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D-Index
56
Citations
10921
World Ranking
2850
National Ranking
36

Tom Moens publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Moens sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 296 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Tom Moens D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Moens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tom Moens is a researcher affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, with a primary focus on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses a range of studies related to marine and ecological environments.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science

Moens' research topics cover:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Recent publications by Moens include:

  • Toward a roadmap for diadromous fish conservation: the Big Five considerations, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Do different habits affect microplastics contents in organisms? A trait-based analysis on salt marsh species, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The biological plastic pump: Evidence from a local case study using blue mussel and infaunal benthic communities, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Effects of pile driving sound on local movement of free-ranging Atlantic cod in the Belgian North Sea, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Resource Niches of Co-occurring Invertebrate Species at an Offshore Wind Turbine Indicate a Substantial Degree of Trophic Plasticity, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Moens publishes frequently in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Animal Biotelemetry
  • Marine Environmental Research

Regular collaborators include:

  • Carl Van Colen
  • Jan Reubens
  • Jan Vanaverbeke
  • Pieterjan Verhelst
  • Peter Goethals

Best Publications

  • The fate of intertidal microphytobenthos carbon: An in situ 13C-labeling study

    Jack J. Middelburg;Christiane Barranguet;Henricus T. S. Boschker;Peter M. J. Herman

  • Observations on the Feeding Ecology of Estuarine Nematodes

    Tom Moens;Magda Vincx

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes

    Sofie Derycke;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau;Tom Moens

  • An improved molecular phylogeny of the Nematoda with special emphasis on marine taxa.

    Birgit H M Meldal;Nicola J Debenham;Paul De Ley;Irma Tandingan De Ley

  • Mitochondrial DNA variation and cryptic speciation within the free-living marine nematode Pellioditis marina

    Sofie Derycke;Thomas Remerie;Andy Vierstraete;T Backeljau

  • Exploring the use of cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 (COI) for DNA barcoding of free-living marine nematodes.

    Sofie Derycke;Jan Vanaverbeke;Annelien Rigaux;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau

  • Resource utilization patterns of epifauna from mangrove forests with contrasting inputs of local versus imported organic matter

    Steven Bouillon;Tom Moens;Inge Overmeer;Nico Koedam

  • 3. Ecology of free-living marine nematodes

    Tom Moens;Ulrike Braeckman;Sofie Derycke;Gustavo Fonseca

  • Carbon flows through a benthic food web: Integrating biomass, isotope and tracer data

    D Van Oevelen;Karline Soetaert;Jacobus Middelburg;Pmj Herman

  • Top‐down impact of bacterivorous nematodes on the bacterial community structure: a microcosm study

    Ilse De Mesel;Sofie Derycke;Tom Moens;Katleen Van der Gucht

  • Tracing organic matter sources of estuarine tidal flat nematodes with stable carbon isotopes

    Tom Moens;Caroline Luyten;Jack J. Middelburg;Peter M. J. Herman

  • Phylogeography of the Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina species complex: evidence for long‐distance dispersal, and for range expansions and restricted gene flow in the northeast Atlantic

    Sofie Derycke;Thomas Remerie;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau;Andy Vierstraete

  • Responses of intertidal nematodes to short-term anoxic events

    Maaike Steyaert;L Moodley;T Nadong;Tom Moens

  • Dual stable isotope abundances unravel trophic position of estuarine nematodes

    Tom Moens;Steven Bouillon;Fabiane Gallucci

  • Selective attraction of marine bacterivorous nematodes to their bacterial food

    Tom Moens;L Verbeeck;A De Maeyer;Jean Swings

  • Disentangling taxonomy within the Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina (Nematoda, Rhabditidae) species complex using molecular and morphological tools

    Sofie Derycke;G Fonseca;G Fonseca;Andy Vierstraete;Jacques Vanfleteren

  • Temperature and salinity constraints on the life cycle of two brackish-water nematode species.

    Tom Moens;Magda Vincx

  • Temperature, salinity and food thresholds in two brackish-water bacterivorous nematode species: assessing niches from food absorption and respiration experiments

    Tom Moens;Magda Vincx

  • The role of nematodes in ecosystems

    G. W. Yeates;H. Ferris;T. Moens;W. H. van der Putten

Frequent Co-Authors

Sofie Derycke
Sofie Derycke Ghent University
Magda Vincx
Magda Vincx Ghent University
Jan Vanaverbeke
Jan Vanaverbeke Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Peter Goethals
Peter Goethals Ghent University
Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University
Karline Soetaert
Karline Soetaert Utrecht University
Marleen De Troch
Marleen De Troch Ghent University
Steven Degraer
Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Thierry Backeljau
Thierry Backeljau Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Peter M. J. Herman
Peter M. J. Herman Delft University of Technology

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