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2023

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62
Citations
19854
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2559
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97

Jan Polcher 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 Polcher sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 193 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Polcher 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 Polcher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jan Polcher is affiliated with École Polytechnique in France and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on several important subfields. Their research mainly addresses Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Climate Variability and Models, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, as well as Hydrology and Drought Analysis.

Frequent publication venues for Jan Polcher's work include:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Water Resources Research
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Recent papers by Jan Polcher demonstrate engagement in several key areas of environmental science and Earth system research. Notable publications include:

  • Presentation and Evaluation of the IPSL-CM6A-LR Climate Model, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Deceleration of China's human water use and its key drivers, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Irrigation in the Earth system, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Deforestation impacts on Amazon-Andes hydroclimatic connectivity, 2021, Climate Dynamics

Jan Polcher has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, indicating active participation in a collaborative research environment. Key frequent coauthors include:

  • Lluís Fita
  • Patrice Dumas
  • Romain Pennel
  • Sophie Bastin
  • Laurent Li

Best Publications

  • A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere-biosphere system

    G. Krinner;Nicolas Viovy;Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré;Jérôme Ogée;Jérôme Ogée

  • Climate change projections using the IPSL-CM5 Earth System Model: From CMIP3 to CMIP5

    Jean-Louis Dufresne;M. A. Foujols;S. Denvil;A. Caubel

  • Presentation and evaluation of the IPSL‐CM6A‐LR climate model

    Olivier Boucher;Jérôme Servonnat;Anna Lea Albright;Olivier Aumont

  • The impact of global land-cover change on the terrestrial water cycle

    Shannon M. Sterling;Shannon M. Sterling;Agnès Ducharne;Jan Polcher

  • African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Field Campaign

    Jean-Luc Redelsperger;Chris D. Thorncroft;Arona Diedhiou;Thierry Lebel

  • The Seasonal Cycle over the Tropical Pacific in Coupled Ocean Atmosphere General Circulation Models

    C.R. Mechoso;A.W. Robertson;N. Barth;M.K. Davey

  • Multimodel Estimate of the Global Terrestrial Water Balance: Setup and First Results

    Ingjerd Haddeland;Douglas B. Clark;Wietse Franssen;Fulco Ludwig

  • Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios

    Yves Tramblay;Aristeidis Koutroulis;Luis Samaniego;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano

  • Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

    T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

  • Summertime European heat and drought waves induced by wintertime Mediterranean rainfall deficit

    R. Vautard;R. Vautard;P. Yiou;F. D'Andrea;N. de Noblet

  • The Rhône-Aggregation Land Surface Scheme Intercomparison Project: An Overview

    Aaron A. Boone;F. Habets;J. Noilhan;D. Clark

  • Deceleration of China's human water use and its key drivers

    Feng Zhou;Yan Bo;Philippe Ciais;Philippe Ciais;Patrice Dumas

  • Irrigation in the Earth system

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  • The new IPSL climate system model: IPSL-CM4

    O. Marti;P. Braconnot;J. Bellier;R. Benshila

  • A global water resources ensemble of hydrological models: The eartH2Observe Tier-1 dataset

    Jaap Schellekens;Emanuel Dutra;Emanuel Dutra;Alberto Martínez-de la Torre;Gianpaolo Balsamo

  • Progress in regional downscaling of west African precipitation

    Heiko Paeth;Nicholas M.J. Hall;Miguel Angel Gaertner;Marta Dominguez Alonso

  • The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project (ALMIP)

    Aaron Boone;Patricia de Rosnay;Gianpaolo Balsamo;Anton Beljaars

  • A 53-year forcing data set for land surface models

    T. Ngo-Duc;J. Polcher;K. Laval

  • Modelling root water uptake in a complex land surface scheme coupled to a GCM

    P. de Rosnay;J. Polcher

  • Impact of a physically based soil water flow and soil-plant interaction representation for modeling large-scale land surface processes

    P. de Rosnay;J. Polcher;M. Bruen;K. Laval

  • The AMMA field campaigns: multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region

    Thierry Lebel;Douglas J. Parker;Cyrille Flamant;Bernard Bourlès

  • The impact of African and Amazonian deforestation on tropical climate

    J. Polcher;K. Laval

Frequent Co-Authors

Agnès Ducharne
Agnès Ducharne Sorbonne University
Catherine Ottlé
Catherine Ottlé Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thierry Lebel
Thierry Lebel Grenoble Alpes University
Douglas J. Parker
Douglas J. Parker University of Leeds
Jean-Luc Redelsperger
Jean-Luc Redelsperger University of Western Brittany
Philippe Peylin
Philippe Peylin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yongkang Xue
Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles
Anton Beljaars
Anton Beljaars European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Jean-Philippe Lafore
Jean-Philippe Lafore Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nicola Gedney
Nicola Gedney Met Office

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