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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Roel Merckx

Roel Merckx publishes mostly in Plant Science, Soil Science and Environmental Chemistry, on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems.

ORCID 0000-0001-6440-5363 OpenAlex
World rank
#86,957
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#525
of 67,186
Works
503
Citations
25k
Citations per work
50.3
h-index
87
i10-index 281Top 0.1% in Plant Science
Roel Merckx

What does Roel Merckx research?

Roel Merckx's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Environmental Science (18%).

Life Sciences: 213 works · 42.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 213 works · 42.4% of their workPlant Science: 93 works · 18.5% of their workSoil Science: 90 works · 17.8% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 31 works · 6.1% of their workEverything else: 197 works · 39.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 93 works · 18.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 93 works · 18.4% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 44 works · 8.8% of their workEcology: 30 works · 6.0% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRoel Merckx503works
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences18%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21342.4%
  2. Everything else19739.2%
    1. Environmental Science9318.4%
  1. 1Plant Science18% of their works
  2. 2Soil Science18% of their works
  3. 3Environmental Chemistry9% of their works
  4. 4Agronomy and Crop Science6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology6% of their works
  6. 6Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Roel Merckx's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nitrogen Cycle, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Nitrogen Fixation, Nutrient Cycling, Water Quality, Phosphorus, Agricultural Productivity and Intercropping.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Nitrogen Cycle1671 topic
  2. Soil Carbon Sequestration1671 topic
  3. Nitrogen Fixation812 topics
  4. Nutrient Cycling781 topic
  5. Water Quality781 topic
  6. Phosphorus732 topics
  7. Agricultural Productivity451 topic
  8. Intercropping451 topic
  9. Nitrogen391 topic
  10. Root Architecture391 topic
  11. Legumes361 topic
  12. Soil Hydraulic Properties361 topic
  13. Symbiosis361 topic
  14. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics361 topic
  15. Recovery341 topic
  16. Wastewater341 topic
  17. Agricultural Sustainability321 topic
  18. Soil Erosion321 topic

Where does Roel Merckx work?

Roel Merckx's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Roel Merckx have?

OpenAlex counts 503 works and 25,299 citations for Roel Merckx, an h-index of 87, ranking #86,957 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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