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Willy Maenhaut

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Environmental Sciences
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
109
Citations
40710
World Ranking
217
National Ranking
2

Willy Maenhaut 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 Willy Maenhaut sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 495 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willy Maenhaut 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 Willy Maenhaut sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Willy Maenhaut is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and is an active researcher in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, encompassing several subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeochemistry" (2021), published in Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Levels and sources of hourly PM2.5-related elements during the control period of the COVID-19 pandemic at a rural site between Beijing and Tianjin" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Characteristics of new particle formation events and cluster ions at K-puszta, Hungary" (2024), published in Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)
  • "Comparison of Heated Electrospray Ionization and Nanoelectrospray Ionization Sources Coupled to Ultra-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Highly Complex Atmospheric Aerosol Samples" (2020), published in Analytical Chemistry
  • "Anthropogenic Perturbations to the Atmospheric Molybdenum Cycle" (2021), published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Frequent publication venues for Willy Maenhaut include:

  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Annual Review of Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Willy Maenhaut collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • N. M. Mahowald
  • Francisco Barraza
  • David D. Cohen
  • Gaetano Dongarrà
  • Darío Gómez

Best Publications

  • The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

    Mattias Hallquist;J. C. Wenger;U. Baltensperger;Y. Rudich

  • Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols Through Photooxidation of Isoprene

    Magda Claeys;Bim Graham;Gyorgy Vas;Wu Wang

  • Source apportionment of particulate matter in Europe: A review of methods and results

    M Viana;T.A.J. Kuhlbusch;X Querol;A Alastuey

  • A European aerosol phenomenology—1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank Raes;Jean-P Putaud;Urs Baltensperger

  • A European aerosol phenomenology 3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J.-P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

  • Global distribution of atmospheric phosphorus sources, concentrations and deposition rates, and anthropogenic impacts

    Natalie Mahowald;Timothy D. Jickells;Alex R. Baker;Paulo Artaxo

  • Organosulfate formation in biogenic secondary organic aerosol

    Jason D. Surratt;Yadian Gómez-González;Arthur W. H. Chan;Reinhilde Vermeylen

  • Chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol formed from the photooxidation of isoprene

    Jason D. Surratt;Shane M. Murphy;Jesse H. Kroll;Nga L. Ng

  • Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations*

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Sebastian Engelstaedter;Chao Luo;Andrea Sealy

  • The molecular identification of organic compounds in the atmosphere : state of the art and challenges

    Barbara Nozière;Markus Kalberer;Magda Claeys;James Allan

  • Water‐soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia 1. Characterization by NMR and GC‐MS

    Bim Graham;Olga L. Mayol-Bracero;Pascal Guyon;Gregory C. Roberts

  • Results of the "Carbon Conference" International Aerosol Carbon Round Robin Test Stage I

    Heidrun Schmid;Lothar Laskus;Hans Jürgen Abraham;Urs Baltensperger

  • Formation of secondary organic aerosols from isoprene and its gas-phase oxidation products through reaction with hydrogen peroxide

    Magda Claeys;Wu Wang;Alina C Ion;Ivan Kourtchev

  • Internal Mixture of Sea Salt, Silicates, and Excess Sulfate in Marine Aerosols

    Meinrat O. Andreae;Robert J. Charlson;Frank Bruynseels;Hedwig Storms

  • Characterization of the Gent Stacked Filter Unit PM10 Sampler

    Philip K. Hopke;Ying Xie;Taisto Raunemaa;Steven Biegalski

  • 3-methyl-1,2,3-butanetricarboxylic acid: An atmospheric tracer for terpene secondary organic aerosol

    Rafal Szmigielski;Jason D. Surratt;Yadian Gómez-González;Pieter Van der Veken

  • SOURCES AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ATMOSPHERIC FINE AND COARSE PARTICLES IN THE HELSINKI AREA

    Tuomo A Pakkanen;Kati Loukkola;Christina H Korhonen;Minna Aurela

  • Hydroxydicarboxylic Acids: Markers for Secondary Organic Aerosol from the Photooxidation of α-Pinene

    Magda Claeys;Rafal Szmigielski;Ivan Kourtchev;Pieter Van Der Veken

  • Characterization of the organic composition of aerosols from Rondonia, Brazil, during the LBA-SMOCC 2002 experiment and its representation through model compounds

    S Decesari;S. Fuzzi;M. C. Facchini;M. Mircea

  • Characterization of organosulfates from the photooxidation of isoprene and unsaturated fatty acids in ambient aerosol using liquid chromatography/(-) electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    Yadian Gómez-González;Jason D. Surratt;Filip Cuyckens;Rafal Szmigielski

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J. P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

  • Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia: 1. Characterization by NMR and GC-MS : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

    Bim Graham;Olga L. Mayol-Bracero;Pascal Guyon;Gregory C. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Magda Claeys
Magda Claeys University of Antwerp
Paulo Artaxo
Paulo Artaxo Universidade de São Paulo
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Imre Salma
Imre Salma Eötvös Loránd University
Olga L. Mayol-Bracero
Olga L. Mayol-Bracero University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Xuguang Chi
Xuguang Chi Nanjing University
Risto Hillamo
Risto Hillamo Finnish Meteorological Institute
Yinon Rudich
Yinon Rudich Weizmann Institute of Science
Sandro Fuzzi
Sandro Fuzzi Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Stefano Decesari
Stefano Decesari Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

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