2026 Bruno Merz: 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	84	782	745	49	48	430	28118

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bruno Merz is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and contributes extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on areas related to flood risk, hydrology, and climate variability.

The main fields of study for Bruno Merz include:

Environmental Science

Their research spans several subfields with notable publication counts in:

Global and Planetary Change
Water Science and Technology
Atmospheric Science
Sociology and Political Science
Ecology

Bruno Merz's research topics cover:

Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Climate variability and models
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Disaster Management and Resilience

The publication venues where Bruno Merz frequently publishes include:

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Water Resources Research
Hydrological Sciences Journal
Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bruno Merz include:

"Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Impact Forecasting to Support Emergency Management of Natural Hazards" (2020), published in Reviews of Geophysics
"Joint Trends in Flood Magnitudes and Spatial Extents Across Europe" (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
"An Overview of Flood Concepts, Challenges, and Future Directions" (2022), published in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
"Future projections of flood dynamics in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors include:

Sergiy Vorogushyn
Heidi Kreibich
Nguyễn Việt Dũng
Kai Schröter
Heiko Apel

Bruno Merz was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2018.

Best Publications

Review article "Assessment of economic flood damage"

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

1541
Citations
Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods

Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Alberto Viglione;Alberto Viglione;Rui A P Perdigão

1216
Citations
Changing climate shifts timing of European floods

Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Juraj Parajka;Rui A. P. Perdigão

1010
Citations
Flood risk assessment and associated uncertainty

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

724
Citations
Understanding Flood Regime Changes in Europe: A state of the art assessment

J Hall;B Arheimer;M Borga;R Brazdil;R Brazdil

657
Citations
Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods

Bruno Merz;Günter Blöschl;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Francesco Dottori

606
Citations
Integrating human behaviour dynamics into flood disaster risk assessment

J. C J H Aerts;W. J. Botzen;W. J. Botzen;W. J. Botzen;K. C. Clarke;S. L. Cutter

605
Citations
Fluvial flood risk management in a changing world

B. Merz;J. Hall;M. Disse;A. Schumann

599
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
At what scales do climate variability and land cover change impact on flooding and low flows

Günter Blöschl;Sandra Ardoin‐Bardin;Mike Bonell;Manfred Dorninger

481
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
Flood risk assessments at different spatial scales.

H. De Moel;B. Jongman;H. Kreibich;B. Merz

426
Citations
Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management

B. Merz;J. Aerts;K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen;M. Baldi

410
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
Trends in flood magnitude, frequency and seasonality in Germany in the period 1951–2002

Theresia Petrow;Bruno Merz

391
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

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergiy Vorogushyn Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

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

Heiko Apel University of Potsdam

Annegret H. Thieken University of Potsdam

Günter Blöschl TU Wien

Alberto Viglione Polytechnic University of Turin

Andreas Güntner University of Potsdam

Upmanu Lall Columbia University

Jürgen Kurths Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Attilio Castellarin University of Bologna

External Links

Personal website of Bruno Merz

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