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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
65
Citations
20204
World Ranking
2166
National Ranking
60

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
19474
World Ranking
10029
National Ranking
258

Fulco Ludwig 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 Fulco Ludwig sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 210 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Fulco Ludwig 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 Fulco Ludwig sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fulco Ludwig is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The main fields of study for Ludwig include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Ludwig's subfields of study cover:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Ocean Engineering

The scientist's work addresses a range of main topics:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Climate variability and models
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Ludwig has been published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Climate Services
  • Climate Risk Management
  • Atmosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Recent papers by Ludwig include:

  • "Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios," 2020, Nature Energy
  • "Urbanization: an increasing source of multiple pollutants to rivers in the 21st century," 2021, npj Urban Sustainability
  • "Climate change and hydrological regime of the high-altitude Indus basin under extreme climate scenarios," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Spatio-temporal evaluation of gridded precipitation products for the high-altitude Indus basin," 2021, International Journal of Climatology
  • "Simulating human impacts on global water resources using VIC-5," 2020, Geoscientific Model Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ludwig include:

  • Spyridon Paparrizos
  • Wouter Smolenaars
  • Hester Biemans
  • S.E. Werners
  • Sanita Dhaubanjar

Best Publications

  • Determinants of woody cover in African savannas

    Mahesh Sankaran;Niall P. Hanan;Robert J. Scholes;Jayashree Ratnam

  • Global water resources affected by human interventions and climate change

    Ingjerd Haddeland;Jens Heinke;Jens Heinke;Hester Biemans;Stephanie Eisner

  • Constraints and potentials of future irrigation water availability on agricultural production under climate change

    Joshua Elliott;Delphine Deryng;Christoph Müller;Katja Frieler

  • Global river discharge and water temperature under climate change

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

  • Vulnerability of US and European electricity supply to climate change

    Michelle T. H. van Vliet;John R. Yearsley;Fulco Ludwig;Stefan Vögele

  • Multimodel Estimate of the Global Terrestrial Water Balance: Setup and First Results

    Ingjerd Haddeland;Douglas B. Clark;Wietse Franssen;Fulco Ludwig

  • Impact of reservoirs on river discharge and irrigation water supply during the 20th century

    H. Biemans;I. Haddeland;I. Haddeland;P. Kabat;F. Ludwig

  • Accounting for environmental flow requirements in global water assessments

    A.V. Pastor;F. Ludwig;H. Biemans;Holger Hoff;Holger Hoff

  • Global river temperatures and sensitivity to atmospheric warming and changes in river flow

    M. T. H. van Vliet;F. Ludwig;J. J. G. Zwolsman;G. P. Weedon

  • Climate change impact on available water resources obtained using multiple global climate and hydrology models

    S. Hagemann;Cui Chen;D. B. Clark;S. Folwell

  • Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios

    Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Michelle T. H. van Vliet;Michelle T. H. van Vliet;David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Fulco Ludwig

  • The influence of savanna trees on nutrient, water and light availability and the understorey vegetation

    F. Ludwig;J.C.J.M. de Kroon;F. Berendse;H.H.T. Prins

  • Benchmark products for land evapotranspiration: LandFlux-EVAL multi-data set synthesis

    Brigitte Mueller;Martin Hirschi;Carlos Jimenez;Philippe Ciais

  • Projections of future floods and hydrological droughts in Europe under a +2°C global warming

    Philippe Roudier;Jafet C.M. Andersson;Chantal Donnelly;Luc Feyen

  • Hydraulic lift in Acacia tortilis trees on an East African savanna

    F. Ludwig;F. Ludwig;T.E. Dawson;J.C.J.M. de Kroon;F. Berendse

  • Urbanization: an increasing source of multiple pollutants to rivers in the 21st century

    Maryna Strokal;Zhaohai Bai;Wietse Franssen;Nynke Hofstra

  • Climate change impacts on wheat production in a Mediterranean environment in Western Australia

    Fulco Ludwig;Senthold Asseng

  • The global nexus of food–trade–water sustaining environmental flows by 2050

    A.V. Pastor;A.V. Pastor;A.V. Pastor;A. Palazzo;P. Havlik;H. Biemans

  • Impacts of climate change on European hydrology at 1.5, 2 and 3 degrees mean global warming above preindustrial level

    Chantal Donnelly;Wouter Greuell;Jafet Andersson;Dieter Gerten

  • Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change

    Long Phi Hoang;Hannu Lauri;Matti Kummu;Jorma Koponen

  • Below-ground competition between trees and grasses may overwhelm the facilitative effects of hydraulic lift

    F. Ludwig;T.E. Dawson;H.H.T. Prins;F. Berendse

  • Effects of nutrients and shade on tree-grass interactions in an East African savanna

    Fulco Ludwig;Hans de Kroon;Herbert H.T. Prins;Frank Berendse

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavel Kabat
Pavel Kabat Wageningen University & Research
Iwan Supit
Iwan Supit Wageningen University & Research
Eddy Moors
Eddy Moors Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Stefan Hagemann
Stefan Hagemann Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Dieter Gerten
Dieter Gerten Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Jens Heinke
Jens Heinke Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Martina Flörke
Martina Flörke Ruhr University Bochum
Senthold Asseng
Senthold Asseng Technical University of Munich
Lisa A. Donovan
Lisa A. Donovan University of Georgia
Herbert H. T. Prins
Herbert H. T. Prins Wageningen University & Research

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