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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 104 283 262 2 2 307 49436

José A. Marengo publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by José A. Marengo between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. José A. Marengo published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 10.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2017. 39 of the 364 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2017. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 15 publications
1992 2025

364 publications in total across all disciplines

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José A. Marengo: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 2
1994 1
1995 3
1996 1
1997 3
1998 4
1999 5
2000 6
2001 6
2002 10
2003 3
2004 10
2005 4
2006 19
2007 6
2008 10
2009 10
2010 13
2011 3
2012 13
2013 21
2014 22
2015 13
2016 12
2017 27
2018 13
2019 17
2020 18
2021 18
2022 14
2023 17
2024 24
2025 15
Total 364
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José A. Marengo 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 José A. Marengo 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, 301–310 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: 307 publications — 87th percentile

87% 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
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130 307
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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José A. Marengo 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 José A. Marengo 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, 104 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: 104 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 26 104
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

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

José A. Marengo is affiliated with Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais in Brazil. Their research spans multiple aspects of environmental science with a focus on climate variability, hydrology, and ecosystem dynamics. The scientist's body of work includes extensive investigation into global and planetary change, atmospheric science, water science and technology, as well as environmental policy and law.

The topics frequently examined by José A. Marengo encompass:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Hydrology and drought analysis
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Environmental and biological studies

Collaborations have been a key feature of their research, with frequent co-authors including Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha, Lincoln Muniz Alves, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Enner Alcântara, and Andrea M. Ramos. These collaborations highlight multidisciplinary approaches and comprehensive regional studies often related to South America and Brazil in particular.

Recent publications by José A. Marengo demonstrate their involvement in addressing critical environmental issues. Selected recent papers include:

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on South America, 2020, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system, 2024, published in Nature
  • Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies, 2021, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Extreme Drought in the Brazilian Pantanal in 2019-2020: Characterization, Causes, and Impacts, 2021, Frontiers in Water
  • Drought in Northeast Brazil: A review of agricultural and policy adaptation options for food security, 2021, Climate Resilience and Sustainability

José A. Marengo's research has been published repeatedly in several scholarly venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Sustainability in Debate
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Natural Hazards

Their work emphasizes interdisciplinary analysis related to environmental science challenges, focusing on climatic trends and water-related issues in Brazil's diverse ecosystems. The combination of thorough regional analysis and integration of climate models provides important insights into environmental risks such as drought, fires, and hydrological hazards in South America.

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

  • Present-day South American climate

    René D. Garreaud;Mathias Vuille;Rosa Compagnucci;José Marengo

  • Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century: The HadEX2 dataset

    M. G. Donat;L. V. Alexander;H. Yang;I. Durre

  • Toward a unified view of the American monsoon systems

    Carolina Vera;W. Higgins;J. Amador;T. Ambrizzi

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment: An overview of the IPCC SREX report

    S. I. Seneviratne;N. Nicholls;D. Easterling;C. M. Goodess

  • The Drought of Amazonia in 2005

    José A. Marengo;Carlos A. Nobre;Javier Tomasella;Marcos D. Oyama

  • Trends in Total and Extreme South American Rainfall in 1960–2000 and Links with Sea Surface Temperature

    M. R. Haylock;T. C. Peterson;L. M. Alves;T. Ambrizzi

  • Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza

  • Drought in Northeast Brazil—past, present, and future

    Jose A. Marengo;Roger Rodrigues Torres;Lincoln Muniz Alves

  • 21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions

    Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Liana O. Anderson;Marisa G. Fonseca;Thais M. Rosan

  • The drought of 2010 in the context of historical droughts in the Amazon region

    Jose A. Marengo;Javier Tomasella;Lincoln M. Alves;Wagner R. Soares

  • Climatology of the Low-Level Jet East of the Andes as Derived from the NCEP–NCAR Reanalyses: Characteristics and Temporal Variability

    Jose A. Marengo;Wagner R. Soares;Celeste Saulo;Matilde Nicolini

  • Future change of temperature and precipitation extremes in South America as derived from the PRECIS regional climate modeling system

    J. A. Marengo;R. Jones;L. M. Alves;M. C. Valverde

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Michael J. McPhaden;Alice M. Grimm;Regina R. Rodrigues

  • Observed Trends in Indices of Daily Temperature Extremes in South America 1960–2000

    L. A. Vincent;T. C. Peterson;V. R. Barros;M. B. Marino

  • Interdecadal variability and trends of rainfall across the Amazon basin

    J. A. Marengo

  • Recent developments on the South American monsoon system

    J. A. Marengo;B. Liebmann;A. M. Grimm;V. Misra

  • Onset and End of the Rainy Season in the Brazilian Amazon Basin

    Jose A. Marengo;Brant Liebmann;Vernon E. Kousky;Naziano P. Filizola

  • Climatic characteristics of the 2010-2016 drought in the semiarid Northeast Brazil region.

    José A. Marengo;Lincoln M. Alves;Regina C.S Alvala;Ana Paula Cunha

  • Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts

    J. A. Marengo

Frequent Co-Authors

Lincoln M. Alves
Lincoln M. Alves National Institute for Space Research
Carlos A. Nobre
Carlos A. Nobre Universidade de São Paulo
Richard Betts
Richard Betts University of Exeter
Tércio Ambrizzi
Tércio Ambrizzi Universidade de São Paulo
Carolina Vera
Carolina Vera University of Buenos Aires
Antonio O. Manzi
Antonio O. Manzi National Institute for Space Research
Rong Fu
Rong Fu University of California, Los Angeles
Lucie A. Vincent
Lucie A. Vincent Environment and Climate Change Canada
Javier Tomasella
Javier Tomasella National Institute for Space Research
Bodo Bookhagen
Bodo Bookhagen University of Potsdam

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