2026 Ap van Dongeren: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	42	5176	4783	87	84	113	7955

Overview

Ap van Dongeren is affiliated with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Their research mainly concentrates on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Aeolian processes and effects, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Van Dongeren has published significant research in journals and proceedings such as Coastal Engineering, Coastal Engineering Proceedings, Frontiers in Marine Science, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.

Frequent collaborators include Maarten van Ormondt, Panagiotis Athanasiou, Alessio Giardino, Roshanka Ranasinghe, and Dano Roelvink, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Selected recent papers highlight the scientist's focus on hydrodynamics, morphodynamics, and coastal response modeling:

Modeling compound flooding in coastal systems using a computationally efficient reduced-physics solver: Including fluvial, pluvial, tidal, wind- and wave-driven processes (2020, Coastal Engineering)
Uncertainties in projections of sandy beach erosion due to sea level rise: an analysis at the European scale (2020, Scientific Reports)
Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In? (2021, Annual Review of Marine Science)
Delft Dashboard: a quick set-up tool for hydrodynamic models (2020, Journal of Hydroinformatics)
Modeling the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of sandbar migration events (2021, Coastal Engineering)

Best Publications

Modelling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands

Dano Roelvink;Dano Roelvink;Ad Reniers;Ad Reniers;Ap van Dongeren;Jaap van Thiel de Vries

1871
Citations
Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding.

Curt D. Storlazzi;Stephen B. Gingerich;Ap van Dongeren;Olivia M. Cheriton

465
Citations
Two-dimensional time dependent hurricane overwash and erosion modeling at Santa Rosa Island

R.T. McCall;J.S.M. Van Thiel de Vries;N.G. Plant;A.R. Van Dongeren

452
Citations
The influence of coral reefs and climate change on wave-driven flooding of tropical coastlines

Ellen Quataert;Curt Storlazzi;Arnold van Rooijen;Olivia Cheriton

325
Citations
Shoaling of subharmonic gravity waves

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299
Citations
The dynamics of infragravity wave transformation over a fringing reef

Andrew Pomeroy;Andrew Pomeroy;Ryan Lowe;Graham Symonds;Ap Van Dongeren

268
Citations
Infragravity waves: From driving mechanisms to impacts

Xavier Bertin;Anouk de Bakker;Ap van Dongeren;Giovanni Coco

258
Citations
Shoaling and shoreline dissipation of low?frequency waves

A. Van Dongeren;J.A. Battjes;T. Janssen;T. Janssen;J. Van Noorloos

226
Citations
Numerical modeling of low-frequency wave dynamics over a fringing coral reef

Ap Van Dongeren;Ryan Lowe;Andrew Pomeroy;Andrew Pomeroy;Duong Minh Trang

222
Citations
Beach Wizard: Nearshore bathymetry estimation through assimilation of model computations and remote observations

Ap van Dongeren;Nathaniel Plant;Anna Cohen;Dano Roelvink

184
Citations
Modeling compound flooding in coastal systems using a computationally efficient reduced-physics solver: Including fluvial, pluvial, tidal, wind- and wave-driven processes

Tim Leijnse;Maarten van Ormondt;Kees Nederhoff;Ap van Dongeren

174
Citations
Numerical modeling of infragravity wave response during DELILAH

Ap Van Dongeren;Ad Reniers;Jurjen Battjes;Ib Svendsen

146
Citations
Modeling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands

Dano Roelvink;Ad Reniers;Ap van Dongeren;Jaap van Thiel de Vries

140
Citations
Introduction to RISC-KIT: Resilience-increasing strategies for coasts

Ap van Dongeren;Paolo Ciavola;Grit Martinez;Christophe Viavattene

127
Citations
Modeling the effect of wave-vegetation interaction on wave setup

A. A. van Rooijen;R. T. McCall;J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries;A. R. van Dongeren

126
Citations
Predicting coastal hazards for sandy coasts with a Bayesian Network

Laurens Poelhekke;Wiebke S. Jäger;Ap van Dongeren;Theocharis A. Plomaritis

122
Citations
Global distribution of nearshore slopes with implications for coastal retreat

Panagiotis Athanasiou;Ap van Dongeren;Alessio Giardino;Michalis Vousdoukas

104
Citations
Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In?

Christopher R. Sherwood;Ap van Dongeren;James Doyle;Christie A. Hegermiller

98
Citations
Modelling gravel barrier profile response to combined waves and tides using XBeach: Laboratory and field results

Jon J. Williams;Amaia Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu;Robert T. McCall;Ap Van Dongeren

87
Citations
Uncertainties in projections of sandy beach erosion due to sea level rise: an analysis at the European scale

Panagiotis Athanasiou;Ap van Dongeren;Alessio Giardino;Michalis I. Vousdoukas

83
Citations
Morphological response of a sandy barrier island with a buried seawall during Hurricane Sandy

Stephanie M. Smallegan;Jennifer L. Irish;Ap R. Van Dongeren;Joost P. Den Bieman

80
Citations
Rigorously valuing the role of U.S. coral reefs in coastal hazard risk reduction

Curt D. Storlazzi;Borja G. Reguero;Aaron D. Cole;Erik Lowe

80
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ad Reniers Delft University of Technology

Curt D. Storlazzi United States Geological Survey

Ryan J. Lowe University of Western Australia

Roshanka Ranasinghe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Paolo Ciavola University of Ferrara

Óscar Ferreira University of Algarve

Nathaniel G. Plant United States Geological Survey

Fernando J. Méndez University of Cantabria

William J. Skirving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tian-Jian Hsu University of Delaware

External Links

Personal website of Ap van Dongeren

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