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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 58 2115 1916 45 40 228 18264

Naota Hanasaki publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Naota Hanasaki between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Naota Hanasaki published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 15.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2021. 17 of the 369 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2021. 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 28 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 25 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 33 publications 2021: 40 publications 2022: 31 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 18 publications 2025: 16 publications 2026: 1 publication
2003 2026

369 publications in total across all disciplines

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Naota Hanasaki: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 2
2004 1
2005 2
2006 5
2007 6
2008 6
2009 2
2010 5
2011 14
2012 12
2013 15
2014 28
2015 16
2016 18
2017 25
2018 21
2019 22
2020 33
2021 40
2022 31
2023 30
2024 18
2025 16
2026 1
Total 369
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Naota Hanasaki publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Naota Hanasaki sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 228–237 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 228 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262 228
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Naota Hanasaki D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Naota Hanasaki sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113 58
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Naota Hanasaki is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan and has made extensive contributions to environmental science, particularly in areas related to hydrology, climate, and water resource management. Their publication record includes a significant focus on assessing and managing water resources, climate change impacts, and associated risks.

The researcher's recent notable papers include:

  • Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Global water scarcity including surface water quality and expansions of clean water technologies, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes, 2021, Science
  • Role of dams in reducing global flood exposure under climate change, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Future socio-ecosystem productivity threatened by compound drought-heatwave events, 2023, Nature Sustainability

Hanasaki's frequent co-authors include:

  • Simon N. Gosling
  • Hannes Müller Schmied
  • Yadu Pokhrel
  • Yusuke Satoh
  • Yoshihide Wada

Their research is published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Hydrological Research Letters

Naota Hanasaki's main field of study is Environmental Science, with particular specialization in subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering

The major topics covered by Hanasaki's research include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Water Resources Management and Optimization
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Global water resources affected by human interventions and climate change

    Ingjerd Haddeland;Jens Heinke;Jens Heinke;Hester Biemans;Stephanie Eisner

  • Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future

    Junguo Liu;Hong Yang;Hong Yang;Simon N. Gosling;Matti Kummu

  • Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

  • Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change

    Yadu Pokhrel;Farshid Felfelani;Yusuke Satoh;Yusuke Satoh;Julien Boulange

  • An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources – Part 1: Model description and input meteorological forcing

    N. Hanasaki;S. Kanae;T. Oki;K. Masuda

  • Evolution of the global virtual water trade network

    Carole Dalin;Megan Konar;Naota Hanasaki;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Multimodel Estimate of the Global Terrestrial Water Balance: Setup and First Results

    Ingjerd Haddeland;Douglas B. Clark;Wietse Franssen;Fulco Ludwig

  • Modeling global water use for the 21st century : The Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS) initiative and its approaches

    Y. Wada;Y. Wada;Y. Wada;M. Flörke;N. Hanasaki;S. Eisner

  • A reservoir operation scheme for global river routing models

    Naota Hanasaki;Shinjiro Kanae;Taikan Oki

  • Global water scarcity including surface water quality and expansions of clean water technologies

    Michelle T H van Vliet;Michelle T H van Vliet;Edward R Jones;Martina Flörke;Wietse H P Franssen

  • An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources - Part 2: Applications and assessments

    N. Hanasaki;S. Kanae;T. Oki;K. Masuda

  • Climate change impact on available water resources obtained using multiple global climate and hydrology models

    S. Hagemann;Cui Chen;D. B. Clark;S. Folwell

  • Multimodel projections and uncertainties of irrigation water demand under climate change

    Yoshihide Wada;Dominik Wisser;Dominik Wisser;Stephanie Eisner;Martina Flörke

  • An estimation of global virtual water flow and sources of water withdrawal for major crops and livestock products using a global hydrological model

    Naota Hanasaki;Toshiyuki Inuzuka;Shinjiro Kanae;Taikan Oki

  • A global water scarcity assessment under Shared Socio-economic Pathways – Part 2: Water availability and scarcity

    N. Hanasaki;S. Fujimori;T. Yamamoto;S. Yoshikawa

  • Human–water interface in hydrological modelling : current status and future directions

    Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada;Marc F. P. Bierkens;Ad de Roo;Paul A. Dirmeyer

  • Incorporating anthropogenic water regulation modules into a land surface model

    Yadu Pokhrel;Naota Hanasaki;Sujan Koirala;Jaeil Cho

  • A global hydrological simulation to specify the sources of water used by humans

    Naota Hanasaki;Naota Hanasaki;Sayaka Yoshikawa;Yadu Pokhrel;Shinjiro Kanae

  • Water for food: The global virtual water trade network

    M. Konar;C. Dalin;S. Suweis;S. Suweis;N. Hanasaki

  • State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes

    Jacob Schewe;Simon N. Gosling;Christopher Reyer;Fang Zhao

  • Water resources transfers through Chinese interprovincial and foreign food trade

    Carole Dalin;Naota Hanasaki;Huanguang Qiu;Denise L. Mauzerall

Frequent Co-Authors

Taikan Oki
Taikan Oki University of Tokyo
Yadu Pokhrel
Yadu Pokhrel Michigan State University
Shinjiro Kanae
Shinjiro Kanae Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kiyoshi Takahashi
Kiyoshi Takahashi National Institute for Environmental Studies
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Dieter Gerten
Dieter Gerten Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Simon N. Gosling
Simon N. Gosling University of Nottingham
Seita Emori
Seita Emori University of Tokyo
Akihiko Ito
Akihiko Ito University of Tokyo

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