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2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 65 2221 2121 149 147 246 14245

Jan Cermak publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jan Cermak between 1973 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jan Cermak published across 53 years, from 1973 to 2025, averaging 6 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2015. 3 of the 316 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1973 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2015. 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 21 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1973 2025

316 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jan Cermak: publications per year, 1973 to 2025
Year Publications
1973 1
1974 0
1975 0
1976 1
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 1
1982 1
1983 2
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 2
1990 1
1991 1
1992 2
1993 2
1994 2
1995 4
1996 3
1997 2
1998 5
1999 9
2000 6
2001 3
2002 10
2003 9
2004 11
2005 10
2006 13
2007 15
2008 10
2009 13
2010 16
2011 10
2012 20
2013 10
2014 11
2015 21
2016 13
2017 9
2018 12
2019 17
2020 20
2021 10
2022 0
2023 1
2024 1
2025 2
Total 316
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Jan Cermak 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 Jan Cermak 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, 241–250 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: 246 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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
231–240 220
241–250 217 246
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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Jan Cermak 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 Jan Cermak 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, 65 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: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119 65
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Jan Cermak is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and has contributed to research across multiple interdisciplinary fields. Their work spans the domains of Arts and Humanities, Health Professions, and Environmental Science, reflecting a diverse scholarly interest.

Their research subfields include Language and Linguistics, General Health Professions, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The main topics of their studies cover a wide range of areas such as Syntax, Semantics, and Linguistic Variation; Lexicography and Language Studies; Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity; Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues; Health, Medicine and Society; Natural Language Processing Techniques; as well as Language, Metaphor, and Cognition.

Jan Cermak's recent published papers include:

  • Transpiration of a mixed forest stand: field measurements and simulation using SVAT models (2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive)
  • Subject-related - ly adverbs: The role of stativity in English adverbial formation. A synchronic and diachronic perspective (2023, Studia Neophilologica)
  • Seasonal Photosynthetic Activity in the Crown Compartments of European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) (2024, Forests)

The research venues in which Jan Cermak frequently publishes include:

  • Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Studia Neophilologica
  • Forests

Jan Cermak has collaborated with several coauthors involved in related fields. Frequent collaborators include Alexander Olchev, Nadezhda Nadezhdina, Fedör Tatarinov, A Tishenko, and Andreas Ibrom. This network indicates an engagement with scholars across environmental sciences and linguistics.

The interdisciplinary nature of Jan Cermak's work is evident in the breadth of topics addressed, bringing together elements of language studies and environmental research alongside health sciences. Their academic contributions provide insight into complex issues such as linguistic variation, cognitive processing of language, and ecological phenomena within forest environments.

Best Publications

  • Challenges in Combining Projections from Multiple Climate Models

    Reto Knutti;Reinhard Furrer;Claudia Tebaldi;Jan Cermak

  • Fog Research: A Review of Past Achievements and Future Perspectives

    I. Gultepe;R. Tardif;S. C. Michaelides;J. Cermak

  • Sap flow measurements with some thermodynamic methods, flow integration within trees and scaling up from sample trees to entire forest stands

    J. Čermák;J. Kučera;N. Nadezhdina

  • Canopy transpiration and water fluxes in the xylem of the trunk of Larix and Picea trees - a comparison of xylem flow, porometer and cuvette measurements

    E. D. Schulze;J. Čermák;M. Matyssek;M. Penka

  • Reliance on stored water increases with tree size in three species in the Pacific Northwest.

    N G Phillips;M G Ryan;M G Ryan;B J Bond;N G McDowell

  • Tree water storage and its diurnal dynamics related to sap flow and changes in stem volume in old-growth Douglas-fir trees

    Jan Čermák;Jiří Kučera;William L. Bauerle;Nathan Phillips

  • Sapflow measurements in forest stands: methods and uncertainties

    Barbara Köstner;André Granier;Jan Cermák

  • Mapping tree root systems with ground-penetrating radar

    Jiri Hruska;Jan Cermák;Svatopluk Sustek

  • Radial patterns of sap flow in woody stems of dominant and understory species: scaling errors associated with positioning of sensors

    Nadezhda Nadezhdina;Jan Cermák;Reinhart Ceulemans

  • Sapwood as the scaling parameter - defining according to xylem water content or radial pattern of sap flow?

    Jan Cermak;Nadezhda Nadezhdina

  • Water flux in a hybrid poplar stand.

    T. M. Hinckley;J. R. Brooks;J. Čermák;R. Ceulemans

  • Root functioning, tree water use and hydraulic redistribution in Quercus suber trees: A modeling approach based on root sap flow

    Teresa S. David;Clara A. Pinto;Nadezhda Nadezhdina;Cathy Kurz-Besson

  • Radial velocity profiles of water flow in trunks of Norway spruce and oak and the response of spruce to severing.

    Jan Čermák;Emil Cienciala;Jiří Kučera;Jan-Erik Hällgren

  • A novel approach to fog/low stratus detection using Meteosat 8 data

    Jan Cermak;Jörg Bendix

  • Trees never rest: the multiple facets of hydraulic redistribution

    Nadezhda Nadezhdina;Teresa S. David;Jorge S. David;Maria Isabel Ferreira

  • Crown conductance and tree and stand transpiration in a second growth **Abies amabilis** forest

    T A Martin;K J Brown;J Cermák;R Ceulemans

  • Instrumental methods for studies of structure and function of root systems of large trees

    Nadezhda Nadezhdina;Jan Cermak

  • Individual variation of sap-flow rate in large pine and spruce trees and stand transpiration: a pilot study at the central NOPEX site

    J. Čermák;E. Cienciala;J. Kučera;A. Lindroth

  • Above- and belowground phytomass and carbon storage in a Belgian Scots pine stand

    Ivan A. Janssens;David A. Sampson;Jan Cermak;Linda Meiresonne

  • Sap flow rate and transpiration dynamics in the full-grown oak (Quercus robus L.) in floodplain forest exposed to seasonal floods as related to potential evapotranspiration and tree dimensions

    J. Čermák;J. Úlehla;J. Kučera;M. Penka

  • Xylem water flow in a crack willow tree (Salix fragilis L.) in relation to diurnal changes of environment.

    Jan Čermák;Jan Jeník;Jiří Kučera;Vladimír Žídek

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Bendix
Jörg Bendix Philipp University of Marburg
Reinhart Ceulemans
Reinhart Ceulemans University of Antwerp
Reto Knutti
Reto Knutti ETH Zurich
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Thomas M. Hinckley
Thomas M. Hinckley University of Washington
Kathy Steppe
Kathy Steppe Ghent University
Norbert Kalthoff
Norbert Kalthoff Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Emil Cienciala
Emil Cienciala Czech Academy of Sciences
Antonio Raschi
Antonio Raschi National Research Council (CNR)
Roberto Tognetti
Roberto Tognetti University of Molise

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