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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 127 36 34 16 16 449 58300
Environmental Sciences 159 19 18 10 9 760 103651

Dennis P. Lettenmaier publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dennis P. Lettenmaier between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dennis P. Lettenmaier published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 15.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 48 publications in 2009. 11 of the 783 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 48. Peak 48 publications in 2009. 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 5 publications 1978: 5 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 4 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 17 publications 2001: 21 publications 2002: 30 publications 2003: 33 publications 2004: 31 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 28 publications 2007: 27 publications 2008: 33 publications 2009: 48 publications 2010: 33 publications 2011: 31 publications 2012: 37 publications 2013: 32 publications 2014: 27 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 3 publications
1975 2025

783 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dennis P. Lettenmaier: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 2
1976 2
1977 5
1978 5
1979 4
1980 3
1981 1
1982 4
1983 2
1984 2
1985 6
1986 7
1987 5
1988 4
1989 3
1990 5
1991 6
1992 6
1993 4
1994 7
1995 5
1996 6
1997 11
1998 10
1999 13
2000 17
2001 21
2002 30
2003 33
2004 31
2005 23
2006 28
2007 27
2008 33
2009 48
2010 33
2011 31
2012 37
2013 32
2014 27
2015 24
2016 21
2017 28
2018 23
2019 33
2020 18
2021 17
2022 17
2023 12
2024 8
2025 3
Total 783
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Dennis P. Lettenmaier 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 Dennis P. Lettenmaier 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, 690+ 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: 760 publications — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 100 760
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Dennis P. Lettenmaier 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 Dennis P. Lettenmaier 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, 126+ 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: 159 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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
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+ 92 159
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to hydrologic modeling for stream water quality and hydro-climate trends and models for improved water management.
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Dennis P. Lettenmaier is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular attention to global and planetary change, atmospheric science, water science and technology, plant science, and environmental engineering.

Their work addresses a variety of topics, including hydrology and watershed management studies, climate variability and models, cryospheric studies and observations, flood risk assessment and management, hydrology and drought analysis, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and precipitation measurement and analysis.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Dennis P. Lettenmaier include:

  • "Growing impact of wildfire on western US water supply" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Satellite-based remote sensing data set of global surface water storage change from 1992 to 2018" (2020), published in Earth System Science Data
  • "Incorporating non-stationarity from climate change into rainfall frequency and intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves" (2022), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Effects of precipitation, heat, and drought on incidence and expansion of coccidioidomycosis in western USA: a longitudinal surveillance study" (2022), published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "Can Managed Aquifer Recharge Mitigate the Groundwater Overdraft in California's Central Valley?" (2020), published in Water Resources Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lettenmaier include Dongyue Li, Zhaoxin Ban, Lu Su, Justin V. Remais, and Mekonnen Gebremichael.

Their publications appear regularly in notable scientific venues, such as:

  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Water Resources Research
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Dennis P. Lettenmaier has received several distinctions, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2010 for contributions to hydrologic modeling related to stream water quality and hydro-climate trends. They are also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recognized since 2007, and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 1995.

Best Publications

  • Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions

    T. P. Barnett;J. C. Adam;D. P. Lettenmaier

  • Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?

    P. C. D. Milly;Julio Betancourt;Malin Falkenmark;Robert M. Hirsch

  • A simple hydrologically based model of land surface water and energy fluxes for general circulation models

    Xu Liang;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;Eric F. Wood;Stephen J. Burges

  • Hydrologic Implications of Dynamical and Statistical Approaches to Downscaling Climate Model Outputs

    A. W. Wood;L. R. Leung;V. Sridhar;D. P. Lettenmaier

  • DECLINING MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

    Philip W. Mote;Alan F. Hamlet;Martyn P. Clark;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • A distributed hydrology-vegetation model for complex terrain

    Mark S. Wigmosta;Lance W. Vail;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States*

    E. P. Maurer;A. W. Wood;J. C. Adam;D. P. Lettenmaier

  • The multi-institution North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): Utilizing multiple GCIP products and partners in a continental distributed hydrological modeling system

    Kenneth E. Mitchell;Dag Lohmann;Paul R. Houser;Eric F. Wood

  • Continental-scale water and energy flux analysis and validation for the North American Land Data Assimilation System project phase 2 (NLDAS-2): 1. Intercomparison and application of model products

    Youlong Xia;Kenneth Mitchell;Michael Ek;Justin Sheffield

  • The Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrology and Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin

    Niklas S. Christensen;Andrew W. Wood;Nathalie Voisin;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • Long‐range experimental hydrologic forecasting for the eastern United States

    Andrew W. Wood;Edwin P. Maurer;Arun Kumar;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • Surface soil moisture parameterization of the VIC-2L model: Evaluation and modification

    Xu Liang;Eric F. Wood;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • Measuring surface water from space

    Douglas E. Alsdorf;Ernesto Rodríguez;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis

    Tandong Yao;Yongkang Xue;Deliang Chen;Fahu Chen

  • Global river discharge and water temperature under climate change

    M.T.H. van Vliet;W.H.P. Franssen;J.R. Yearsley;F. Ludwig

  • Toward a unified view of the American monsoon systems

    Carolina Vera;W. Higgins;J. Amador;T. Ambrizzi

  • Observed Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in California

    A. Park Williams;John T. Abatzoglou;Alexander Gershunov;Janin Guzman‐Morales

  • Hydro-Climatological Trends in the Continental United States, 1948-88

    Dennis P. Lettenmaier;Eric F. Wood;James R. Wallis

  • Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water

    Eric F. Wood;Joshua K. Roundy;Tara J. Troy;L. P. H. van Beek

  • A land-surface hydrology parameterization with subgrid variability for general circulation models

    Eric F. Wood;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;Valerie G. Zartarian

  • Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

    T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric F. Wood
Eric F. Wood Princeton University
Bart Nijssen
Bart Nijssen University of Washington
Andrew W. Wood
Andrew W. Wood National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan F. Hamlet
Alan F. Hamlet University of Notre Dame
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton
Edwin P. Maurer
Edwin P. Maurer Santa Clara University
Laura C. Bowling
Laura C. Bowling Purdue University West Lafayette
Ben Livneh
Ben Livneh University of Colorado Boulder
Qiuhong Tang
Qiuhong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Douglas Alsdorf
Douglas Alsdorf The Ohio State University

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