Bram Sercu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bram Sercu is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Pollution and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bram Sercu has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 10 papers in Pollution and 8 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Bram Sercu's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers), Odor and Emission Control Technologies (8 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (8 papers). Bram Sercu is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers), Odor and Emission Control Technologies (8 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (8 papers). Bram Sercu collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Australia. Bram Sercu's co-authors include Patricia A. Holden, Herman Van Langenhove, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Jill L. S. Murray, Willy Verstraete, Kris Verheyen, Germán Aroca, Dariela Núñez, Dries Bonte and Lander Baeten and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Ecology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Bram Sercu

32 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world

2019 197 citations Dries Landuyt, Emiel De Lombaerde et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bram Sercu Belgium	18	255	245	231	218	202	32	1.1k
Lü Cai China	26	603 2.4×	343 1.4×	90 0.4×	56 0.3×	146 0.7×	105	1.9k
John Willis United States	15	438 1.7×	112 0.5×	44 0.2×	53 0.2×	83 0.4×	80	928
J. Mosquera Netherlands	20	86 0.3×	25 0.1×	309 1.3×	183 0.8×	149 0.7×	68	1.1k
J. Hill Australia	25	181 0.7×	27 0.1×	142 0.6×	119 0.5×	50 0.2×	71	1.8k
Valérie Degrange France	16	120 0.5×	35 0.1×	96 0.4×	144 0.7×	91 0.5×	21	1.7k
J. R. Williams United Kingdom	20	24 0.1×	347 1.4×	48 0.2×	148 0.7×	161 0.8×	34	1.7k
William E. Jokela United States	27	38 0.1×	335 1.4×	59 0.3×	30 0.1×	139 0.7×	59	2.0k
Eliot Epstein United States	13	48 0.2×	80 0.3×	67 0.3×	90 0.4×	52 0.3×	30	1.5k
Dominic Frigon Canada	19	55 0.2×	185 0.8×	26 0.1×	146 0.7×	70 0.3×	54	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bram Sercu

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Bauters, Marijn, Félicien Meunier, Pascal Boeckx, et al.. (2021). Lianas and trees exhibit divergent intrinsic water‐use efficiency along elevational gradients in South American and African tropical forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(11). 2259–2272. 10 indexed citations

Perring, Michael P., Lionel R. Hertzog, Daan Dekeukeleire, et al.. (2020). Overstorey composition shapes across‐trophic level community relationships in deciduous forest regardless of fragmentation context. Journal of Ecology. 109(4). 1591–1606. 2 indexed citations

Hertzog, Lionel R., Daan Dekeukeleire, Bram Sercu, et al.. (2019). Forest fragmentation modulates effects of tree species richness and composition on ecosystem multifunctionality. Ecology. 100(4). e02653–e02653. 36 indexed citations

Sercu, Bram, et al.. (2019). Induced phenological avoidance: A neglected defense mechanism against seed predation in plants. Journal of Ecology. 108(3). 1115–1124. 8 indexed citations

Landuyt, Dries, Emiel De Lombaerde, Michael P. Perring, et al.. (2019). The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world. Global Change Biology. 25(11). 3625–3641. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

Sercu, Bram, Lionel R. Hertzog, Lander Baeten, et al.. (2019). Soil heterogeneity in tree mixtures depends on spatial clustering of tree species. Basic and Applied Ecology. 39. 38–47. 3 indexed citations

Hertzog, Lionel R., Daan Dekeukeleire, Bram Sercu, et al.. (2019). Forest Fragmentation Modulates Effects of Tree Species Richness and Composition on Ecosystem Multifunctionality. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 100(3). 8 indexed citations

Baeten, Lander, Bram Sercu, Dries Bonte, Margot Vanhellemont, & Kris Verheyen. (2015). Intraspecific variation in flowering phenology affects seed germinability in the forest herb Primula elatior. Plant Ecology and Evolution. 148(2). 283–288. 10 indexed citations

Sercu, Bram, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Jill L. S. Murray, & Patricia A. Holden. (2011). Terrestrial Sources Homogenize Bacterial Water Quality During Rainfall in Two Urbanized Watersheds in Santa Barbara, CA. Microbial Ecology. 62(3). 574–583. 16 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Bram Sercu, Jill L. S. Murray, & Patricia A. Holden. (2011). Application of an Integrated Community Analysis Approach for Microbial Source Tracking in a Coastal Creek. Environmental Science & Technology. 45(17). 7195–7201. 17 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Jill L. S. Murray, & Patricia A. Holden. (2011). Sewage Exfiltration As a Source of Storm Drain Contamination during Dry Weather in Urban Watersheds. Environmental Science & Technology. 45(17). 7151–7157. 102 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Jill L. S. Murray, & Patricia A. Holden. (2010). Cultivation-Independent Analysis of Bacteria in IDEXX Quanti-Tray/2000 Fecal Indicator Assays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(2). 627–633. 25 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Jill L. S. Murray, & Patricia A. Holden. (2008). Storm Drains are Sources of Human Fecal Pollution during Dry Weather in Three Urban Southern California Watersheds. Environmental Science & Technology. 43(2). 293–298. 89 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, Nico Boon, Willy Verstraete, & Herman Van Langenhove. (2006). H2S degradation is reflected by both the activity and composition of the microbial community in a compost biofilter. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 72(5). 1090–1098. 17 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, et al.. (2006). Performance and microbial analysis of defined and non‐defined inocula for the removal of dimethyl sulfide in a biotrickling filter. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 96(4). 661–672. 21 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, Dariela Núñez, Herman Van Langenhove, Germán Aroca, & Willy Verstraete. (2005). Operational and microbiological aspects of a bioaugmented two‐stage biotrickling filter removing hydrogen sulfide and dimethyl sulfide. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 90(2). 259–269. 108 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, et al.. (2004). Bioaugmentation of the phyllosphere for the removal of toluene from indoor air. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 64(2). 284–288. 68 indexed citations

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Sercu, Bram, Herman Van Langenhove, & Willy Verstraete. (2003). Molecular microbial community fingerprinting: application for compost biofiltration. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Demeestere, Kristof, Jo Dewulf, Herman Van Langenhove, & Bram Sercu. (2003). Gas–solid adsorption of selected volatile organic compounds on titanium dioxide Degussa P25. Chemical Engineering Science. 58(11). 2255–2267. 46 indexed citations

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Demeestere, Kristof, Jo Dewulf, Herman Van Langenhove, & Bram Sercu. (2002). Adsorption as initial step in the photocatalytic degradation of gaseous VOC by TiO2/UV. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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