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Environmental Sciences 81 914 869 24 22 258 29555

B. J. J. M. van den Hurk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by B. J. J. M. van den Hurk between 1988 and 2021, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. B. J. J. M. van den Hurk published across 34 years, from 1988 to 2021, averaging 7.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2013. 28 of the 267 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2021. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2013. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 11 publications
1988 2021

267 publications in total across all disciplines

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B. J. J. M. van den Hurk: publications per year, 1988 to 2021
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 2
1994 0
1995 6
1996 3
1997 3
1998 0
1999 4
2000 0
2001 8
2002 6
2003 9
2004 6
2005 11
2006 5
2007 11
2008 7
2009 13
2010 14
2011 16
2012 15
2013 19
2014 19
2015 11
2016 15
2017 10
2018 13
2019 12
2020 17
2021 11
Total 267
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B. J. J. M. van den Hurk publications per year - data summary

  • B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, has 267 publications recorded across 34 years, from 1988 to 2021.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1988 and the most recent to 2021.
  • The most productive years are 2013 and 2014, with 19 publications each.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1988, with 1 publication.
  • 7 of the 34 years in the span carry no publications at all (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.9 per year counting only the 27 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2017-2021) hold 63 publications, 24% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1988-1999: 19 publications (1.6 per year); 2000-2011: 106 publications (8.8 per year); 2012-2021: 142 publications (14.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

B. J. J. M. van den Hurk 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 B. J. J. M. van den Hurk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 251–260 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 258 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180 258
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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B. J. J. M. van den Hurk publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, records 258 publications - the 79th percentile of the discipline.
  • 79% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, and about 21% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and B. J. J. M. van den Hurk ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

B. J. J. M. van den Hurk 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 B. J. J. M. van den Hurk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 81 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38 81
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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B. J. J. M. van den Hurk D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, records 81 D-Index - the 91st percentile of the discipline.
  • 91% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, and about 9% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and B. J. J. M. van den Hurk ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Climate change
  • Meteorology
  • Climatology

B. J. J. M. van den Hurk focuses on Climatology, Climate model, Climate change, Precipitation and Forcing. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Land cover and Land use. The concepts of his Climate model study are interwoven with issues in Sea ice, Greenhouse gas and Global change.

His Climate change study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Perspective and Temporal scales. His Precipitation research incorporates elements of Sea surface temperature and Atmospheric sciences. In his study, Boundary value problem is strongly linked to Radiative forcing, which falls under the umbrella field of Forcing.

His most cited work include:

  • An intercomparison of regional climate simulations for Europe: assessing uncertainties in model projections (563 citations)
  • EC-Earth V2.2 : description and validation of a new seamless earth system prediction model (404 citations)
  • Uncertainties in climate responses to past land cover change: First results from the LUCID intercomparison study (351 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Climatology, Meteorology, Climate model, Atmospheric sciences and Climate change. His research in Climatology intersects with topics in Land use, Precipitation, Global warming, Surface runoff and Water cycle. His study looks at the intersection of Precipitation and topics like Forcing with Radiative forcing.

B. J. J. M. van den Hurk focuses mostly in the field of Meteorology, narrowing it down to matters related to Water content and, in some cases, Soil water. His Climate model research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Global change, Sea ice, Greenhouse gas and Climate commitment. B. J. J. M. van den Hurk has researched Climate change in several fields, including Sea surface temperature and Flood myth.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Climatology (44.12%)
  • Meteorology (30.39%)
  • Climate model (29.41%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2020)?

  • Climatology (44.12%)
  • Climate change (20.59%)
  • Precipitation (19.61%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

B. J. J. M. van den Hurk mainly focuses on Climatology, Climate change, Precipitation, Climate model and Atmospheric sciences. His Climatology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Land cover, Meteorology, Global warming and Mean radiant temperature. In his study, Environmental resource management, Current and Sea level is inextricably linked to Flood myth, which falls within the broad field of Climate change.

His study looks at the relationship between Precipitation and fields such as Hydrology, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His Climate model study combines topics in areas such as Land use, land-use change and forestry, Climate commitment, Sea surface temperature, Sea ice and Greenhouse gas. His work in the fields of Sensible heat overlaps with other areas such as Decomposition.

Between 2009 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • EC-Earth V2.2 : description and validation of a new seamless earth system prediction model (404 citations)
  • Drought and ecosystem carbon cycling (318 citations)
  • Contribution of land surface initialization to subseasonal forecast skill: first results from a multi-model experiment. (265 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Climate change
  • Meteorology
  • Thermodynamics

His main research concerns Climatology, Climate change, Land cover, Climate model and Land use. B. J. J. M. van den Hurk has researched Climatology in several fields, including Mean radiant temperature, Precipitation and Water content. His Precipitation study incorporates themes from Sea surface temperature, Atmospheric sciences and Water cycle.

