2026 Pierre Jacques Meerts: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	43	3178	2959	35	34	205	8398

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

1926
Citations
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

331
Citations
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

290
Citations
Mineral nutrient concentrations in sapwood and heartwood: a literature review

Pierre Meerts

282
Citations
Genetic basis of Cd tolerance and hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis halleri

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

267
Citations
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

256
Citations
Heavy metal tolerance and accumulation in metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Thlaspi caerulescens from continental Europe

Pierre Jacques Meerts;nathalie van isacker

227
Citations
Chloride salinity reduces cadmium accumulation by the Mediterranean halophyte species Atriplex halimus L.

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

214
Citations
Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa

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

205
Citations
Increased topsoil mineral nutrient concentrations under exotic invasive plants in Belgium.

Sonia Vanderhoeven;Nicolas Dassonville;Pierre Jacques Meerts

199
Citations
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

190
Citations
RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions.

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

159
Citations
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

156
Citations
Effect of the exotic invasive plant Solidago gigantea on soil phosphorus status

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

132
Citations
Palatability of Thlaspi caerulescens for snails: influence of zinc and glucosinolates

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

130
Citations
Invasion by Fallopia japonica increases topsoil mineral nutrient concentrations

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

126
Citations
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

119
Citations
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

111
Citations
Do metal-rich plants deter herbivores? A field test of the defence hypothesis.

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

104
Citations
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

92
Citations
Floristics and Biogeography of Vegetation in Seasonally Dry Tropical Regions

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

88
Citations