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D-Index
53
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14410
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4167
National Ranking
107

Hessel Winsemius 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 Hessel Winsemius sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 227 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hessel Winsemius 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 Hessel Winsemius 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

Hessel Winsemius is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable work in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, and Hydrology and Drought Analysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hessel Winsemius include:

  • Philip J. Ward
  • Dirk Eilander
  • Dai Yamazaki
  • Albrecht Weerts
  • H. H. G. Savenije

Publication venues where their research is frequently published encompass:

  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Flood Risk Management
  • Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • Scientific Reports

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Hessel Winsemius include:

  • "Review article: Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale" (2020), published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • "Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale" (2020), published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • "Global-scale benefit-cost analysis of coastal flood adaptation to different flood risk drivers using structural measures" (2020), published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • "The effect of surge on riverine flood hazard and impact in deltas globally" (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Cutting the costs of coastal protection by integrating vegetation in flood defences" (2021), published in Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review

    M. Hrachowitz;H. H. G. Savenije;G. Blöschl;J. J. Mcdonnell

  • Global drivers of future river flood risk

    Hessel C. Winsemius;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts;Ludovicus P.H. van Beek;Marc F.P. Bierkens

  • A global reanalysis of storm surges and extreme sea levels

    Sanne Muis;Martin Verlaan;Hessel C. Winsemius;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

  • A framework for global river flood risk assessments

    H. C. Winsemius;L. P. H. Van Beek;B. Jongman;P. J. Ward

  • Declining vulnerability to river floods and the global benefits of adaptation

    Brenden Jongman;Hessel C. Winsemius;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts;Erin Coughlan de Perez;Erin Coughlan de Perez

  • Earth's surface water change over the past 30 years

    Gennadii Donchyts;Fedor Baart;Hessel C. Winsemius;Noel Gorelick

  • Assessing flood risk at the global scale: model setup, results, and sensitivity

    Ph.J. Ward;B. Jongman;F.C. Sperna Weiland;A. Bouwman

  • Disaster risk, climate change, and poverty: assessing the global exposure of poor people to floods and droughts

    Hessel C. Winsemius;Brenden Jongman;Ted I.E. Veldkamp;Stephane Hallegatte

  • Hyper-resolution global hydrological modelling: what is next?

    Marc F. P. Bierkens;Victoria A. Bell;Peter Burek;Nathaniel Chaney

  • A global framework for future costs and benefits of river-flood protection in urban areas

    Philip J. Ward;Brenden Jongman;Brenden Jongman;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts;Paul D. Bates

  • FLOPROS: an evolving global database of flood protection standards

    Paolo Scussolini;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts;Brenden Jongman;Laurens M. Bouwer

  • Strong influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation on flood risk around the world

    Philip J. Ward;Brenden Jongman;Matti Kummu;Michael D. Dettinger

  • Usefulness and limitations of global flood risk models

    Philip J. Ward;Brenden Jongman;Brenden Jongman;Peter Salamon;Alanna Simpson

  • Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale

    Anaïs Couasnon;Dirk Eilander;Sanne Muis;Ted I. E. Veldkamp

  • Dependence between high sea-level and high river discharge increases flood hazard in global deltas and estuaries

    Philip J Ward;Anaïs Couasnon;Dirk Eilander;Ivan D Haigh

  • Review article: Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale

    Philip J. Ward;Veit Blauhut;Nadia Bloemendaal;James E. Daniell

  • A framework to assess the realism of model structures using hydrological signatures

    T. Euser;H. C. Winsemius;M. Hrachowitz;F. Fenicia

  • A 30 m Resolution Surface Water Mask Including Estimation of Positional and Thematic Differences Using Landsat 8, SRTM and OpenStreetMap: A Case Study in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

    Gennadii Donchyts;Jaap Schellekens;Hessel Winsemius;Elmar Eisemann

  • On the calibration of hydrological models in ungauged basins: A framework for integrating hard and soft hydrological information

    H. C. Winsemius;Bettina Schaefli;A. Montanari;H. H. G. Savenije

  • The credibility challenge for global fluvial flood risk analysis

    Mark Trigg;Cathryn Birch;Jeffrey Neal;Paul Bates

  • Estimation of predictive hydrological uncertainty using quantile regression: examples from the national flood forecasting system (England and Wales)

    A. H. Weerts;H. C. Winsemius;J. S. Verkade

  • The design of an optimal filter for monthly GRACE gravity models

    R. Klees;E. A. Revtova;B. C. Gunter;P. Ditmar

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Markus Hrachowitz
Markus Hrachowitz Delft University of Technology
Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol
Albrecht Weerts
Albrecht Weerts Wageningen University & Research
Dai Yamazaki
Dai Yamazaki University of Tokyo
Emanuel Dutra
Emanuel Dutra Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Florian Pappenberger
Florian Pappenberger European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Nick van de Giesen
Nick van de Giesen Delft University of Technology

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