Jan Mertens

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jan Mertens is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Mertens has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Environmental Engineering, 23 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jan Mertens's work include Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (17 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (11 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (9 papers). Jan Mertens is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (17 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (11 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (9 papers). Jan Mertens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands. Jan Mertens's co-authors include Jeremy J. Baumberg, Rohit Chikkaraddy, Bart de Nijs, Maarten Messagie, Joeri Van Mierlo, Cloudy Carnegie, Karlheinz Schaber, L. Brachert, Richard Bowman and Earl Goetheer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jan Mertens

87 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

Strong-coupling of WSe2 in ultra-compact plasmonic nanocavities at room temperature

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Mertens Belgium	33	964	881	719	593	560	90	3.5k
Changhong Chen China	41	677 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	175 0.2×	738 1.2×	723 1.3×	149	5.1k
Chunsheng Zhao China	51	704 0.7×	775 0.9×	574 0.8×	150 0.3×	1.1k 2.0×	373	8.3k
Yizhen Chen China	37	701 0.7×	638 0.7×	247 0.3×	462 0.8×	333 0.6×	152	4.8k
Adrian Wing‐Keung Law Singapore	37	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	466 0.6×	487 0.8×	513 0.9×	219	5.4k
Zhe Wang China	47	762 0.8×	792 0.9×	710 1.0×	145 0.2×	212 0.4×	263	6.2k
Rui Cheng China	33	983 1.0×	447 0.5×	447 0.6×	315 0.5×	212 0.4×	134	3.9k
Andrew Rowe Canada	33	367 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	648 0.9×	1.3k 2.2×	154 0.3×	220	4.1k
Yuan Yuan China	37	677 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	693 1.0×	438 0.7×	324 0.6×	237	5.3k
Shuiqing Li China	49	2.5k 2.6×	2.0k 2.2×	1.2k 1.7×	388 0.7×	129 0.2×	303	8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Mertens

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Scheerlinck, Stijn, et al.. (2025). Forecasting silver demand and supply by 2030: Impact of silver-intensive photovoltaic cells and sectoral competition. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 224. 108562–108562. 1 indexed citations

Mertens, Jan, et al.. (2025). Life cycle assessment of solar energy conversion into synthetic natural gas for transportation including CO2 capture and dual shipping. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 129. 150–160.

Cadena, Erasmo, et al.. (2024). CO2 valorisation from lime production via Columbus process to produce E-methane for transport sector – A comprehensive life cycle assessment. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 88. 102949–102949. 3 indexed citations

Mertens, Jan, Jo Dewulf, Christian Breyer, et al.. (2024). From emissions to resources: mitigating the critical raw material supply chain vulnerability of renewable energy technologies. Mineral Economics. 37(3). 669–676. 17 indexed citations

Mertens, Jan, Christian Breyer, Ronnie Belmans, et al.. (2024). Evaluating carbon removal: Integrating technical potential with environmental, social, governance criteria, and sequestration permanence. iScience. 27(12). 111418–111418. 2 indexed citations

Mertens, Jan, et al.. (2024). Pin penetration depths in the neurocranium using a three-pin head fixation device. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4726–4726.

Quist, Jaco, et al.. (2021). Assessing the environmental impacts of wind-based hydrogen production in the Netherlands using ex-ante LCA and scenarios analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 299. 126866–126866. 101 indexed citations

Mertens, Jan, et al.. (2021). Respond of the different human cranial bones to pin-type head fixation device. Acta Neurochirurgica. 163(4). 885–893. 3 indexed citations

Blondeau, Julien & Jan Mertens. (2019). Impact of intermittent renewable energy production on specific CO2 and NO emissions from large scale gas-fired combined cycles. Journal of Cleaner Production. 221. 261–270. 23 indexed citations

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Kos, Dean, Giuliana Di Martino, Jan Mertens, et al.. (2018). Electrically Controlled Nano and Micro Actuation in Memristive Switching Devices with On‐Chip Gas Encapsulation. Small. 14(34). e1801599–e1801599. 7 indexed citations

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Brachert, L., et al.. (2013). The challenge of measuring sulfuric acid aerosols: Number concentration and size evaluation using a condensation particle counter (CPC) and an electrical low pressure impactor (ELPI+). Journal of Aerosol Science. 67. 21–27. 57 indexed citations

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Wilde, Tineke De, Pieter Spanoghe, Jan Mertens, et al.. (2009). Characterizing pesticide sorption and degradation in macro scale biopurification systems using column displacement experiments. Environmental Pollution. 157(4). 1373–1381. 23 indexed citations

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Wilde, Tineke De, Jan Mertens, Pieter Spanoghe, et al.. (2008). Sorption kinetics and its effects on retention and leaching. Chemosphere. 72(3). 509–516. 62 indexed citations

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Wilde, Tineke De, Jan Mertens, Jiřı́ Šimůnek, et al.. (2008). Characterizing pesticide sorption and degradation in microscale biopurification systems using column displacement experiments. Environmental Pollution. 157(2). 463–473. 53 indexed citations

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Mertens, Jan, et al.. (2008). Design and Testing of a Drop Counter for Use in Vadose Zone Water Samplers. Vadose Zone Journal. 7(2). 434–438. 4 indexed citations

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Mertens, Jan, et al.. (2006). A multi-objective optimization framework for surfactant-enhanced remediation of DNAPL contaminations. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 86(3-4). 176–194. 32 indexed citations

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Mertens, Jan, Henrik Madsen, Michael Kristensen, Diederik Jacques, & Jan Feyen. (2003). Sensitivity of soil parameters in unsaturated zone modeling and the relation between effective, laboratory and in-situ estimates. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 818. 2 indexed citations

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Mertens, Jan, et al.. (2003). Comparison of tension infiltrometer, single-ring pressure infiltrometer and soil core Ksat estimates on a sandy loam hillslope. EAEJA. 2662. 2 indexed citations

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Mertens, Jan, Diederik Jacques, Jan Vanderborght, & Jan Feyen. (2002). Characterization of The Field-saturated Hydraulic Conductivity On A Hillslope: In-situ Single Ring Pressure Infiltrometer Measurements. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2262. 1 indexed citations

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Mertens, Jan, et al.. (1999). Stacker Modules Used in a High-Capacity Robotics System for High Throughput Screening Compound Replication. SLAS DISCOVERY. 4(6). 373–379. 1 indexed citations

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