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D-Index
70
Citations
51001
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1636
National Ranking
48

Guido R. van der Werf 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 Guido R. van der Werf sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 136 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Guido R. van der Werf 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 Guido R. van der Werf sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Guido R. van der Werf is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's main topics of study cover various aspects of atmospheric and environmental dynamics, including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Landslides and related hazards

Guido R. van der Werf has contributed to numerous papers published in widely recognized scientific venues. Some of the recent publications include:

  • The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017 (2020), NOAA Institutional Repository
  • Global Carbon Budget 2020 (2020), Earth system science data
  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks (2020), Nature
  • Global Carbon Budget 2022 (2022), Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2021 (2022), Earth system science data

The scientist frequently publishes in key journals and repositories such as Earth system science data, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, and the International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Dave van Wees, James T. Randerson, Sander Veraverbeke, Yang Chen, and Glen P. Peters, reflecting joint research efforts across environmental and atmospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • Global Carbon Budget 2016

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

  • Fire in the Earth System

    David M. J. S. Bowman;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Paulo Artaxo;William J. Bond

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

    Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Michael R. Raupach;Josep G. Canadell;Gregg Marland

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018

    Corinne Le Quéré;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016

    Guido R. van der Werf;James T. Randerson;Louis Giglio;Thijs T. van Leeuwen

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

  • Analysis of daily, monthly, and annual burned area using the fourth‐generation global fire emissions database (GFED4)

    Louis Giglio;James T. Randerson;Guido R. van der Werf

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

  • Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

    Benjamin Poulter;David Frank;Philippe Ciais;Ranga B. Myneni

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2023

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  • An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker

    Wouter Peters;A. R. Jacobson;C. Sweeney;A. E. Andrews

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Vegetation fires in the Anthropocene

    David M. J. S. Bowman;Crystal A. Kolden;John T. Abatzoglou;Fay H. Johnston

  • Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980–2010 period

    Claire Granier;Bertrand Bessagnet;Tami Bond;Ariela D'Angiola

  • Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Brian Benscoter;Susan Page;Guillermo Rein

  • Continental-scale partitioning of fire emissions during the 1997 to 2001 El Niño/La Niña period.

    Guido R. van der Werf;James T. Randerson;G. James Collatz;Louis Giglio

  • Historic global biomass burning emissions for CMIP6 (BB4CMIP) based on merging satellite observations with proxies and fire models (1750-2015)

    Margreet J.E. Van Marle;Silvia Kloster;Brian I. Magi;Jennifer R. Marlon

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Louis Giglio
Louis Giglio University of Maryland, College Park
Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Peter Landschützer
Peter Landschützer Max Planck Society
Josep G. Canadell
Josep G. Canadell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Glen P. Peters
Glen P. Peters Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Sander Houweling
Sander Houweling Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ian Harris
Ian Harris University of East Anglia
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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