2026 Annegret H. Thieken: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	64	2303	2197	155	152	208	16368

Annegret H. Thieken publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annegret H. Thieken sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 208 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Annegret H. Thieken D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annegret H. Thieken sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Annegret H. Thieken is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and social sciences, with a specialization in global and planetary change as well as sociology and political science. The scientist's work covers a range of subjects including flood risk assessment and management, disaster management and resilience, and topics related to climate change impacts and adaptation.

Key topics of their research include:

Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Disaster Management and Resilience
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

Natural hazards and earth system sciences
Journal of Flood Risk Management
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
Risk Analysis

Some of the recent papers featuring their contributions include:

"Performance of the flood warning system in Germany in July 2021 - insights from affected residents," 2023, Natural hazards and earth system sciences
"More than heavy rain turning into fast-flowing water - a landscape perspective on the 2021 Eifel floods," 2022, Natural hazards and earth system sciences
"Ranking local climate policy: assessing the mitigation and adaptation activities of 104 German cities," 2021, Climatic Change
"The behavioral turn in flood risk management, its assumptions and potential implications," 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
"Are flood damage models converging to "reality"? Lessons learnt from a blind test," 2020, Natural hazards and earth system sciences

Throughout their career, they have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Philip Bubeck
Paul Hudson
Lisa Dillenardt
Guilherme Samprogna Mohor
Heidi Kreibich

Best Publications

Review article "Assessment of economic flood damage"

B. Merz;H. Kreibich;R. Schwarze;A. Thieken

1541
Citations
Flood risk assessment and associated uncertainty

Heiko Apel;Annegret H. Thieken;Bruno Merz;Günter Blöschl

724
Citations
Flood risk analyses—how detailed do we need to be?

Heiko Apel;G. T. Aronica;Heidi Kreibich;A. H. Thieken

722
Citations
Estimation uncertainty of direct monetary flood damage to buildings

B. Merz;H. Kreibich;A. Thieken;R. Schmidtke

599
Citations
Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary measures - lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002

H. Kreibich;A. H. Thieken;Th. Petrow;M. Müller

576
Citations
Flood damage and influencing factors: New insights from the August 2002 flood in Germany

Annegret H. Thieken;Meike Müller;Heidi Kreibich;Bruno Merz

527
Citations
Review article: assessing the costs of natural hazards - state of the art and knowledge gaps

V. Meyer;N. Becker;V. Markantonis;R. Schwarze

483
Citations
Flood Risk Mapping At The Local Scale: Concepts and Challenges

Bruno Merz;A. H. Thieken;M. Gocht

442
Citations
Flood-risk mapping: contributions towards an enhanced assessment of extreme events and associated risks

B. Büchele;H. Kreibich;A. Kron;A. Thieken

441
Citations
Coping with floods: preparedness, response and recovery of flood-affected residents in Germany in 2002

Annegret H. Thieken;Heidi Kreibich;Meike MüLLER;Bruno Merz

409
Citations
A Probabilistic Modelling System for Assessing Flood Risks

Heiko Apel;Annegret H. Thieken;Bruno Merz;Günter Blöschl

372
Citations
Is flow velocity a significant parameter in flood damage modelling

H. Kreibich;K. Piroth;I. Seifert;H. Maiwald

360
Citations
Flood risk curves and uncertainty bounds

Bruno Merz;Annegret H. Thieken

296
Citations
Separating natural and epistemic uncertainty in flood frequency analysis

Bruno Merz;Annegret H. Thieken

290
Citations
Insurability and mitigation of flood losses in private households in Germany.

Annegret H. Thieken;Theresia Petrow;Heidi Kreibich;Bruno Merz

285
Citations
Adaptation to flood risk: Results of international paired flood event studies

Heidi Kreibich;Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

284
Citations
Comparative Risk Assessments for the City of Cologne – Storms, Floods, Earthquakes

Gottfried Grünthal;Annegret H: Thieken;Jochen Schwarz;Kai Sven Radtke

283
Citations
Development of FLEMOcs – a new model for the estimation of flood losses in the commercial sector

Heidi Kreibich;Isabel Seifert;Bruno Merz;Annegret H. Thieken

234
Citations
Recent changes in flood preparedness of private households and businesses in Germany

Heidi Kreibich;Isabel Seifert;Annegret H. Thieken;Eric Lindquist

231
Citations
Insights into Flood-Coping Appraisals of Protection Motivation Theory: Empirical Evidence from Germany and France.

Philip Bubeck;W. J. Wouter Botzen;W. J. Wouter Botzen;Jonas Laudan;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts

230
Citations
Quantification of uncertainties in flood risk assessments

Heiko Apel;Bruno Merz;Annegret H. Thieken

228
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Heidi Kreibich Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Bruno Merz University of Potsdam

Heiko Apel University of Potsdam

Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Laurens M. Bouwer Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research

Günter Blöschl TU Wien

Paolo Ciavola University of Ferrara

Reinhard Mechler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Friedemann Wenzel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Oliver Korup University of Potsdam

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