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Lutz Weihermüller

Lutz Weihermüller

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 44 6816 6548 440 431 207 6740

Lutz Weihermüller publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lutz Weihermüller between 2005 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lutz Weihermüller published across 22 years, from 2005 to 2026, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2025. 24 of the 248 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2025. 2005: 3 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 21 publications 2026: 3 publications
2005 2026

248 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lutz Weihermüller: publications per year, 2005 to 2026
Year Publications
2005 3
2006 4
2007 3
2008 5
2009 11
2010 13
2011 17
2012 14
2013 11
2014 10
2015 11
2016 16
2017 11
2018 20
2019 11
2020 14
2021 18
2022 7
2023 13
2024 12
2025 21
2026 3
Total 248
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Lutz Weihermüller 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 Lutz Weihermüller 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, 201–210 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: 207 publications — 67th percentile

67% 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
201–210 318 207
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
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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Lutz Weihermüller 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 Lutz Weihermüller 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, 44 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: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% 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 44
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
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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Overview

Lutz Weihermüller is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's research spans a number of specialized subfields including environmental engineering, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and civil and structural engineering.

The main topics of Weihermüller's work focus on several areas related to soil, water, and agriculture, such as climate change impacts on agriculture, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, soil and unsaturated flow, soil moisture and remote sensing, greenhouse technology and climate control, hydrology and watershed management studies, and groundwater flow and contamination studies.

Weihermüller has been frequently published in journals like Vadose Zone Journal, Journal of Hydrology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, and the European Journal of Agronomy.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Weihermüller include:

  • The chaos in calibrating crop models: Lessons learned from a multi-model calibration exercise, 2021, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Choice of Pedotransfer Functions Matters when Simulating Soil Water Balance Fluxes, 2021, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Simulation of spatial variability in crop leaf area index and yield using agroecosystem modeling and geophysics-based quantitative soil information, 2020, Vadose Zone Journal
  • How well do crop modeling groups predict wheat phenology, given calibration data from the target population?, 2021, European Journal of Agronomy
  • Crop growth and soil water fluxes at erosion-affected arable sites: Using weighing lysimeter data for model intercomparison, 2020, Vadose Zone Journal

Among frequent co-authors, Weihermüller has collaborated with Harry Vereecken, Tobias K. D. Weber, Sabine J. Seidel, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, and Daniel Wallach.

Best Publications

  • On the spatio-temporal dynamics of soil moisture at the field scale

    H. Vereecken;J.A. Huisman;Y. Pachepsky;C. Montzka

  • Pedotransfer functions in Earth system science: challenges and perspectives

    Kris Van Looy;Johan Bouma;Michael Herbst;John Koestel

  • Hydraulic parameter estimation by remotely-sensed top soil moisture observations with the particle filter

    Carsten Montzka;Hamid Moradkhani;Lutz Weihermüller;Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen

  • In Situ Soil Water Extraction: A Review

    L. Weihermüller;J. Siemens;M. Deurer;S. Knoblauch

  • Mapping the spatial variation of soil water content at the field scale with different ground penetrating radar techniques

    L. Weihermüller;J.A. Huisman;Sébastien Lambot;M. Herbst

  • Analysis of air-launched ground-penetrating radar techniques to measure the soil surface water content

    Sébastien Lambot;Sébastien Lambot;Lutz Weihermüller;Johan A. Huisman;Harry Vereecken

  • Impact of spatial soil and climate input data aggregation on regional yield simulations

    Holger Hoffmann;Gang Zhao;Senthold Asseng;Marco Bindi

  • A global data set of soil hydraulic properties and sub-grid variability of soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity curves

    Carsten Montzka;Michael Herbst;Lutz Weihermüller;Anne Verhoef

  • Development and analysis of the Soil Water Infiltration Global database

    Mehdi Rahmati;Mehdi Rahmati;Lutz Weihermüller;Jan Vanderborght;Yakov A. Pachepsky

  • Sensitivity of simulated soil heterotrophic respiration to temperature and moisture reduction functions

    J. Bauer;M. Herbst;J.A. Huisman;L. Weihermüller

  • Infiltration from the Pedon to Global Grid Scales: An Overview and Outlook for Land Surface Modeling

    Harry Vereecken;Lutz Weihermüller;Shmuel Assouline;Jirka Šimůnek

  • Electromagnetic induction calibration using apparent electrical conductivity modelling based on electrical resistivity tomography

    F. Lavoué;J. van der Kruk;J. Rings;Frédéric André

  • Measurement depth effects on the apparent temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in field studies

    A. Graf;L. Weihermüller;J. A. Huisman;M. Herbst

  • Determination of pore size distribution and hydraulic properties using nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry: A comparative study of laboratory methods

    L. R. Stingaciu;L. Weihermüller;S. Haber-Pohlmeier;S. Stapf

  • The chaos in calibrating crop models: Lessons learned from a multi-model calibration exercise

    Daniel Wallach;Taru Palosuo;Peter Thorburn;Zvi Hochman

  • Brightness Temperature and Soil Moisture Validation at Different Scales During the SMOS Validation Campaign in the Rur and Erft Catchments, Germany

    C. Montzka;H. R. Bogena;L. Weihermuller;F. Jonard

  • Characterization and Understanding of Bare Soil Respiration Spatial Variability at Plot Scale

    M. Herbst;N. Prolingheuer;A. Graf;J. A. Huisman

  • Mapping Field-Scale Soil Moisture With L-Band Radiometer and Ground-Penetrating Radar Over Bare Soil

    F. Jonard;L. Weihermuller;K. Z. Jadoon;M. Schwank

  • Multiyear heterotrophic soil respiration: Evaluation of a coupled CO2 transport and carbon turnover model

    M. Herbst;H.J. Hellebrand;J. Bauer;J.A. Huisman

  • Linking satellite derived LAI patterns with subsoil heterogeneity using large-scale ground-based electromagnetic induction measurements

    S. Rudolph;J. van der Kruk;C. von Hebel;M. Ali

  • A terrestrial observatory approach to the integrated investigation of the effects of deforestation on water, energy, and matter fluxes

    H. R. Bogena;R. Bol;N. Borchard;N. Brüggemann

  • Large-scale soil mapping using multi-configuration EMI and supervised image classification

    C. Brogi;J.A. Huisman;S. Pätzold;C. von Hebel

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Johan Alexander Huisman
Johan Alexander Huisman Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sébastien Lambot
Sébastien Lambot Université Catholique de Louvain
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Carsten Montzka
Carsten Montzka Forschungszentrum Jülich
Mike Schwank
Mike Schwank Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Kurt Christian Kersebaum
Kurt Christian Kersebaum Czech Academy of Sciences
Thomas Gaiser
Thomas Gaiser University of Bonn
Claas Nendel
Claas Nendel University of Potsdam
Jan van der Kruk
Jan van der Kruk Forschungszentrum Jülich

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