Nico Boon

53.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
679 papers, 41.1k citations indexed

About

Nico Boon is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nico Boon has authored 679 papers receiving a total of 41.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Pollution, 161 papers in Molecular Biology and 140 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Nico Boon's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (142 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (121 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (88 papers). Nico Boon is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (142 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (121 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (88 papers). Nico Boon collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United States. Nico Boon's co-authors include Willy Verstraete, Korneel Rabaey, Massimo Marzorati, Lieven Wittebolle, Tom Defoirdt, Tom Hennebel, Nele De Belie, Paul de Vos, Tom Van de Wiele and Jo De Vrieze and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nico Boon

661 papers receiving 40.1k 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.

Biofuel Cells Select for Microbial Consortia That Self-Mediate Electron Transfer

2004 987 citations Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Initial community evenness favours functionality under selective stress

2009 765 citations Willy Verstraete, Nico Boon et al. profile →
Microbial Phenazine Production Enhances Electron Transfer in Biofuel Cells

2005 734 citations Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon et al. profile →
The basics of bio-flocs technology: The added value for aquaculture

2008 706 citations Nico Boon, Willy Verstraete et al. profile →
Continuous Electricity Generation at High Voltages and Currents Using Stacked Microbial Fuel Cells

2006 703 citations Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon et al. profile →
Methanosarcina: The rediscovered methanogen for heavy duty biomethanation

2012 677 citations Jo De Vrieze, Nico Boon et al. profile →
Biological Denitrification in Microbial Fuel Cells

2007 652 citations Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon et al. profile →
Chemical and biological technologies for hydrogen sulfide emission control in sewer systems: A review

2007 606 citations Bart De Gusseme, Nico Boon et al. profile →
Environmental factors shaping the ecological niches of ammonia-oxidizing archaea

2009 582 citations Nico Boon, Willy Verstraete et al. profile →
Butyrate-producing bacteria supplemented in vitro to Crohn’s disease patient microbiota increased butyrate production and enhanced intestinal epithelial barrier integrity

2017 346 citations Nico Boon et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nico Boon	12.0k	10.8k	8.4k	6.9k	5.1k	679	41.1k
Bruce E. Rittmann	12.0k 1.0×	13.8k 1.3×	5.7k 0.7×	3.7k 0.5×	6.6k 1.3×	745	39.0k
Willy Verstraete	26.0k 2.2×	18.1k 1.7×	12.0k 1.4×	7.0k 1.0×	8.8k 1.7×	898	74.6k
Alfons J. M. Stams	6.3k 0.5×	8.3k 0.8×	8.1k 1.0×	5.6k 0.8×	6.9k 1.4×	434	29.0k
Zhiguo Yuan	12.3k 1.0×	25.8k 2.4×	2.8k 0.3×	4.4k 0.6×	4.0k 0.8×	730	43.4k
Duu‐Jong Lee	7.6k 0.6×	14.3k 1.3×	5.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.4×	13.7k 2.7×	1.2k	53.1k
Jürg Keller	17.0k 1.4×	15.7k 1.5×	1.8k 0.2×	3.1k 0.5×	4.7k 0.9×	337	35.9k
Aijie Wang	7.8k 0.7×	9.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.2×	2.4k 0.3×	4.2k 0.8×	606	22.0k
Per Halkjær Nielsen	6.3k 0.5×	18.8k 1.7×	7.8k 0.9×	10.4k 1.5×	2.9k 0.6×	537	34.8k
Piet N.L. Lens	5.2k 0.4×	10.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.3×	2.0k 0.3×	7.4k 1.5×	785	31.9k
Han‐Qing Yu	11.6k 1.0×	15.8k 1.5×	3.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.3×	13.0k 2.6×	864	58.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nico Boon

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All Works

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Gusseme, Bart De, et al.. (2025). Impact of flushing procedures on drinking water biostability and invasion susceptibility in distribution systems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(6). e0068625–e0068625. 1 indexed citations

Cornelissen, Emile, et al.. (2025). Membrane filtration reduces nutrient availability and invasion potential in drinking water systems, without affecting mature biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1622038–1622038.

