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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.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 222 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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.

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30 D-Index 125+

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 125 D-Index or more.

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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