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Environmental Sciences 53 4139 3961 34 34 222 22041

Günther Fischer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Günther Fischer between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Günther Fischer published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 1996. 1 of the 257 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 1996. 1975: 7 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 11 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 8 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 13 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 3 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1975 2025

257 publications in total across all disciplines

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Günther Fischer: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 7
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 2
1981 2
1982 2
1983 1
1984 2
1985 5
1986 0
1987 1
1988 11
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 0
1993 1
1994 8
1995 5
1996 13
1997 9
1998 12
1999 4
2000 6
2001 11
2002 4
2003 3
2004 5
2005 5
2006 3
2007 13
2008 11
2009 12
2010 13
2011 4
2012 9
2013 9
2014 2
2015 9
2016 9
2017 8
2018 5
2019 12
2020 7
2021 5
2022 1
2023 3
2024 0
2025 1
Total 257
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Günther Fischer 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 Günther Fischer 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, 221–230 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: 222 publications — 71st percentile

71% 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
221–230 263 222
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
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Günther Fischer 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 Günther Fischer 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, 53 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: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 53
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
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Overview

Günther Fischer is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, producing a significant body of work within these fields.

The main fields of study for Fischer include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Fischer has contributed to several subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Ocean Engineering

Their work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management

Fischer's recent papers include:

  • Urban Food Systems: How Regionalization Can Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A green-gray path to global water security and sustainable infrastructure, 2021, Global Environmental Change
  • Water-land tradeoffs to meet future demands for sugar crops in Latin America and the Caribbean: A bio-physical and socio-economic nexus perspective, 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Increase in grain production potential of China under climate change, 2023, PNAS Nexus
  • Clinical characteristics and outcome of biopsy-proven myocarditis in children - Results of the German prospective multicentre registry "MYKKE", 2022, International Journal of Cardiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fischer include:

  • Laixiang Sun
  • Zhan Tian
  • Sylvia Tramberend
  • Taher Kahil
  • Prajal Pradhan

Fischer has published in various venues, with recurring publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • PNAS Nexus

Additionally, Fischer has contributed to book publications, notably with FAO eBooks, producing titles such as:

  • Global agro-ecological zone V4 - Model documentation, 2021

Best Publications

  • The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

    Eric F. Lambin;B.L. Turner;Helmut J. Geist;Samuel B. Agbola

  • Effects of climate change on global food production under SRES emissions and socio-economic scenarios

    M.L Parry;C Rosenzweig;A Iglesias;M Livermore

  • Socio-economic and climate change impacts on agriculture: an integrated assessment, 1990–2080

    Günther Fischer;Mahendra Shah;Francesco N. Tubiello;Francesco N. Tubiello;Harrij van Velhuizen

  • Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500–2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands

    G. C. Hurtt;G. C. Hurtt;L. P. Chini;S. Frolking;R. A. Betts

  • Land-use and land-cover change. Science/research plan

    B.L. Turner;D.L. Skole;S. Sanderson;G. Fischer

  • Climate change impacts on irrigation water requirements: Effects of mitigation, 1990-2080

    Günther Fischer;Francesco N. Tubiello;Francesco N. Tubiello;Harrij van Velthuizen;David A. Wiberg

  • Climate change and world food security: a new assessment

    Martin Parry;Cynthia Rosenzweig;Ana Iglesias;Günther Fischer

  • Global assessment of water challenges under uncertainty in water scarcity projections

    P. Greve;T. Kahil;J. Mochizuki;T. Schinko

  • Global bioenergy potentials through 2050

    Günther Fischer;Leo Schrattenholzer

  • Crop response to elevated CO2 and world food supply A comment on: Food for Thought... by Long et al., Science 312: 1918-1921, 2006

    Francesco N. Tubiello;Francesco N. Tubiello;Jeffrey S. Amthor;Kenneth J. Boote;Marcello Donatelli

  • Millions at risk: defining critical climate change threats and targets

    Martin Parry;Nigel Arnell;Tony McMichael;Robert Nicholls

  • Reducing climate change impacts on agriculture: Global and regional effects of mitigation, 2000–2080

    Francesco N. Tubiello;Francesco N. Tubiello;Günther Fischer

  • Biofuel production potentials in Europe: sustainable use of cultivated land and pastures. Part II: Land use scenarios

    Günther Fischer;Sylvia Prieler;Harrij van Velthuizen;Göran Berndes

  • Closing Yield Gaps: How Sustainable Can We Be?

    Prajal Pradhan;Günther Fischer;Harrij van Velthuizen;Dominik E. Reusser

  • Model based analysis of future land-use development in China

    Günther Fischer;Laixiang Sun

  • Measuring telecouplings in the global land system: A review and comparative evaluation of land footprint accounting methods

    Martin Bruckner;Martin Bruckner;Günther Fischer;Sylvia Tramberend;Stefan Giljum

  • Population momentum and the demand on land and water resources

    Günther Fischer;Gerhard K. Heilig

  • Simulating effects of land use changes on carbon fluxes: Past contributions to atmospheric CO2 increases and future commitments due to losses of terrestrial sink capacity

    K. M. Strassmann;F. Joos;G. Fischer

  • Biofuel production potentials in Europe: sustainable use of cultivated land and pastures. Part I: Land productivity potentials.

    Günther Fischer;Sylvia Prieler;Harrij van Velthuizen;Sander M. Lensink

  • Biomass potentials of miscanthus, willow and poplar: results and policy implications for Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia

    Günther Fischer;Sylvia Prieler;Harrij van Velthuizen

  • Climate Change Impacts on Irrigation Water Requirements: Effects of Mitigation

    G. Fischer;F.N. Tubiello;H.T. van Velthuizen;D. Wiberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Laixiang Sun
Laixiang Sun University of Maryland, College Park
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Cynthia Rosenzweig Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Peter Burek
Peter Burek International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Francesco N. Tubiello
Francesco N. Tubiello Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Simon J. Langan
Simon J. Langan International Water Management Institute
Martin L. Parry
Martin L. Parry University of East Anglia
Naota Hanasaki
Naota Hanasaki National Institute for Environmental Studies
Stefan Giljum
Stefan Giljum Vienna University of Economics and Business
Martina Flörke
Martina Flörke Ruhr University Bochum

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