Hilde Eggermont

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Hilde Eggermont is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hilde Eggermont has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hilde Eggermont's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (13 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (11 papers). Hilde Eggermont is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (13 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (11 papers). Hilde Eggermont collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Germany. Hilde Eggermont's co-authors include Dirk Verschuren, James M. Russell, Oliver Heiri, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, B. Rumes, Ellen C. Hopmans, Jessica E. Tierney, Luc Lens, Wolfgang W. Weisser and M Fagot and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Ecology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Hilde Eggermont

50 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

2008 470 citations Dirk Verschuren, Hilde Eggermont et al. profile →
Nature-based Solutions: New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe

2015 419 citations Hilde Eggermont, Estelle Balian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hilde Eggermont Belgium	27	1.4k	1.2k	627	406	372	50	2.9k
John Tibby Australia	28	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	320 0.5×	431 1.1×	395 1.1×	109	2.5k
Robert S. Webb United States	32	2.6k 1.8×	960 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	277 0.7×	596 1.6×	49	3.7k
Jérôme Poulenard France	35	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	399 0.6×	406 1.0×	534 1.4×	111	3.6k
Einar Heegaard Norway	33	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	668 1.1×	365 0.9×	376 1.0×	73	4.3k
Robert K. Booth United States	30	2.6k 1.9×	2.0k 1.6×	551 0.9×	219 0.5×	626 1.7×	77	3.5k
Teresa Vegas‐Vilarrúbia Spain	24	1.3k 0.9×	662 0.5×	527 0.8×	141 0.3×	333 0.9×	91	2.4k
George L. Jacobson United States	24	2.0k 1.4×	895 0.7×	425 0.7×	149 0.4×	454 1.2×	44	2.8k
Barbara C. S. Hansen United States	29	2.0k 1.4×	852 0.7×	397 0.6×	175 0.4×	490 1.3×	43	2.8k
Sarah E. Metcalfe United Kingdom	34	2.4k 1.7×	1.1k 0.9×	512 0.8×	237 0.6×	445 1.2×	120	3.7k
David B. Ryves United Kingdom	32	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	232 0.4×	602 1.5×	387 1.0×	63	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Hilde Eggermont

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hilde Eggermont

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Macfarlane, Nicholas B. W., Jonathan Adams, Elizabeth L. Bennett, et al.. (2022). Direct and indirect impacts of synthetic biology on biodiversity conservation. iScience. 25(11). 105423–105423. 18 indexed citations

Eggermont, Hilde, et al.. (2020). Citizen Science Toolkit for biodiversity scientists. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

Bisthoven, Luc Janssens de, et al.. (2018). Biomonitoring of lakes using macroinvertebrates: recommended indices and metrics for use in West Africa and developing countries. Hydrobiologia. 826(1). 1–23. 26 indexed citations

Loomis, S. E., James M. Russell, Dirk Verschuren, et al.. (2017). The tropical lapse rate steepened during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science Advances. 3(1). e1600815–e1600815. 100 indexed citations

Habel, Jan Christian, Luc Lens, Hilde Eggermont, et al.. (2016). More topics from the tropics: additional thoughts to Mammides et al.. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(1). 237–241. 7 indexed citations

Balian, Estelle, Hilde Eggermont, Barbara Livoreil, et al.. (2016). Supporting evidence-based policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services: recommendations for effective policy briefs. Evidence & Policy. 12(3). 431–451. 10 indexed citations

Habel, Jan Christian, Hilde Eggermont, Sven Günter, et al.. (2014). Towards more equal footing in north–south biodiversity research: European and sub-Saharan viewpoints. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23(12). 3143–3148. 16 indexed citations

Loomis, S. E., James M. Russell, Hilde Eggermont, Dirk Verschuren, & Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté. (2013). Effects of temperature, pH and nutrient concentration on branched GDGT distributions in East African lakes: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Organic Geochemistry. 66. 25–37. 55 indexed citations

Gelorini, Vanessa, Annemieke Verbeken, Luc Lens, et al.. (2012). Effects of land use on the fungal spore richness in small crater-lake basins of western Uganda. Fungal Diversity. 55(1). 125–142. 20 indexed citations

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Mergeay, Joachim, Luc De Meester, Hilde Eggermont, & Dirk Verschuren. (2011). Priority effects and species sorting in a long paleoecological record of repeated community assembly through time. Ecology. 92(12). 2267–2275. 36 indexed citations

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Rumes, B., Hilde Eggermont, & Dirk Verschuren. (2011). Distribution and faunal richness of Cladocera in western Uganda crater lakes. Hydrobiologia. 676(1). 39–56. 28 indexed citations

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Eggermont, Hilde & Oliver Heiri. (2011). The chironomid‐temperature relationship: expression in nature and palaeoenvironmental implications. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 87(2). 430–456. 213 indexed citations

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Eggermont, Hilde & Koen Martens. (2011). Preface: Cladocera crustaceans: sentinels of environmental change. Hydrobiologia. 676(1). 1–7. 29 indexed citations

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Rodysill, Jessica R., et al.. (2010). Centennial-scale hydrological variations in East Java, Indonesia during the past 1400 years from paleolimnological records. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Russell, James M., Hilde Eggermont, Richard G. Taylor, & Dirk Verschuren. (2008). Paleolimnological records of recent glacier recession in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-D. R. Congo. Journal of Paleolimnology. 41(2). 253–271. 25 indexed citations

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Eggermont, Hilde, J. M. Russell, & Dirk Verschuren. (2007). Response of Rwenzori (Uganda - DR Congo) Glaciers and Mountain Lake Ecosystems to Climate Change: Past, Present, Future. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Russell, James M., Dirk Verschuren, & Hilde Eggermont. (2007). Spatial complexity of ‘Little Ice Age’ climate in East Africa: sedimentary records from two crater lake basins in western Uganda. The Holocene. 17(2). 183–193. 69 indexed citations

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Eggermont, Hilde & Dirk Verschuren. (2006). ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Taxonomy and diversity of Afroalpine Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) on Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains, East Africa. Journal of Biogeography. 34(1). 69–89. 20 indexed citations

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Eggermont, Hilde, Oliver Heiri, & Dirk Verschuren. (2006). Fossil Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) as quantitative indicators of past salinity in African lakes. Quaternary Science Reviews. 25(15-16). 1966–1994. 71 indexed citations

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Rumes, B., Hilde Eggermont, & Dirk Verschuren. (2005). Representation of aquatic invertebrate communities in subfossil death assemblages sampled along a salinity gradient of western Uganda crater lakes. Hydrobiologia. 542(1). 297–314. 26 indexed citations

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