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Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts 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 Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 419 publications — 95th percentile

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Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts 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 Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts sits on this spectrum.

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96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with extensive work in global and planetary change, sociology and political science, atmospheric science, soil science, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's work addresses multiple interconnected topics, including flood risk assessment and management, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, disaster management and resilience, agricultural risk and resilience, climate change adaptation and migration, hydrology and drought analysis, and coastal and marine dynamics.

Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts has published in several academic venues, frequently contributing to Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, Earth's Future, and the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Generation of a global synthetic tropical cyclone hazard dataset using STORM, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Hard or soft flood adaptation? Advantages of a hybrid strategy for Shanghai, 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • A globally consistent local-scale assessment of future tropical cyclone risk, 2022, Science Advances
  • Accounting for tropical cyclones more than doubles the global population exposed to low-probability coastal flooding, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment

Frequent collaborators include W. J. Wouter Botzen, Hans de Moel, Philip J. Ward, Sanne Muis, and Elco Koks, with collaboration counts ranging from 11 to 28 joint publications.

Best Publications

  • A review of risk perceptions and other factors that influence flood mitigation behavior.

    P. Bubeck;W. J. W. Botzen;J. C. J. H. Aerts

  • Global drivers of future river flood risk

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

  • Global exposure to river and coastal flooding: Long term trends and changes

    Brenden Jongman;Philip J. Ward;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts

  • A global reanalysis of storm surges and extreme sea levels

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

  • Managing change toward adaptive water management through social learning

    Claudia Pahl-Wostl;Jan Sendzimir;Paul Jeffrey;Jeroen Aerts

  • Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal Megacities

    Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts;W. J. Wouter Botzen;Kerry Emanuel;Ning Lin

  • Increasing stress on disaster-risk finance due to large floods

    Brenden Jongman;Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler;Luc Feyen;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

  • Flood maps in Europe – methods, availability and use

    H. de Moel;J. van Alphen;J. C. J. H. Aerts

  • Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods

    Bruno Merz;Günter Blöschl;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Francesco Dottori

  • Integrating human behaviour dynamics into flood disaster risk assessment

    J. C J H Aerts;W. J. Botzen;W. J. Botzen;W. J. Botzen;K. C. Clarke;S. L. Cutter

  • Comparative flood damage model assessment: towards a European approach

    B. Jongman;H. Kreibich;H. Apel;J. I. Barredo

  • Dependence of flood risk perceptions on socioeconomic and objective risk factors

    W. J. W. Botzen;J. C. J. H. Aerts;J. C. J. M. van den Bergh

  • Water scarcity hotspots travel downstream due to human interventions in the 20th and 21st century

    T.I.E. Veldkamp;T.I.E. Veldkamp;Y. Wada;J.C.J.H. Aerts;J.C.J.H. Aerts;P. Döll

  • Willingness of homeowners to mitigate climate risk through insurance

    W.J.W. Botzen;J.C.J.H. Aerts;J.C.J.M. van den Bergh;J.C.J.M. van den Bergh

  • 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

  • Effect of uncertainty in land use, damage models and inundation depth on flood damage estimates

    H. de Moel;J. C. J. H. Aerts

  • Factors of influence on flood damage mitigation behaviour by households

    Jennifer K. Poussin;W.J. Wouter Botzen;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts

  • Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management

    B. Merz;J. Aerts;K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen;M. Baldi

  • Detailed insights into the influence of flood-coping appraisals on mitigation behaviour

    P. Bubeck;W.J.W. Botzen;H. Kreibich;J.C.J.H. Aerts

  • 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

  • Research, part of a Special Feature on New Methods for Adaptive Water Management Managing Change toward Adaptive Water Management through Social Learning

    Claudia Pahl-Wostl;Jan Sendzimir;Paul Jeffrey;Jeroen Aerts

Frequent Co-Authors

W. J. Wouter Botzen
W. J. Wouter Botzen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Laurens M. Bouwer
Laurens M. Bouwer Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Hans de Moel
Hans de Moel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hessel Winsemius
Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology
Reinhard Mechler
Reinhard Mechler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Heidi Kreibich
Heidi Kreibich Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Annegret H. Thieken
Annegret H. Thieken University of Potsdam
Peter Droogers
Peter Droogers Stockholm Environment Institute
Luc Feyen
Luc Feyen Stanford University

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