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Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 48 3188 2932 542 495 178 8245
Environmental Sciences 49 5277 5056 400 387 183 8376

Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell between 1973 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell published across 53 years, from 1973 to 2025, averaging 3.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2014. 10 of the 208 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1973 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2014. 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 2 publications
1973 2025

208 publications in total across all disciplines

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Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell: publications per year, 1973 to 2025
Year Publications
1973 1
1974 0
1975 1
1976 1
1977 1
1978 1
1979 1
1980 0
1981 3
1982 2
1983 2
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 8
1988 3
1989 2
1990 2
1991 2
1992 2
1993 2
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 3
1998 2
1999 1
2000 4
2001 0
2002 5
2003 2
2004 4
2005 5
2006 5
2007 10
2008 8
2009 3
2010 5
2011 3
2012 8
2013 8
2014 14
2015 14
2016 6
2017 4
2018 7
2019 12
2020 5
2021 12
2022 5
2023 5
2024 8
2025 2
Total 208
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Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 174–183 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 178 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313 178
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203 48
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell is affiliated with Middlesex University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and social sciences, with main contributions in the subfields of global and planetary change, sociology and political science, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, and ocean engineering.

The scientist has extensively worked on topics related to flood risk assessment and management, disaster management and resilience, coastal and marine dynamics, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, water resources management and optimization, sustainability and climate change governance, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Frequent collaborators of Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell include Jon French, Robert J. Nicholls, Sally Brown, Ivan D. Haigh, and Eli D. Lazarus.

Major publication venues for their work are the Journal of Flood Risk Management, The Science of The Total Environment, Disasters, Risk Analysis, and the Geographical Journal.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Operationalising coastal resilience to flood and erosion hazard: A demonstration for England", 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Academic publishing in disaster risk reduction: past, present, and future", 2020, Disasters
  • "Comparing the scale of modelled and recorded current flood risk: Results from England", 2020, Journal of Flood Risk Management
  • "Advocacy coalitions and flood insurance: Power and policies in the Australian Natural Disaster Insurance Review", 2020, Environment and Planning C Politics and Space
  • "The UK needs an open data portal dedicated to coastal flood and erosion hazard risk and resilience", 2021, Anthropocene Coasts

Best Publications

  • Vulnerability to flooding: health and social dimensions.

    Sue M. Tapsell;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;Sylvia M. Tunstall;T. Wilson

  • Flood risk assessments at different spatial scales.

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

  • A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based 'natural' flood management in the UK.

    Simon J. Dadson;Jim W. Hall;Anna Murgatroyd;Mike Acreman

  • Human Instability in Flood Flows1

    S. N. Jonkman;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

  • The ‘last resort’? Population movement in response to climate-related hazards in Bangladesh

    Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;Parvin Sultana;Paul M. Thompson

  • Floods as Catalysts for Policy Change: Historical Lessons from England and Wales

    Clare L. Johnson;Sylvia M. Tunstall;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

  • Estimating Injury and Loss of Life in Floods: A Deterministic Framework

    Edmund Penning-Rowsell;Peter Floyd;David Ramsbottom;Suresh Surendran

  • ‘Signals’ from pre-crisis discourse: Lessons from UK flooding for global environmental policy change?

    Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;Clare L. Johnson;Sylvia M. Tunstall

  • Natural and imposed injustices: the challenges in implementing 'fair' flood risk management policy in England

    Clare Johnson;Edmund Penning-Rowsell;Dennis Parker

  • Victim pressure, institutional inertia and climate change adaptation: The case of flood risk

    Tim Harries;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

  • Adaptive flood risk management planning based on a comprehensive flood risk conceptualisation

    Frans Klijn;Hiedi Kreibich;Hans De Moel;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

  • Explaining differences in flood management approaches in Europe and in the USA – a comparative analysis

    P. Bubeck;H. Kreibich;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;W. J. W. Botzen

  • Flood risk management: A strategic approach

    Paul Sayers;Li Yuanyuan;Gerald Galloway;Edmund Penning-Rowsell

  • Future Flooding and Coastal Erosion Risks

    Colin R. Thorne;Edward P. Evans;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

  • Land use and flood protection: contrasting approaches and outcomes in France and in England and Wales

    Nathalie Pottier;Edmund Penning-Rowsell;Sylvia Tunstall;Gilles Hubert

  • The Benefits of Flood Alleviation: A Manual of Assessment Techniques

    F. J. T. Kestner;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;John B. Chatterton

  • Flood vulnerability, risk and social disadvantage: current and future patterns in the UK

    Paul Sayers;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;Matt Horritt

  • Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management: A Manual for Economic Appraisal

    Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;Sally J. Priest;Dennis J. Parker;Joe Morris

  • The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk resulting from climate change

    Jessica Lamond;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

  • Quantified scenarios analysis of drivers and impacts of changing flood risk in England and Wales: 2030–2100

    Jim W Hall;Edward P Evans;Edmund C Penning-Rowsell;Paul B Sayers

  • River Restoration: Public Attitudes and Expectations

    S. M. Tunstall;E. C. Penning-Rowsell;S. M. Tapsell;S. E. Eden

  • Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster

    Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;Keith Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim W. Hall
Jim W. Hall University of Oxford
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Phoebe Koundouri
Phoebe Koundouri Athens University of Economics and Business
Colin R. Thorne
Colin R. Thorne University of Nottingham
Andrew R. Watkinson
Andrew R. Watkinson University of East Anglia
Emma L. Tompkins
Emma L. Tompkins University of Southampton
Richard C. Thompson
Richard C. Thompson Plymouth University
Ivan D. Haigh
Ivan D. Haigh University of Southampton
Simon Dadson
Simon Dadson University of Oxford
Mick E. Hanley
Mick E. Hanley Plymouth University

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