Stef Ghysels

653 total citations
33 papers, 519 citations indexed

About

Stef Ghysels is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Stef Ghysels has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 519 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Stef Ghysels's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (18 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (11 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (10 papers). Stef Ghysels is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (18 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (11 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (10 papers). Stef Ghysels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and South Korea. Stef Ghysels's co-authors include Frederik Ronsse, Wolter Prins, Korneel Rabaey, Mehmet Pala, Ramon Ganigué, Dane Dickinson, Eveline I.P. Volcke, Md. Salatul Islam Mozumder, Heleen De Wever and Linsey Garcia‐Gonzalez and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Stef Ghysels

31 papers receiving 509 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stef Ghysels Belgium 12 311 98 69 65 60 33 519
Matheus Cavali Brazil 11 336 1.1× 123 1.3× 43 0.6× 57 0.9× 79 1.3× 24 529
Boonya Charnnok Thailand 14 257 0.8× 96 1.0× 46 0.7× 127 2.0× 87 1.4× 33 533
Zhong-Fang Sun China 8 276 0.9× 53 0.5× 45 0.7× 98 1.5× 59 1.0× 13 488
A. González Chile 10 207 0.7× 67 0.7× 63 0.9× 57 0.9× 70 1.2× 22 429
Hongyou Yuan China 13 466 1.5× 105 1.1× 34 0.5× 40 0.6× 40 0.7× 19 570
Nick Sweygers Belgium 12 309 1.0× 91 0.9× 90 1.3× 42 0.6× 38 0.6× 17 643
Sk. Yasir Arafat Siddiki Bangladesh 6 279 0.9× 96 1.0× 29 0.4× 53 0.8× 92 1.5× 7 634
Junqi Wang China 12 466 1.5× 143 1.5× 73 1.1× 25 0.4× 46 0.8× 29 685
Abu Bakar Nasrin Malaysia 16 646 2.1× 86 0.9× 42 0.6× 66 1.0× 54 0.9× 32 853
Charles W. Edmunds United States 10 261 0.8× 72 0.7× 42 0.6× 26 0.4× 51 0.8× 16 482

Countries citing papers authored by Stef Ghysels

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stef Ghysels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stef Ghysels

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stef Ghysels. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stef Ghysels based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stef Ghysels. Stef Ghysels is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Smedt, Jonas De, et al.. (2025). Separation of CO2 from different CO2/N2 mixtures using molten salt-derived pelletized activated carbon. Biomass and Bioenergy. 194. 107699–107699. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Di, et al.. (2025). Prior extraction of essential oil and pectin does not alter the (catalytic) pyrolysis of pomelo (Citrus maxima) peels. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 186. 106981–106981.
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Ghysels, Stef, et al.. (2025). Optimized hydrothermal carbonization of chicken manure and anaerobic digestion of its process water for better energy management. Journal of Environmental Management. 375. 124191–124191. 4 indexed citations
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Jiménez, Romel, et al.. (2025). Understanding limonene synthesis from waste tire pyrolysis through a kinetics-based perspective. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 191. 107207–107207. 3 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, et al.. (2024). Hydrothermal carbonisation of manure-derived digestates: Chemical properties and heavy metals distribution in end-products. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 154110–154110. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Nannan, et al.. (2024). High furfural and levoglucosan selectivity from stepwise torrefaction and fast pyrolysis of sugarcane trash washed with citric acid. Energy Conversion and Management. 301. 118065–118065. 9 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, et al.. (2024). 2-Methylfuran from pinewood by molten-salt hydropyrolysis and catalytic hydrogenation of the furfural intermediate. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 8(12). 2704–2717. 4 indexed citations
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Norambuena-Contreras, José, et al.. (2024). Thermo-catalytic depolymerization of lignin over Pd-based catalysts: Role of catalyst support on monoaromatics selectivity. Biomass and Bioenergy. 193. 107547–107547. 3 indexed citations
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Arteaga‐Pérez, Luis E., et al.. (2023). The effect of citric acid pretreatment on composition and stability of bio-oil from sugar cane residues using a continuous lab-scale pyrolysis reactor. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 175. 106183–106183. 5 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, et al.. (2023). High Phenol Yields from Catalytic Hydropyrolysis of Lignin and Phenolic-Rich Raffinate. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(37). 13765–13777. 9 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, et al.. (2023). Effect of Hydrothermal Carbonization on the Fuel Properties of Chicken Manure Hydrochar. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, Adriana Ledezma Estrada, Diederik P.L. Rousseau, et al.. (2022). Levoglucosenone, furfural and levomannosan from mannan-rich feedstock: A proof-of-principle with ivory nut. Chemical Engineering Journal. 451. 138486–138486. 6 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, Mehmet Pala, Frederik Ronsse, et al.. (2020). Ex Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignin-Rich Digested Stillage over Na/ZSM-5, H/ZSM-5, and Fe/ZSM-5. Energy & Fuels. 34(10). 12710–12723. 16 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, Adriana Ledezma Estrada, Mehmet Pala, et al.. (2020). Integrating anaerobic digestion and slow pyrolysis improves the product portfolio of a cocoa waste biorefinery. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(7). 3712–3725. 40 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, et al.. (2020). Improving fast pyrolysis of lignin using three additives with different modes of action. Green Chemistry. 22(19). 6471–6488. 33 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, et al.. (2019). Fast pyrolysis of mannan-rich ivory nut (Phytelephas aequatorialis) to valuable biorefinery products. Chemical Engineering Journal. 373. 446–457. 36 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef, Frederik Ronsse, Dane Dickinson, & Wolter Prins. (2019). Production and characterization of slow pyrolysis biochar from lignin-rich digested stillage from lignocellulosic ethanol production. Biomass and Bioenergy. 122. 349–360. 53 indexed citations
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Ghysels, Stef & Frederik Ronsse. (2018). Comment on “Redox-Active Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups in Activated Carbon Facilitate Microbial Reduction of Ferrihydrite”. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(7). 4485–4486. 9 indexed citations

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