David Houben

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

David Houben is a scholar working on Soil Science, Pollution and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Houben has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Soil Science, 21 papers in Pollution and 19 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David Houben's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (23 papers), Heavy metals in environment (19 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (9 papers). David Houben is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (23 papers), Heavy metals in environment (19 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (9 papers). David Houben collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and Australia. David Houben's co-authors include Philippe Sonnet, Laurent Evrard, Michel‐Pierre Faucon, Hans Lambers, Jean‐Thomas Cornelis, Anne‐Maïmiti Dulaurent, Cécile Nobile, Olivier Pourret, Stéphane Firmin and Brieuc Hardy and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David Houben

54 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Mobility, bioavailability and pH-dependent leaching of cadmium, zinc and lead in a contaminated soil amended with biochar

2013 609 citations David Houben, Laurent Evrard et al. Chemosphere profile →
Plant Functional Traits: Soil and Ecosystem Services

2017 321 citations Michel‐Pierre Faucon, David Houben et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Houben France	27	1.4k	814	691	551	451	62	2.9k
Muhammad Shaaban China	30	900 0.7×	838 1.0×	1.5k 2.2×	308 0.6×	429 1.0×	140	3.3k
Thierry Becquer France	33	1.2k 0.9×	741 0.9×	904 1.3×	534 1.0×	304 0.7×	88	3.0k
Tom Sizmur United Kingdom	23	1.6k 1.2×	420 0.5×	828 1.2×	346 0.6×	410 0.9×	72	3.6k
Christophe Schwartz France	33	1.5k 1.1×	991 1.2×	519 0.8×	246 0.4×	147 0.3×	94	3.2k
Suduan Gao United States	31	642 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	222 0.4×	236 0.5×	115	3.2k
Hanhua Zhu China	28	1.2k 0.9×	844 1.0×	932 1.3×	277 0.5×	291 0.6×	65	2.6k
Chengjiao Duan China	27	1.1k 0.8×	771 0.9×	815 1.2×	131 0.2×	280 0.6×	44	2.5k
Ana Catarina Bastos Portugal	18	517 0.4×	735 0.9×	1.8k 2.6×	215 0.4×	617 1.4×	30	3.1k
Ronggui Hu China	34	584 0.4×	731 0.9×	2.4k 3.4×	274 0.5×	294 0.7×	125	4.0k
Marc Pansu France	18	587 0.4×	738 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	194 0.4×	359 0.8×	40	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by David Houben

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Houben

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Rumpel, Cornélia, et al.. (2025). Torrefied biomass (Biotorr) potential for agricultural applications. A review. Waste Management. 209. 115197–115197.

Houben, David, et al.. (2024). Indirect effect of earthworms on wheat-aphid interactions. Applied Soil Ecology. 201. 105525–105525. 1 indexed citations

Firmin, Stéphane, David Houben, Joël Fontaine, et al.. (2024). MicroRNAs: An Emerging Class of Root Exudate Component of Wheat Response to Polluted Soil. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 235(9). 2 indexed citations

Delarue, Frédéric, et al.. (2024). Quantification of biochar in arable land: A new approach based on Rock-Eval® thermal analysis. Geoderma. 448. 116974–116974. 3 indexed citations

Faucon, Michel‐Pierre, Thierry Aussenac, Romain Debref, et al.. (2023). Combining agroecology and bioeconomy to meet the societal challenges of agriculture. Plant and Soil. 492(1-2). 61–78. 8 indexed citations

Dulaurent, Anne‐Maïmiti, et al.. (2023). Beneficial effects of conservation agriculture on earthworm and Collembola communities in Northern France. Plant and Soil. 503(1-2). 155–165. 6 indexed citations

Lebrun, Manhattan, Philippe Biron, Séverine Planchais, et al.. (2022). The older, the better: Ageing improves the efficiency of biochar-compost mixture to alleviate drought stress in plant and soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 856(Pt 1). 158920–158920. 24 indexed citations

Houben, David, et al.. (2022). AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE BIOENERGY CROPPING SYSTEMS PROMOTING BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 0(0). 0–0. 2 indexed citations

Girardin, Cyril, Sabine Houot, Cécile Nobile, et al.. (2021). Biochar-Compost Interactions as Affected by Weathering: Effects on Biological Stability and Plant Growth. Agronomy. 11(2). 336–336. 22 indexed citations

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Houben, David, et al.. (2021). Assessment of the Short-Term Fertilizer Potential of Mealworm Frass Using a Pot Experiment. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5. 34 indexed citations

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Houben, David, et al.. (2020). Potential use of mealworm frass as a fertilizer: Impact on crop growth and soil properties. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4659–4659. 129 indexed citations

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Nobile, Cécile, David Houben, Stéphane Firmin, et al.. (2019). Phosphorus-acquisition strategies of canola, wheat and barley in soil amended with sewage sludges. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14878–14878. 43 indexed citations

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Pourret, Olivier & David Houben. (2018). Characterization of metal binding sites onto biochar using rare earth elements as a fingerprint. Heliyon. 4(2). e00543–e00543. 44 indexed citations

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Faucon, Michel‐Pierre, David Houben, & Hans Lambers. (2017). Plant Functional Traits: Soil and Ecosystem Services. Trends in Plant Science. 22(5). 385–394. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Houben, David, et al.. (2014). Impact of Root-Induced Mobilization of Zinc on Stable Zn Isotope Variation in the Soil–Plant System. Environmental Science & Technology. 48(14). 7866–7873. 52 indexed citations

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Houben, David, Laurent Evrard, & Philippe Sonnet. (2013). Mobility, bioavailability and pH-dependent leaching of cadmium, zinc and lead in a contaminated soil amended with biochar. Chemosphere. 92(11). 1450–1457. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Houben, David, Laurent Evrard, & Philippe Sonnet. (2013). Beneficial effects of biochar application to contaminated soils on the bioavailability of Cd, Pb and Zn and the biomass production of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). Biomass and Bioenergy. 57. 196–204. 315 indexed citations

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Houben, David, et al.. (2011). Effects of cost-effective amendments on leaching, phytoavailability andfractionation of heavy metals in a contaminated soil. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1 indexed citations

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Houben, David, et al.. (2011). Comparison of EDTA-enhanced phytoextraction and phytostabilisation strategies with Lolium perenne on a heavy metal contaminated soil. Chemosphere. 85(8). 1290–1298. 67 indexed citations

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Houben, David, et al.. (2008). Speciation of zinc in solutions extracted from different zn-polluted substrates. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1 indexed citations

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