Walgraeve, Christophe, Koen Joris, Katrien De Maeyer, et al.. (2025). Mixing treated groundwater and surface water: A field study on odour challenges in the Flemish drinking water distribution network. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 70. 106947–106947.

Teughels, Wim, et al.. (2024). Unlocking the mechanism of action: a cost-effective flow cytometry approach for accelerating antimicrobial drug development. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(4). e0393123–e0393123. 2 indexed citations

Braem, Annabel, Kenneth Simoens, Paul Proost, et al.. (2024). Oral Biofilm Composition, Dissemination to Keratinocytes, and Inflammatory Attenuation Depend on Probiotic and Synbiotic Strain Specificity. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 17(5). 3041–3055. 2 indexed citations

Boon, Nico, et al.. (2024). Beyond the surface: Coupling water permeability assessments to X-ray micro-computed tomography for evaluation of self-healing on lime-based mortars. Construction and Building Materials. 431. 136603–136603. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Xuejiao, Myrsini Sakarika, Ramon Ganigué, et al.. (2023). Production of calcium carbonate-precipitating biomass powder as self-healing additive in concrete and performance evaluation in mortar. Cement and Concrete Composites. 138. 104952–104952. 16 indexed citations

Belie, Nele De, et al.. (2023). Analysis of non-axenic biomasses for self-healing concrete. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 378. 2007–2007.

Ceyssens, Frederik, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Nico Boon, et al.. (2023). Full-electric microfluidic platform to capture, analyze and selectively release single cells. Lab on a Chip. 23(19). 4276–4286. 13 indexed citations

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Boon, Nico, et al.. (2023). On the use of non-destructive testing for the measurement of self-healing in lime-based mortars. Materials Today Proceedings. 4 indexed citations

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Demeestere, Kristof, et al.. (2023). Degradation of gaseous hydrocarbons in aerated stirred bioreactors inoculated with Rhodococcus erythropolis: Effect of the carbon source and SIFT-MS method development. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 147. 268–281. 3 indexed citations

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Demeestere, Kristof, et al.. (2023). Effect of inoculum type, packing material and operational conditions on the biofiltration of a mixture of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in air. The Science of The Total Environment. 904. 167326–167326. 11 indexed citations

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Bernaerts, Kristel, et al.. (2022). Glycerol strengthens probiotic effect of Limosilactobacillus reuteri in oral biofilms: A synergistic synbiotic approach. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 37(6). 266–275. 14 indexed citations

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Rubbens, Peter, Ruben Props, Frederiek‐Maarten Kerckhof, Nico Boon, & Willem Waegeman. (2020). Cytometric fingerprints of gut microbiota predict Crohn’s disease state. The ISME Journal. 15(1). 354–358. 21 indexed citations

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Erşan, Yusuf Çağatay, Damian Palin, H.M. Jonkers, Nico Boon, & Nele De Belie. (2018). Healing depth and functionality regain of non-axenic granulated culture based self-healing concrete. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Vrieze, Jo De, Aaron Marc Saunders, Ying He, et al.. (2015). Ammonia and temperature determine clustering or AD-typing in the anaerobic digestion microbiome. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Erşan, Yusuf Çağatay, Jianyun Wang, Nico Boon, & Nele De Belie. (2014). Ureolysis and denitrification based microbial strategies for self-healing concrete. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Lucidi, Valério, et al.. (2008). Liver transplantation for acute liver failure in adults. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 1 indexed citations

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Rabaey, Korneel, Nico Boon, Steven D. Siciliano, Marc Verhaege, & Willy Verstraete. (2004). Biofuel Cells Select for Microbial Consortia That Self-Mediate Electron Transfer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70(9). 5373–5382. 987 indexed citations breakdown →

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Decroos, Karel, et al.. (2004). In vitro production of equol by human intestinal microbiota. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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