Gilles Mertens

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Gilles Mertens is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilles Mertens has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 11 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gilles Mertens's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (14 papers), Building materials and conservation (10 papers) and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (7 papers). Gilles Mertens is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (14 papers), Building materials and conservation (10 papers) and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (7 papers). Gilles Mertens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Gilles Mertens's co-authors include Jan Elsen, Ruben Snellings, Tom Van Gerven, Koenraad Van Balen, Rafael M. Santos, Özlem Çizer, Carlo Vandecasteele, Nabajyoti Saikia, Bart Blanpain and Peter Tom Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science and Cement and Concrete Research.

In The Last Decade

Gilles Mertens

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Supplementary Cementitious Materials

2012 383 citations Ruben Snellings, Gilles Mertens et al. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gilles Mertens Belgium	18	1.4k	792	605	319	312	42	2.0k
Martin Keppert Czechia	31	2.2k 1.6×	1.8k 2.3×	617 1.0×	525 1.6×	164 0.5×	177	3.1k
Herbert Pöllmann Germany	22	826 0.6×	402 0.5×	651 1.1×	108 0.3×	258 0.8×	105	1.8k
Isabel Galán Austria	21	1.6k 1.1×	586 0.7×	599 1.0×	198 0.6×	427 1.4×	51	2.0k
Leslie J. Struble United States	31	2.4k 1.8×	1.3k 1.6×	726 1.2×	323 1.0×	152 0.5×	87	2.9k
Paulo J.M. Monteiro United States	28	2.0k 1.5×	638 0.8×	635 1.0×	275 0.9×	149 0.5×	57	2.6k
Kai Wu China	36	3.4k 2.5×	1.5k 1.9×	1.2k 1.9×	257 0.8×	282 0.9×	155	4.2k
Krassimir Garbev Germany	19	1.6k 1.2×	496 0.6×	969 1.6×	362 1.1×	315 1.0×	55	2.1k
Xiaolu Guo China	29	2.5k 1.8×	1.6k 2.0×	1.0k 1.7×	165 0.5×	134 0.4×	83	3.0k
Farshad Rajabipour United States	33	3.9k 2.8×	1.4k 1.8×	907 1.5×	277 0.9×	194 0.6×	85	4.3k
Çağla Meral Akgül Türkiye	16	1.3k 0.9×	812 1.0×	473 0.8×	184 0.6×	243 0.8×	46	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Gilles Mertens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gilles Mertens

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mertens, Gilles, et al.. (2025). Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) at Wellsite: Case Studies from the Barnett-Woodford, Permian Basin.

Ko, Lucy T., et al.. (2024). Mudstone diagenesis with depth and thermal maturity in the Cenomanian–Turonian Eagle Ford group. PART II: Diagenetic processes and paragenetic sequence. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 170. 107085–107085. 3 indexed citations

Mertens, Gilles, Nataliia Bielova, Vincent Roca, Cristiana Santos, & Michael J. Toth. (2024). Google Tag Manager: Hidden Data Leaks and its Potential Violations Under EU Data Protection Law. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Snellings, Ruben, Gilles Mertens, Rieko Adriaens, & Jan Elsen. (2013). In situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study of the early age hydration of cements blended with zeolitite and quartzite fines and water-reducing agent. Applied Clay Science. 72. 124–131. 22 indexed citations

Santos, Rafael M., Gilles Mertens, Muhammad Salman, Özlem Çizer, & Tom Van Gerven. (2013). Comparative study of ageing, heat treatment and accelerated carbonation for stabilization of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash in view of reducing regulated heavy metal/metalloid leaching. Journal of Environmental Management. 128. 807–821. 134 indexed citations

Snellings, Ruben, Gilles Mertens, & Jan Elsen. (2012). Supplementary Cementitious Materials. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 74(1). 211–278. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

Santos, Rafael M., et al.. (2012). Ultrasound-intensified mineral carbonation. Applied Thermal Engineering. 57(1-2). 154–163. 100 indexed citations

Elsen, Jan, Gilles Mertens, & Koenraad Van Balen. (2011). Raw materials used in ancient mortars from the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Tournai (Belgium). European Journal of Mineralogy. 23(6). 871–882. 17 indexed citations

Snellings, Ruben, Lieven Machiels, Gilles Mertens, & Jan Elsen. (2010). Rietveld refinement strategy for quantitative phase analysis of partially amorphous zeolitized tuffaceous rocks. Geologica Belgica. 13(3). 183–196. 74 indexed citations

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Gerven, Tom Van, Daneel Geysen, Yiannis Pontikes, et al.. (2010). An integrated materials valorisation scheme for Enhanced Landfill Mining. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Gerven, Tom Van, Rafael M. Santos, Özlem Çizer, et al.. (2010). Carbon sink as one of the research themes of SMaRT-Pro².. Lirias (KU Leuven). 267–274. 1 indexed citations

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Santos, Rafael M., et al.. (2010). PROCESS INTENSIFICATION ROUTES FOR MINERAL CARBONATION. Lirias (KU Leuven). 13–22. 3 indexed citations

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Snellings, Ruben, et al.. (2009). The zeolite–lime pozzolanic reaction: Reaction kinetics and products by in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 126(1-2). 40–49. 44 indexed citations

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Durinck, Dirk, Sander Arnout, Gilles Mertens, et al.. (2008). Borate Distribution in Stabilized Stainless‐Steel Slag. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 91(2). 548–554. 46 indexed citations

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Snellings, Ruben, et al.. (2008). Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Diagenesis of Clinoptilolite Tuffs (Miocene) in the Central Simav Graben, Western Turkey. Clays and Clay Minerals. 56(6). 622–632. 16 indexed citations

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Saikia, Nabajyoti, Geert Cornelis, Gilles Mertens, et al.. (2008). Assessment of Pb-slag, MSWI bottom ash and boiler and fly ash for using as a fine aggregate in cement mortar. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 154(1-3). 766–777. 124 indexed citations

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Mertens, Gilles, et al.. (2008). Calcareous hydraulic binders from a historical perspective. 1–15. 4 indexed citations

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Mertens, Gilles, Piero Madau, Dirk Durinck, Bart Blanpain, & Jan Elsen. (2007). Quantitative mineralogical analysis of hydraulic limes by X-ray diffraction. Cement and Concrete Research. 37(11). 1524–1530. 24 indexed citations

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Mertens, Gilles & Jan Elsen. (2006). Use of computer assisted image analysis for the determination of the grain-size distribution of sands used in mortars. Cement and Concrete Research. 36(8). 1453–1459. 38 indexed citations

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Mertens, Gilles, et al.. (2005). Physical and chemical evolution of lime mortars from Tournai (Belgium). 2 indexed citations

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