He combines subjects such as Albedo, Latent heat, Evapotranspiration and Leaf area index with his study of Land cover. His research investigates the connection with Climate model and areas like Sea ice which intersect with concerns in Greenhouse gas, Biosphere, Polar amplification and Northern Hemisphere. Within one scientific family, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk focuses on topics pertaining to Forcing under Land use, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Agricultural land, Coupled model intercomparison project, Subtropics and Carbon cycle.

Best Publications

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

  • Future climate risk from compound events

    Jakob Zscheischler;Seth Westra;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • A typology of compound weather and climate events

    Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Olivia Martius;Olivia Martius;Seth Westra;Emanuele Bevacqua

  • A Revised Hydrology for the ECMWF Model: Verification from Field Site to Terrestrial Water Storage and Impact in the Integrated Forecast System

    Gianpaolo Balsamo;Anton Beljaars;Klaus Scipal;Pedro Viterbo

  • An intercomparison of regional climate simulations for Europe: assessing uncertainties in model projections

    M. Déqué;D. P. Rowell;D. Lüthi;F. Giorgi

  • An inter-comparison of regional climate models for Europe: model performance in present-day climate

    Daniela Jacob;Lars Bärring;Ole Bøssing Christensen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen

  • EC-Earth V2.2: description and validation of a new seamless earth system prediction model

    W. Hazeleger;W. Hazeleger;X. Wang;C. Severijns;S. Stefanescu

  • Contrasting response of European forest and grassland energy exchange to heatwaves

    Adriaan J. Teuling;Adriaan J. Teuling;Sonia I. Seneviratne;Reto Stöckli;Markus Reichstein

  • Storylines: an alternative approach to representing uncertainty in physical aspects of climate change

    Theodore G. Shepherd;Emily Boyd;Raphael A. Calel;Raphael A. Calel;Sandra C. Chapman;Sandra C. Chapman

  • Drought and ecosystem carbon cycling

    M.K. van der Molen;A.J. Dolman;P. Ciais;T. Eglin

  • EC-Earth A Seamless Earth-System Prediction Approach in Action

    Wilco Hazeleger;Camiel Severijns;Tido Semmler;Simona Ştefănescu

  • Uncertainties in climate responses to past land cover change: First results from the LUCID intercomparison study

    A. J. Pitman;N. de Noblet-Ducoudré;F. T. Cruz;E. L. Davin;E. L. Davin

  • An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets

    Maialen Iturbide;José M. Gutiérrez;Lincoln M. Alves;Joaquín Bedia

  • Contribution of land surface initialization to subseasonal forecast skill: first results from a multi-model experiment.

    R. D. Koster;S. P.P. Mahanama;S. P.P. Mahanama;T.J. Yamada;T.J. Yamada;T.J. Yamada;Gianpaolo Balsamo

  • Land–atmosphere feedbacks amplify aridity increase over land under global warming

    Alexis Berg;Kirsten Findell;Benjamin Lintner;Alessandra Giannini

  • Determining Robust Impacts of Land-Use-Induced Land Cover Changes on Surface Climate over North America and Eurasia: Results from the First Set of LUCID Experiments

    N de Noblet-Ducoudre;J.P. Boisier;A. Pitman;G.B. Bonan

  • Projected Changes in Mean and Extreme Precipitation in Africa under Global Warming. Part I: Southern Africa

    Mxolisi E. Shongwe;G. J. Van Oldenborgh;B. J.J.M. Van Den Hurk;B. De Boer

  • The Second Phase of the Global Land–Atmosphere Coupling Experiment: Soil Moisture Contributions to Subseasonal Forecast Skill

    R. D. Koster;S. P. P. Mahanama;S. P. P. Mahanama;S. P. P. Mahanama;T. J. Yamada;T. J. Yamada;T. J. Yamada;Gianpaolo Balsamo

  • A verification of some methods to determine the fluxes of momentum, sensible heat and water vapour using standard deviation and structure parameter of scalar meteorological quantities.

    H. A. R. De Bruin;W. Kohsiek;B. J. J. M. Van Den Hurk

  • A comprehensive model inter-comparison study investigating the water budget during the BALTEX-PIDCAP period

    D. Jacob;B. J. J. M. Van den Hurk;U. Andræ;G. Elgered

  • Effect of Anthropogenic Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes on Climate and Land Carbon Storage in CMIP5 Projections for the Twenty-First Century

    V. Brovkin;Lena R. Boysen;Vivek K. Arora;J. P. Boisier

  • Impact of soil moisture-climate feedbacks on CMIP5 projections: First results from the GLACE-CMIP5 experiment

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Micah Wilhelm;Tanja Stanelle;Bart van den Hurk

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Viterbo
Pedro Viterbo Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
H. A. R. De Bruin
H. A. R. De Bruin Wageningen University & Research
Eddy Moors
Eddy Moors Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jean-Christophe Calvet
Jean-Christophe Calvet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Cor Jacobs
Cor Jacobs Wageningen University & Research
Gianpaolo Balsamo
Gianpaolo Balsamo European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Wilco Hazeleger
Wilco Hazeleger Utrecht University
Geert Lenderink
Geert Lenderink Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

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