L. P. Couvreur University of Montpellier
Jan Bogaert
Jan Bogaert KU Leuven
Bonaventure Sonké
Bonaventure Sonké Université de Yaoundé I
Jens-Christian Svenning
Jens-Christian Svenning Aarhus University
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles

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