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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Roel Merckx

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

ORCID 0000-0001-6440-5363 OpenAlex
World rank
#53,032
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#432
of 18,604
Works
97
Citations
798
Citations per work
8.2

What does Roel Merckx research?

Soil Science: 15.3%Plant Science: 9.9%Agronomy and Crop Science: 9.0%Environmental Chemistry: 9.0%other fields: 56.8%15%top field
Soil Science15.3%Plant Science9.9%Agronomy and Crop Science9.0%Environmental Chemistry9.0%other fields56.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Soil Science15% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science10% of their works
  3. 3Agronomy and Crop Science9% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Ecology8% of their works
  6. 6Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Roel Merckx's research?

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

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change172 topics
  2. Nitrogen Cycle141 topic
  3. Nitrogen Fixation142 topics
  4. Soil Carbon Sequestration141 topic
  5. Agricultural Productivity81 topic
  6. Intercropping81 topic
  7. Nutrient Cycling71 topic
  8. Water Quality71 topic
  9. Legumes61 topic
  10. Phosphorus61 topic
  11. Recovery61 topic
  12. Symbiosis61 topic
  13. Carbon31 topic
  14. Cassava31 topic
  15. Cyanogenic Glycosides31 topic
  16. Peatlands31 topic
  17. Soil Hydraulic Properties31 topic
  18. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics31 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?

Science Explorer counts 97 works and 798 citations for Roel Merckx, ranking #53,032 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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