Adrienne Mertens

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Adrienne Mertens is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrienne Mertens has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomaterials, 11 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Adrienne Mertens's work include Diatoms and Algae Research (16 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (9 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (4 papers). Adrienne Mertens is often cited by papers focused on Diatoms and Algae Research (16 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (9 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (4 papers). Adrienne Mertens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Adrienne Mertens's co-authors include Herman van Dam, J.A. Sinkeldam, Bart Van de Vijver, Luc Éctor, Myriam de Haan, Horst Lange‐Bertalot, Amelie Jarlman, Maria Kahlert, Antonia Liess and Salomé F.P. Almeida and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecological Indicators and Freshwater Biology.

In The Last Decade

Adrienne Mertens

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A coded checklist and ecological indicator values of freshwater diatoms from The Netherlands

1994 1.6k citations Herman van Dam, Adrienne Mertens et al. Aquatic Ecology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adrienne Mertens Belgium	8	1.1k	915	734	441	327	17	1.8k
J.A. Sinkeldam Netherlands	4	1.0k 0.9×	861 0.9×	697 0.9×	425 1.0×	316 1.0×	7	1.7k
Herman van Dam Netherlands	17	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	998 1.4×	545 1.2×	464 1.4×	42	2.3k
Kurt Krammer Germany	10	997 0.9×	725 0.8×	529 0.7×	430 1.0×	350 1.1×	15	1.6k
Mark B. Edlund United States	25	792 0.7×	870 1.0×	761 1.0×	539 1.2×	507 1.6×	108	2.0k
Manel Leira Spain	23	410 0.4×	679 0.7×	534 0.7×	358 0.8×	237 0.7×	53	1.5k
Carlos E. Wetzel Luxembourg	22	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	490 0.7×	163 0.4×	252 0.8×	192	2.0k
John C. Kingston United States	17	513 0.5×	725 0.8×	761 1.0×	367 0.8×	330 1.0×	45	1.6k
Marina Potapova United States	19	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	780 1.1×	161 0.4×	358 1.1×	64	2.3k
Denise C. Bicudo Brazil	21	626 0.6×	708 0.8×	809 1.1×	131 0.3×	299 0.9×	80	1.4k
David H. Jewson United Kingdom	22	367 0.3×	583 0.6×	571 0.8×	406 0.9×	629 1.9×	46	1.4k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Mertens, Adrienne, et al.. (2025). A revised list of diatom ecological indicator values in The Netherlands. Ecological Indicators. 172. 113219–113219.

Wagemaker, Niels, et al.. (2023). Genotyping by sequencing for estimating relative abundances of diatom taxa in mock communities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(1). 4–4. 1 indexed citations

Dam, Herman van & Adrienne Mertens. (2023). A century of diatom monitoring in acidified and warmed Dutch moorland pools. Limnologica. 99. 126059–126059. 2 indexed citations

Vijver, Bart Van de, et al.. (2022). The identity of Eunotia paludosa Grunow 1862 (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta), a revision, and the description of three new species of Eunotia Ehrenberg. Phytotaxa. 545(3). 261–277. 2 indexed citations

Alverson, Andrew J., Peter M. van Bodegom, Adrienne Mertens, et al.. (2022). Phylotranscriptomics reveals the reticulate evolutionary history of a widespread diatom species complex. Journal of Phycology. 58(5). 643–656. 9 indexed citations

Vijver, Bart Van de, Adrienne Mertens, & Luc Éctor. (2020). Analysis of the Type Material of Synedra deformis W.Sm. and Synedra vaucheriae var. Deformis Grunow (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie. 41(13). 6 indexed citations

Vijver, Bart Van de, Myriam de Haan, Adrienne Mertens, & Christine Cocquyt. (2017). Ulnaria verhaegeniana, a new diatom (Bacillariophyta) species from Belgium. Phytotaxa. 326(3). 7 indexed citations

Vijver, Bart Van de, Adrienne Mertens, & Herman van Dam. (2016). Olifantiella elisabethiana, a new raphid diatom species (Bacillariophyta) observed in the Port of Antwerp (Belgium). Phytotaxa. 261(3). 4 indexed citations

Kahlert, Maria, Éva Ács, Salomé F.P. Almeida, et al.. (2016). Quality assurance of diatom counts in Europe: towards harmonized datasets. Hydrobiologia. 772(1). 1–14. 35 indexed citations

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Beauger, Aude, Olivier Voldoire, Adrienne Mertens, R. Le Cohu, & Bart Van de Vijver. (2015). Two new Navicula species (Bacillariophyceae) from Western Europe. Phytotaxa. 230(2). 15 indexed citations

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Mertens, Adrienne, Andrzej Witkowski, Horst Lange‐Bertalot, Lourenço Ribeiro, & Erhard Rhiel. (2013). Navicula meulemansii sp. nov., (Bacillariophyaceae) from brackish waters in Europe and the U.S.A.. Nova Hedwigia. 98(1-2). 201–212. 6 indexed citations

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Vijver, Bart Van de, et al.. (2012). Encyonopsis neerlandica, a new freshwater diatom species (Bacillariophyta) from moorland pools in The Netherlands. Phytotaxa. 66(1). 43–43. 2 indexed citations

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Vijver, Bart Van de, Amelie Jarlman, Horst Lange‐Bertalot, et al.. (2011). Four new European Achnanthidium species (Bacillariophyceae). 136-137. 193–210. 17 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van & Adrienne Mertens. (1995). Long‐term changes of diatoms and chemistry in headwater streams polluted by atmospheric deposition of sulphur and nitrogen compounds. Freshwater Biology. 34(3). 579–600. 27 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van, Adrienne Mertens, & J.A. Sinkeldam. (1994). A coded checklist and ecological indicator values of freshwater diatoms from The Netherlands. Aquatic Ecology. 28(1). 117–133. 1588 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dam, Herman van & Adrienne Mertens. (1993). Diatoms on herbarium macrophytes as indicators for water quality. Hydrobiologia. 269-270(1). 437–445. 22 indexed citations

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Dam, Herman van & Adrienne Mertens. (1990). A COMPARISON OF RECENT EPILITHIC DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE INDUSTRIALLY ACIDIFIED AND COPPER POLLUTED LAKE ORTA (NORTHERN ITALY) WITH OLD LITERATURE DATA. Diatom Research. 5(1). 1–13. 18 indexed citations

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