2026 L.P.H. van Beek: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	55	2504	2278	51	50	149	24207

Overview

L.P.H. van Beek is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Water Science and Technology, which accounts for the majority of their publications.

Their subfields of study include:

Water Science and Technology
Ocean Engineering
Global and Planetary Change
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry

Van Beek's main topics of research can be grouped into several areas related to water systems and management:

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Water resources management and optimization
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
Transboundary Water Resource Management
Dam Engineering and Safety

The scientist's recent peer-reviewed publications highlight ongoing contributions to global environmental issues and water quality modeling. These publications include:

"Exploring river nitrogen and phosphorus loading and export to global coastal waters in the Shared Socio-economic pathways," 2021, published in Global Environmental Change
"Sub-Saharan Africa will increasingly become the dominant hotspot of surface water pollution," 2023, published in Nature Water
"Current wastewater treatment targets are insufficient to protect surface water quality," 2022, published in Communications Earth & Environment
"Hyper-resolution PCR-GLOBWB: opportunities and challenges from refining model spatial resolution to 1 km over the European continent," 2023, published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
"DynQual v1.0: a high-resolution global surface water quality model," 2023, published in Geoscientific Model Development

Van Beek frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field, including:

Marc F. P. Bierkens
Niko Wanders
Edwin H. Sutanudjaja
Michelle T. H. van Vliet
Edward R. Jones

Their work has appeared repeatedly in well-regarded publication venues such as:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Environmental Research Letters
Communications Earth & Environment
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Water

Best Publications

Climate change will affect the Asian water towers.

Walter W. Immerzeel;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek;Marc F. P. Bierkens

4270
Citations
Global depletion of groundwater resources

Yoshihide Wada;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek;Cheryl M. van Kempen;Josef W. T. M. Reckman

2257
Citations
Water balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint

Tom Gleeson;Yoshihide Wada;Marc F. P. Bierkens;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek

1758
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
Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water

Eric F. Wood;Joshua K. Roundy;Tara J. Troy;L. P. H. van Beek

976
Citations
Nonsustainable groundwater sustaining irrigation: A global assessment

Yoshihide Wada;L. P. H. van Beek;Marc F. P. Bierkens

804
Citations
Environmental flow limits to global groundwater pumping

Inge E. M. de Graaf;Inge E. M. de Graaf;Inge E. M. de Graaf;Tom Gleeson;L. P. H. (Rens) van Beek;Edwin H. Sutanudjaja

710
Citations
Global models underestimate large decadal declining and rising water storage trends relative to GRACE satellite data

Bridget R. Scanlon;Zizhan Zhang;Himanshu Save;Alexander Y. Sun

681
Citations
Global monthly water stress: 1. Water balance and water availability

L. P. H. van Beek;Yoshihide Wada;Marc F. P. Bierkens

646
Citations
Global monthly water stress: 2. Water demand and severity of water stress

Yoshihide Wada;L. P. H. van Beek;Daniel Viviroli;Daniel Viviroli;Hans H. Dürr

544
Citations
Hydrological response to climate change in a glacierized catchment in the Himalayas

Walter W. Immerzeel;L. P. H. van Beek;M. Konz;A. B. Shrestha

514
Citations
A view on some hydrological triggering systems in landslides

Th.W.J Van Asch;J Buma;L.P.H Van Beek

512
Citations
Global riverine N and P transport to ocean increased during the 20th century despite increased retention along the aquatic continuum

Arthur Beusen;Arthur Beusen;Alexander Bouwman;Alexander Bouwman;L.P.H. van Beek;José Mogollon

503
Citations
A framework for global river flood risk assessments

H. C. Winsemius;L. P. H. Van Beek;B. Jongman;P. J. Ward

489
Citations
Assessing flood risk at the global scale: model setup, results, and sensitivity

Ph.J. Ward;B. Jongman;F.C. Sperna Weiland;A. Bouwman

441
Citations
Modelling global water stress of the recent past: on the relative importance of trends in water demand and climate variability

Y. Wada;L. P. H. van Beek;M. F. P. Bierkens

414
Citations
Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide

Yoshihide Wada;Ludovicus P H van Beek;Niko Wanders;Marc F P Bierkens

408
Citations
Past and future contribution of global groundwater depletion to sea-level rise

Yoshihide Wada;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek;Frederiek C. Sperna Weiland;Benjamin F. Chao

373
Citations
Mapping permeability over the surface of the Earth

Tom Gleeson;Leslie Smith;Nils Moosdorf;Jens Hartmann

363
Citations
A glimpse beneath earth's surface: GLobal HYdrogeology MaPS (GLHYMPS) of permeability and porosity

Tom Gleeson;Nils Moosdorf;Jens Hartmann;L. P. H. van Beek

335
Citations
Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide

Y. Wada;L. P. Van Beek;N. Wanders;M. F. Bierkens

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University

Th.W.J. van Asch Utrecht University

Thom Bogaard Delft University of Technology

Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology

C.J. van Westen University of Twente

Jean-Philippe Malet University of Strasbourg

Niko Wanders Utrecht University

Walter W. Immerzeel Utrecht University

Tom Gleeson University of Victoria

External Links

Personal website of L.P.H. van Beek

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