Hans De Steur

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Hans De Steur is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans De Steur has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Plant Science, 48 papers in Food Science and 24 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Hans De Steur's work include Organic Food and Agriculture (27 papers), Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (24 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (23 papers). Hans De Steur is often cited by papers focused on Organic Food and Agriculture (27 papers), Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (24 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (23 papers). Hans De Steur collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Uganda and United States. Hans De Steur's co-authors include Xavier Gellynck, Joachim J. Schouteten, Dominique Van Der Straeten, Wim Verbeke, Sofie Lagast, Joshua Wesana, Dieter Blancquaert, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Willy E. Lambert and Sara De Pelsmaeker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Biotechnology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Hans De Steur

138 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Environmentally Sustainable Food Consumption: A Review and Research Agenda From a Goal-Directed Perspective

2020 252 citations Hans De Steur, Wim Verbeke et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans De Steur Belgium	32	1.2k	1.1k	506	498	466	158	3.6k
Riccardo Vecchio Italy	32	1.8k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	1.0k 2.0×	369 0.7×	438 0.9×	136	4.2k
Maeve Henchion Ireland	28	1.1k 0.9×	567 0.5×	239 0.5×	229 0.5×	661 1.4×	89	3.6k
Ilija Đjekić Serbia	35	2.0k 1.6×	673 0.6×	246 0.5×	296 0.6×	509 1.1×	206	4.0k
Luís Guerrero Spain	49	3.3k 2.8×	1.3k 1.2×	835 1.7×	883 1.8×	617 1.3×	147	7.1k
Margrethe Hersleth Norway	29	2.3k 1.9×	961 0.9×	610 1.2×	678 1.4×	200 0.4×	54	3.4k
Vincenzina Caputo United States	31	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 2.7×	241 0.5×	935 2.0×	76	4.2k
Daniele Asioli United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.0×	670 0.6×	470 0.9×	241 0.5×	444 1.0×	57	2.1k
Francesco Caracciolo Italy	32	835 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	721 1.4×	166 0.3×	312 0.7×	139	3.3k
Xavier Gellynck Belgium	48	2.3k 1.9×	1.5k 1.4×	873 1.7×	926 1.9×	478 1.0×	298	7.1k
A.R.H. Fischer Netherlands	36	1.3k 1.1×	752 0.7×	660 1.3×	116 0.2×	541 1.2×	115	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Hans De Steur

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans De Steur

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans De Steur

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans De Steur. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans De Steur based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hans De Steur. Hans De Steur is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Barcellos, Márcia Dutra de, et al.. (2025). Risks, resilience and sustainability of plant-based protein chains in Europe: a stakeholder analysis. British Food Journal. 128(3). 1149–1163.

Sakarika, Myrsini, et al.. (2025). Feeding the future: consumer willingness to try bacterial protein, a comparative study with fungi, algae and cultured meat. British Food Journal. 128(3). 971–985. 2 indexed citations

Faber, Ilona, et al.. (2025). Diverse dietary lifestyles within households increase purchase intentions for plant-based food. Food Quality and Preference. 127. 105453–105453.

Custodio, Marie Claire, Jhoanne Ynion, Matty Demont, & Hans De Steur. (2025). Consumers’ acceptance and valuation of healthier rice: implications for promoting healthy diets in the Philippines. British Food Journal. 127(13). 52–71. 4 indexed citations

Féon, Samuel Le, Andreas Papadakis, Theodοre Zahariadis, et al.. (2024). A holistic assessment of blockchain-based traceability systems: The case of protected designation of origin feta cheese production. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 230. 109863–109863. 1 indexed citations

Steur, Hans De, et al.. (2024). The heterogeneity of consumer preference for blockchain-based food traceability: The role of governmental trust and information-seeking behaviour. Food Quality and Preference. 126. 105424–105424. 4 indexed citations

Schouteten, Joachim J., Sheila Okoth, Chrysantus M. Tanga, et al.. (2024). Effect of information on mothers’ sensory and emotional profiling of insect-based porridges in Kenya. Food Quality and Preference. 121. 105278–105278. 1 indexed citations

Odongo, Walter, et al.. (2024). Understanding perceived performance impacts of mobile phone use among smallholders in Uganda: the influence of task-technology fit and current use. Cogent Food & Agriculture. 10(1). 1 indexed citations

Wesana, Joshua, et al.. (2024). Genome editing in food and agriculture: from regulations to consumer perspectives. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 87. 103127–103127. 15 indexed citations

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Steur, Hans De, et al.. (2024). Sensory attributes of fine flavor cocoa beans and chocolate: A systematic literature review. Journal of Food Science. 89(4). 1917–1943. 8 indexed citations

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Steur, Hans De, et al.. (2023). Farmers’ acceptance of robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles: A systematic review. Agronomy Journal. 115(5). 2159–2173. 11 indexed citations

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Schouteten, Joachim J., et al.. (2023). Social media and food consumer behavior: A systematic review. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 143. 104290–104290. 13 indexed citations

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Custodio, Marie Claire, Matty Demont, & Hans De Steur. (2023). Market intelligence for guiding crop improvement: A systematic review of stakeholder preference studies in the rice sector in the Global South and beyond. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 22(6). 4404–4432. 7 indexed citations

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Hung, Yung, et al.. (2022). Willingness to Pay for Food Labelling Schemes in Vietnam: A Choice Experiment on Water Spinach. Foods. 11(5). 722–722. 20 indexed citations

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Schouteten, Joachim J., et al.. (2022). Identifying the Key Success Factors of Plant-Based Food Brands in Europe. Sustainability. 15(1). 306–306. 6 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Leonie, et al.. (2020). Stakeholder perceptions on broiler chicken welfare during first-day processing and the pre-slaughter phase: a case study in Belgium. World s Poultry Science Journal. 76(3). 473–492. 1 indexed citations

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Steur, Hans De, et al.. (2019). Perceptions, drivers and practices of sustainable wine production in Italy. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Blancquaert, Dieter, Jeroen Van Daele, Simon Strobbe, et al.. (2015). Improving folate (vitamin B9) stability in biofortified rice through metabolic engineering. Nature Biotechnology. 33(10). 1076–1078. 113 indexed citations

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Overmeire, Ilse Van, Luc Pussemier, Nadia Waegeneers, et al.. (2008). Assessment of the chemical contamination in home-produced eggs in Belgium: General overview of the CONTEGG study. The Science of The Total Environment. 407(15). 4403–4410. 54 indexed citations

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Gellynck, Xavier, Bert Vermeire, Hans De Steur, & Jacques Viaene. (2006). Comparative study of emerging sectors in rural development: exogenous sectors: food & non-food industry, private & public services, non-rural tourism. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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