Nick Sweygers

814 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 643 citations indexed

About

Nick Sweygers is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Sweygers has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 643 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 4 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Nick Sweygers's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (7 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (3 papers). Nick Sweygers is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (7 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (6 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (3 papers). Nick Sweygers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, China and India. Nick Sweygers's co-authors include Lise Appels, Raf Dewil, Mohammadreza Kamali, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, S.M. Al–Salem, Aart Willem Van Vuure, Delphine Depuydt, Jan Ivens, Huili Zhang and Jan Baeyens and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Nick Sweygers

16 papers receiving 624 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.

Biochar for soil applications-sustainability aspects, challenges and future prospects

2021 206 citations Mohammadreza Kamali, Nick Sweygers et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nick Sweygers Belgium	12	309	91	90	85	81	17	643
Alfredo Napoli France	18	410 1.3×	112 1.2×	62 0.7×	78 0.9×	63 0.8×	49	850
Khouloud Haddad Tunisia	12	286 0.9×	88 1.0×	49 0.5×	47 0.6×	114 1.4×	14	745
Li Wan Yoon Malaysia	14	461 1.5×	59 0.6×	243 2.7×	75 0.9×	58 0.7×	43	916
Nurlidia Mansor Malaysia	19	581 1.9×	83 0.9×	202 2.2×	138 1.6×	148 1.8×	59	1.0k
Nona Merry M. Mitan Malaysia	11	265 0.9×	84 0.9×	66 0.7×	37 0.4×	58 0.7×	21	632
Joseph Jjagwe Uganda	13	204 0.7×	79 0.9×	76 0.8×	56 0.7×	129 1.6×	18	835
Farahnaz Eghbali Babadi Malaysia	13	278 0.9×	110 1.2×	78 0.9×	61 0.7×	63 0.8×	22	508
Yunyi Liang China	16	336 1.1×	90 1.0×	211 2.3×	45 0.5×	147 1.8×	32	817
Ashish Pawar India	9	282 0.9×	102 1.1×	42 0.5×	34 0.4×	112 1.4×	12	625
Abhijeet Anand India	11	308 1.0×	115 1.3×	60 0.7×	38 0.4×	94 1.2×	18	783

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17 of 17 papers shown

Sweygers, Nick, et al.. (2025). Potential challenges and guidelines for ultrasound and ultrasound-assisted enzymatic treatment of seaweed biomass. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 226. 116283–116283.

Sweygers, Nick, et al.. (2024). Dedicated microwave extraction allows uniform energy distribution to efficiently solubilize Ascophyllum nodosum. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(3). 112773–112773. 3 indexed citations

Deng, Yimin, Shuo Li, Lise Appels, et al.. (2023). Steam reforming of ethanol by non-noble metal catalysts. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 175. 113184–113184. 46 indexed citations

Liu, Jia, Huili Zhang, Yimin Deng, et al.. (2022). Adsorption of acid fuchsine dye from wastewater by Mg-ferrite particles. Journal of Environmental Management. 317. 115427–115427. 28 indexed citations

Sweygers, Nick, Delphine Depuydt, Samuel Eyley, et al.. (2022). Prediction of the equilibrium moisture content based on the chemical composition and crystallinity of natural fibres. Industrial Crops and Products. 186. 115187–115187. 33 indexed citations

Deng, Yimin, Jonathan Seville, A. Ingram, et al.. (2021). Reviewing Fundamental CO₂ Adsorption Characteristics of Zeolite and Activated Carbon by In-situ Measurements With Radioactively Labelled CO₂. Separation and Purification Reviews. 51(3). 318–329. 11 indexed citations

Sweygers, Nick, Mohammadreza Kamali, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, Raf Dewil, & Lise Appels. (2021). Efficient microwave-assisted production of furanics and hydrochar from bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra “Boryana”) in a biphasic reaction system: effect of inorganic salts. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 12(1). 173–181. 8 indexed citations

Kamali, Mohammadreza, Nick Sweygers, S.M. Al–Salem, et al.. (2021). Biochar for soil applications-sustainability aspects, challenges and future prospects. Chemical Engineering Journal. 428. 131189–131189. 206 indexed citations breakdown →

Sweygers, Nick, Delphine Depuydt, Aart Willem Van Vuure, et al.. (2019). Simultaneous production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural from bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra “Boryana”) in a biphasic reaction system. Chemical Engineering Journal. 386. 123957–123957. 36 indexed citations

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Depuydt, Delphine, Nick Sweygers, Lise Appels, Jan Ivens, & Aart Willem Van Vuure. (2019). Bamboo fibres sourced from three global locations: A microstructural, mechanical and chemical composition study. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites. 38(9). 397–412. 25 indexed citations

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Depuydt, Delphine, Carlos Fuentes Rojas, Nick Sweygers, et al.. (2019). European bamboo fibres for composites applications, study on the seasonal influence. Industrial Crops and Products. 133. 304–316. 33 indexed citations

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Sweygers, Nick, et al.. (2018). Optimization of hydrothermal conversion of bamboo (Phyllostachys aureosulcata) to levulinic acid via response surface methodology. Journal of Environmental Management. 219. 95–102. 25 indexed citations

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Sweygers, Nick, et al.. (2018). Microwave effects in the dilute acid hydrolysis of cellulose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 73 indexed citations

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Sweygers, Nick, et al.. (2018). A microwave-assisted process for the in-situ production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural from lignocellulosic polysaccharides in a biphasic reaction system. Journal of Cleaner Production. 187. 1014–1024. 73 indexed citations

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Sweygers, Nick, Raf Dewil, & Lise Appels. (2017). Production of Levulinic Acid and Furfural by Microwave-Assisted Hydrolysis from Model Compounds: Effect of Temperature, Acid Concentration and Reaction Time. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 9(3). 343–355. 23 indexed citations

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Sweygers, Nick, Raf Dewil, & Lise Appels. (2016). Simultaneous conversion of C5 and C6 lignocellulosic polysaccharides to platform chemicals through microwave-assisted hydrolysis. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations

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Luis, Patricia, et al.. (2012). The potential of head-space gas chromatography for VLE measurements. The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. 49. 128–136. 18 indexed citations

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