Hans Brix

22.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
306 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Hans Brix is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Brix has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 143 papers in Ecology and 100 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Hans Brix's work include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (135 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (127 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (66 papers). Hans Brix is often cited by papers focused on Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (135 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (127 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (66 papers). Hans Brix collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, China and United States. Hans Brix's co-authors include Carlos Alberto Arias, Brian K. Sorrell, Hans‐Henrik Schierup, Massimo Del Bubba, Carla Lambertini, Arunothai Jampeetong, Jan Vymazal, Bent Lorenzen, Dennis Konnerup and Pedro N. Carvalho and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Hans Brix

301 papers receiving 16.2k 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.

Wetlands, carbon, and climate change

2012 828 citations Hans Brix et al. profile →
Development of constructed wetlands in performance intensifications for wastewater treatment: A nitrogen and organic matter targeted review

2014 476 citations Hans Brix et al. profile →
Functions of Macrophytes in Constructed Wetlands

1994 441 citations Hans Brix profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans Brix Denmark	73	8.4k	6.1k	4.0k	3.3k	1.9k	306	17.0k
K. R. Reddy United States	62	3.8k 0.5×	6.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	7.0k 3.8×	247	14.3k
Scott X. Chang Canada	82	2.8k 0.3×	5.5k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	5.0k 1.5×	3.1k 1.7×	532	23.3k
N.F.Y. Tam Hong Kong	78	3.6k 0.4×	5.8k 0.9×	9.5k 2.4×	3.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	435	20.4k
Leo M. Condron New Zealand	66	3.1k 0.4×	3.4k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	4.6k 1.4×	6.2k 3.3×	309	16.4k
Jinshui Wu China	69	1.8k 0.2×	4.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.6×	3.8k 1.1×	3.3k 1.8×	430	15.1k
Roel Merckx Belgium	74	1.5k 0.2×	3.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	4.9k 1.5×	3.9k 2.1×	350	18.8k
Philip C. Brookes China	79	3.5k 0.4×	11.7k 1.9×	8.3k 2.1×	10.4k 3.1×	7.8k 4.2×	237	40.0k
M. A. Tabatabai United States	64	3.0k 0.4×	3.4k 0.5×	5.4k 1.4×	9.3k 2.8×	5.6k 3.0×	222	26.6k
Roland Bol Germany	64	1.4k 0.2×	4.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	3.1k 0.9×	4.1k 2.2×	413	15.7k
Jan Vymazal Czechia	65	13.0k 1.5×	3.7k 0.6×	5.5k 1.4×	780 0.2×	1.7k 0.9×	183	17.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guo, Wen‐Yong, et al.. (2025). Intraspecific adaptation to bioclimatic origins: Intricate interplay of above‐ and below‐ground traits in a cosmopolitan grass species. Journal of Ecology. 113(7). 1622–1635.

Brisson, Jacques, Pedro N. Carvalho, Otto R. Stein, et al.. (2024). Small-scale experiments: Using mesocosms and microcosms for testing hypotheses in treatment wetland research. Ecological Engineering. 208. 107378–107378. 5 indexed citations

Yin, Meiqi, Xiya Zhang, Hongtao Zhu, et al.. (2024). Trade-offs between Cd bioconcentration and translocation and underlying physiological and rhizobacterial mechanisms in Phragmites australis. Journal of Environmental Management. 371. 123291–123291.

Brix, Hans, et al.. (2024). Design, implementation, and evaluation of a short rotation coppice system for wastewater treatment and resource recovery in India. Ecological Engineering. 201. 107218–107218. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Cui, Lele Liu, Meiqi Yin, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide analysis tracks the emergence of intraspecific polyploids in Phragmites australis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 29–29. 3 indexed citations

Iqbal, Mazhar, F. Habib, Qaiser M. Khan, et al.. (2021). Investigating degradation metabolites and underlying pathway of azo dye “Reactive Black 5” in bioaugmented floating treatment wetlands. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(46). 65229–65242. 9 indexed citations

Lambertini, Carla, Wen‐Yong Guo, Siyuan Ye, et al.. (2020). Phylogenetic diversity shapes salt tolerance in Phragmites australis estuarine populations in East China. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 17645–17645. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Liang, et al.. (2019). Enhanced removal of pharmaceuticals in a biofilter: Effects of manipulating co-degradation by carbon feeding. Chemosphere. 236. 124303–124303. 45 indexed citations

Carvalho, Pedro N., Yang Zhang, Tao Lyu, et al.. (2018). Methodologies for the analysis of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in sediments and plant tissue. Analytical Methods. 10(30). 3791–3803. 5 indexed citations

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Guo, Wen‐Yong, Carla Lambertini, Petr Pyšek, Laura A. Meyerson, & Hans Brix. (2018). Living in two worlds: Evolutionary mechanisms act differently in the native and introduced ranges of an invasive plant. Ecology and Evolution. 8(5). 2440–2452. 15 indexed citations

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Pyšek, Petr, Hana Skálová, Jan Čuda, et al.. (2018). Small genome separates native and invasive populations in an ecologically important cosmopolitan grass. Ecology. 99(1). 79–90. 47 indexed citations

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Yu, Xueyang, et al.. (2018). Ecosystem respiration in coastal tidal flats can be modelled from air temperature, plant biomass and inundation regime. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 2 indexed citations

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Ramírez-Vargas, Carlos A., Carlos Alberto Arias, Liang Zhang, & Hans Brix. (2018). Microbial Community Function in Electroactive Biofilm-based Constructed Wetlands. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 9 indexed citations

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Arias, Carlos Alberto, Carlos A. Ramírez-Vargas, Pedro N. Carvalho, & Hans Brix. (2017). Microbial electrochemical technologies: an emerging alternative for wastewater treatment using constructed wetlands. 1 indexed citations

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Elsgaard, Lars, et al.. (2015). Does Juncus effusus enhance methane emissions from grazed pastures on peat?. Biogeosciences. 12(19). 5667–5676. 8 indexed citations

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Olsson, Linda, et al.. (2015). Factors influencing CO ₂ and CH ₄ emissions from coastal wetlands in the Liaohe Delta, Northeast China. Biogeosciences. 12(16). 4965–4977. 96 indexed citations

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Trang, Ngô Thụy Diễm, Hans‐Henrik Schierup, & Hans Brix. (2010). Leaf vegetables for use in integrated hydroponics and aquaculture systems: effects of root flooding on growth, mineral composition and nutrient uptake.. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 9(27). 4186–4196. 23 indexed citations

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White, John R., et al.. (2010). Alum application to improve water quality in a municipal wastewater treatment wetland: Effects on macrophyte growth and nutrient uptake. Chemosphere. 79(2). 186–192. 38 indexed citations

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Stief, Peter, Morten Poulsen, Lars Peter Nielsen, Hans Brix, & Andreas Schramm. (2009). Nitrous oxide emission by aquatic macrofauna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(11). 4296–4300. 90 indexed citations

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Brix, Hans & Hans‐Henrik Schierup. (1989). The use of aquatic macrophytes in water-pollution control. AMBIO. 28(2). 100–107. 202 indexed citations

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