Rob N.J. Comans

12.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
155 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Rob N.J. Comans is a scholar working on Pollution, Geochemistry and Petrology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob N.J. Comans has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Pollution, 38 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 35 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rob N.J. Comans's work include Heavy metals in environment (40 papers), Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (28 papers) and Radioactive contamination and transfer (22 papers). Rob N.J. Comans is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (40 papers), Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (28 papers) and Radioactive contamination and transfer (22 papers). Rob N.J. Comans collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and China. Rob N.J. Comans's co-authors include W.J.J. Huijgen, Jeannet A. Meima, Geert‐Jan Witkamp, J.J. Dijkstra, A. van Zomeren, H.A. van der Sloot, J.C.L. Meeussen, Daryl Hockley, Jack J. Middelburg and J.T. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Rob N.J. Comans

152 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Mineral CO₂Sequestration by Steel Slag Carbonation

2005 683 citations Rob N.J. Comans et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Sensitivity of labile carbon fractions to tillage and organic matter management and their potential as comprehensive soil quality indicators across pedoclimatic conditions in Europe

2018 339 citations Rob N.J. Comans, R.G.M. de Goede et al. profile →
Eco-functionality of organic matter in soils

2020 221 citations Ellis Hoffland, Thomas W. Kuyper et al. Plant and Soil profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rob N.J. Comans Netherlands	55	2.3k	2.2k	2.1k	1.9k	1.8k	155	9.7k
Kurt A. Spokas United States	54	728 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	157	12.9k
Andrew R. Zimmerman United States	68	749 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	5.1k 2.4×	717 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	152	22.1k
Samuel J. Traina United States	53	485 0.2×	792 0.4×	3.6k 1.7×	708 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	139	11.0k
David W. Blowes Canada	56	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	249	12.0k
Daniel S. Alessi Canada	56	414 0.2×	445 0.2×	2.8k 1.4×	812 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	222	10.3k
R. J. Gilkes Australia	54	282 0.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	981 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	990	11.9k
Caroline A. Masiello United States	44	272 0.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	722 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	108	12.9k
David A. Dzombak United States	42	348 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	176	9.5k
Karen A. Hudson‐Edwards United Kingdom	40	897 0.4×	888 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	389 0.2×	871 0.5×	147	6.3k
D. C. Adriano United States	45	862 0.4×	457 0.2×	8.2k 3.9×	562 0.3×	2.9k 1.6×	153	13.6k

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Pulleman, Mirjam, R.G.M. de Goede, Pierre Barré, et al.. (2025). Understanding the effects of organic versus conventional farming on soil organic carbon characteristics – a chronosequence study. Geoderma. 459. 117371–117371.

Comans, Rob N.J., et al.. (2025). Quantifying the Accuracy, Uncertainty, and Sensitivity of Soil Geochemical Multisurface Models. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(10). 5172–5181. 4 indexed citations

Comans, Rob N.J., et al.. (2025). A Mechanistic Understanding of the Effect of Lime and Compost on Soil Cadmium Availability in Cacao Farms. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology. 5(12). 2459–2469.

Marklein, Alison, et al.. (2025). Accounting for retarded weathering products in comparing methods for quantifying carbon dioxide removal in a short-term enhanced weathering study. Frontiers in Climate. 6. 4 indexed citations

Kohlstedt, Michael, Gijs van Erven, Antoine H. P. America, et al.. (2024). From ¹³ C-lignin to ¹³ C-mycelium: Agaricus bisporus uses polymeric lignin as a carbon source. Science Advances. 10(16). eadl3419–eadl3419. 28 indexed citations

Pulleman, Mirjam, Rob N.J. Comans, Sophie Q. van Rijssel, et al.. (2024). Assessing soil functioning: What is the added value of soil organic carbon quality measurements alongside total organic carbon content?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 196. 109507–109507. 14 indexed citations

Hiemstra, Tjisse, et al.. (2024). Glyphosate binding and speciation at the water-goethite interface: A surface complexation model consistent with IR spectroscopy and MO/DFT. Water Research. 273. 123031–123031. 6 indexed citations

Hagens, Mathilde, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the enhanced weathering potential of different silicate minerals to improve soil quality and sequester CO2. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 46 indexed citations

Chikowo, Régis, et al.. (2023). Soil zinc fertilisation does not increase maize yields in 17 out of 19 sites in Sub-Saharan Africa but improves nutritional maize quality in most sites. Plant and Soil. 490(1-2). 67–91. 7 indexed citations

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Erven, Gijs van, et al.. (2023). Oxidation-driven lignin removal by Agaricus bisporus from wheat straw-based compost at industrial scale. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 246. 125575–125575. 9 indexed citations

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Gao, Hui, G.F. Koopmans, Jing Song, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of heavy metal availability in soils near former zinc smelters by chemical extractions and geochemical modelling. Geoderma. 423. 115970–115970. 28 indexed citations

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Sass‐Klaassen, Ute, et al.. (2022). Clay and soil organic matter drive wood multi-elemental composition of a tropical tree species: Implications for timber tracing. The Science of The Total Environment. 849. 157877–157877. 11 indexed citations

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Méndez, Juan C., et al.. (2020). Boron Adsorption to Ferrihydrite with Implications for Surface Speciation in Soils: Experiments and Modeling. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 4(8). 1269–1280. 21 indexed citations

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Atashgahi, Siavash, et al.. (2019). Influence of different redox conditions and dissolved organic matter on pesticide biodegradation in simulated groundwater systems. The Science of The Total Environment. 677. 692–699. 39 indexed citations

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Perk, Marcel van der, et al.. (2018). The response of metal leaching from soils to climate change and land management in a temperate lowland catchment. CATENA. 171. 426–439. 9 indexed citations

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Koopmans, G.F., Inge Regelink, & Rob N.J. Comans. (2013). Using DMT and AF4-HR-ICP-MS to characterize trace metal speciation in soil water extracts. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, J.T., N. V. Belova, A. A. Bulgakov, et al.. (2005). THE ???AQUASCOPE??? SIMPLIFIED MODEL FOR PREDICTING 89,90Sr, 131I, and 134,137Cs IN SURFACE WATERS AFTER A LARGE-SCALE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT. Health Physics. 89(6). 628–644. 42 indexed citations

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Koning, Arjan de, et al.. (2000). Comparing in situ distribution coefficients and exchangeability of radiocaesium in freshwater sediments with laboratory predictions. The Science of The Total Environment. 257(1). 29–35. 14 indexed citations

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Zevenbergen, Chris, et al.. (1999). Clay Formation and Metal Fixation during Weathering of Coal Fly Ash. Environmental Science & Technology. 33(19). 3405–3409. 85 indexed citations

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Comans, Rob N.J., et al.. (1990). 天然の放射性トレーサーとしての 137 Csの低レベルの測定限界. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 138(2). 407–416. 1 indexed citations

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