2026 Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	99	399	375	14	12	419	32113

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

1274
Citations
Global drivers of future river flood risk

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

1123
Citations
Global exposure to river and coastal flooding: Long term trends and changes

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

1079
Citations
A global reanalysis of storm surges and extreme sea levels

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

776
Citations
Managing change toward adaptive water management through social learning

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

773
Citations
Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal Megacities

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

694
Citations
Increasing stress on disaster-risk finance due to large floods

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

693
Citations
Flood maps in Europe – methods, availability and use

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

654
Citations
Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods

Bruno Merz;Günter Blöschl;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Francesco Dottori

606
Citations
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

605
Citations
Comparative flood damage model assessment: towards a European approach

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

514
Citations
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

498
Citations
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

496
Citations
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

494
Citations
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

487
Citations
Effect of uncertainty in land use, damage models and inundation depth on flood damage estimates

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

471
Citations
Factors of influence on flood damage mitigation behaviour by households

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

461
Citations
Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management

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

410
Citations
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

410
Citations
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

379
Citations
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

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

W. J. Wouter Botzen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Laurens M. Bouwer Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research

Hans de Moel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology

Reinhard Mechler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Heidi Kreibich Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Annegret H. Thieken University of Potsdam

Peter Droogers Stockholm Environment Institute

Luc Feyen Stanford University

External Links

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