Tom Depover

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Tom Depover is a scholar working on Metals and Alloys, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Depover has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Metals and Alloys, 125 papers in Materials Chemistry and 82 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tom Depover's work include Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (131 papers), Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (82 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (42 papers). Tom Depover is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (131 papers), Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (82 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (42 papers). Tom Depover collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands. Tom Depover's co-authors include Kim Verbeken, Elien Wallaert, Aurélie Laureys, Diana Pérez Escobar, Roumen Petrov, Lisa Claeys, Emilie Van den Eeckhout, Stijn Hertelé, Lode Duprez and Marc Verhaege and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Tom Depover

138 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Use of existing steel pipeline infrastructure for gaseous hydrogen storage and transport: A review of factors affecting hydrogen induced degradation

2022 165 citations Aurélie Laureys, Tom Depover et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Depover Belgium	30	2.9k	2.7k	1.9k	536	138	147	3.3k
May L. Martin United States	20	3.4k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	854 1.6×	62 0.4×	50	4.0k
Jinxu Li China	24	976 0.3×	947 0.4×	952 0.5×	251 0.5×	160 1.2×	105	1.5k
Haiyang Yu Norway	17	519 0.2×	664 0.2×	534 0.3×	338 0.6×	49 0.4×	42	1.0k
Xiaolong Song China	15	673 0.2×	687 0.3×	516 0.3×	182 0.3×	24 0.2×	24	1.0k
Z.Y. Liu China	24	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	993 0.5×	264 0.5×	686 5.0×	27	2.3k
Takumi Terachi Japan	20	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	716 0.4×	241 0.4×	41 0.3×	50	1.7k
Ranming Niu Australia	18	242 0.1×	737 0.3×	591 0.3×	182 0.3×	87 0.6×	36	1.2k
Qunjia Peng China	22	864 0.3×	874 0.3×	801 0.4×	287 0.5×	50 0.4×	65	1.4k
J. K. Wu Taiwan	21	788 0.3×	892 0.3×	639 0.3×	215 0.4×	359 2.6×	45	1.4k
T. Zakroczymski Poland	24	1.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	439 0.2×	221 0.4×	360 2.6×	45	1.6k

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Tapia‐Bastidas, Clotario V., Jeffrey Venezuela, Evan Gray, et al.. (2025). Gaseous hydrogen permeation in X65 D pipeline steel and a preliminary evaluation of the influence of oxygen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 158. 150459–150459. 1 indexed citations

Javaheri, Vahid, Lisa Claeys, Kim Verbeken, et al.. (2025). Effect of rapid tempering and cementite morphology on hydrogen diffusion and trapping in a medium-carbon advanced high-strength steel. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 326. 111376–111376.

Hussein, Abdelrahman, et al.. (2025). A full-field model for hydrogen diffusion and trapping in two-phase microstructures: Application to thermal desorption spectroscopy of duplex stainless steel. Acta Materialia. 292. 121042–121042. 5 indexed citations

Verbeken, Kim, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen embrittlement of pipeline steels under gaseous and electrochemical charging: A comparative review on tensile properties. Engineering Failure Analysis. 167. 108956–108956. 16 indexed citations

Lu, Xu, et al.. (2024). Multiscale evaluation of hydrogen-assisted mechanical degradation in grade 2 titanium. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 983. 173959–173959. 4 indexed citations

Claeys, Lisa, et al.. (2024). Effect of nickel on the hydrogen diffusion, trapping and embrittlement properties of tempered ferritic-martensitic dual-phase low alloy steels. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 98. 418–428. 2 indexed citations

Claeys, Lisa, et al.. (2024). Influence of the direction of ferrite-austenite banding on hydrogen embrittlement of 2205 duplex stainless steel. Materials Characterization. 215. 114143–114143. 4 indexed citations

Laureys, Aurélie, Peter Richardson, Igor A. Chaves, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Corrosion Impeding Concretion Layers Formed on Shipwreck Steel in the Belgian North Sea. CORROSION. 80(5). 539–555.

Depover, Tom, et al.. (2024). Current state-of-the-art of hydrogen trapping by carbides: From theory to experiment. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 136. 888–901. 7 indexed citations

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Vanoppen, Marjolein, et al.. (2024). Investigation of an eco-friendly sodium alginate-sodium silicate inhibitor blend for carbon steel in a dynamic salt water environment. Corrosion Science. 231. 111991–111991. 10 indexed citations

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Eeckhout, Emilie Van den, Kim Verbeken, & Tom Depover. (2023). Methodology of the electrochemical hydrogen permeation test: A parametric evaluation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(78). 30585–30607. 17 indexed citations

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Hertelé, Stijn, et al.. (2023). Confirming Debonding of Non-Metallic Inclusions as an Important Factor in Damage Initiation in Bearing Steel. Metals. 13(6). 1113–1113. 7 indexed citations

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Jägle, Eric A., et al.. (2023). The mechanism behind the effect of building orientation and surface roughness on hydrogen embrittlement of laser powder bed fused Ti-6Al-4V. Additive manufacturing. 72. 103613–103613. 18 indexed citations

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Springer, Hauke, et al.. (2022). The role of cementite on the hydrogen embrittlement mechanism in martensitic medium-carbon steels. Materials Science and Engineering A. 859. 144204–144204. 18 indexed citations

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Claeys, Lisa, et al.. (2021). Use of additive manufactured components in hydrogen applications : impact of heat treatment and surface condition on hydrogen embrittlement sensitivity of AM 316L. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Drexler, Andreas, et al.. (2021). Critical verification of the Kissinger theory to evaluate thermal desorption spectra. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46(79). 39590–39606. 39 indexed citations

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Verliefde, Arne, et al.. (2020). The impact of different organic acids on the stress-corrosion cracking sensitivity of steam turbine steel. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Eeckhout, Emilie Van den, et al.. (2019). The effect of a constant tensile load on the hydrogen permeation characteristics in dual phase steel. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Eeckhout, Emilie Van den, Tom Depover, & Kim Verbeken. (2018). The Effect of Microstructural Characteristics on the Hydrogen Permeation Transient in Quenched and Tempered Martensitic Alloys. Metals. 8(10). 779–779. 31 indexed citations

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Depover, Tom & Kim Verbeken. (2018). Understanding the interaction between a steel microstructure and hydrogen : the key to develop more hydrogen resistant materials. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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