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Niko Wanders 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 Niko Wanders sits on this spectrum.

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41 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.

Niko Wanders 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 Niko Wanders sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Niko Wanders is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on global water systems and climate impacts. Their research spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The most frequently addressed topics in Wanders's work include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Climate variability and models
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, notably:

  • Marc F. P. Bierkens (28 coauthored works)
  • Edwin H. Sutanudjaja (20 coauthored works)
  • Rens van Beek (16 coauthored works)
  • Michelle T. H. van Vliet (15 coauthored works)
  • Edward R. Jones (13 coauthored works)

Wanders's recent publications include:

  • "Threats of global warming to the world's freshwater fishes" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Anthropogenic Drought: Definition, Challenges, and Opportunities" (2021) published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • "The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies" (2020) published in Water Security
  • "Attribution of the heavy rainfall events leading to severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021" (2023) published in Climatic Change
  • "Understanding each other's models: an introduction and a standard representation of 16 global water models to support intercomparison, improvement, and communication" (2021) published in Geoscientific Model Development

The venues where Wanders has frequently published include a broad range of journals and repositories:

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

Best Publications

  • Drought in the Anthropocene

    Anne F. Van Loon;Tom Gleeson;Julian Clark;Albert I J M Van Dijk

  • Anthropogenic warming exacerbates European soil moisture droughts

    L. Samaniego;S. Thober;R. Kumar;N. Wanders

  • PCR-GLOBWB 2: a 5 arcmin global hydrological and water resources model

    Edwin H. Sutanudjaja;Rens van Beek;Niko Wanders;Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada

  • Drought in a human-modified world : reframing drought definitions, understanding, and analysis approaches

    Anne F. Van Loon;Kerstin Stahl;Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Julian Clark

  • Water shortages worsened by reservoir effects

    Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Niko Wanders;Amir AghaKouchak;Linda Kuil

  • Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide

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

  • Reconciling high-altitude precipitation in the upper Indus basin with glacier mass balances and runoff

    W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;N. Wanders;N. Wanders;Arthur Lutz;J. M. Shea

  • Threats of global warming to the world's freshwater fishes.

    Valerio Barbarossa;Valerio Barbarossa;Valerio Barbarossa;Joyce Bosmans;Niko Wanders;Henry King

  • Human and climate impacts on the 21st century hydrological drought

    N. Wanders;Y. Wada

  • Hydrological drought across the world: impact of climate and physical catchment structure

    H. A. J. Van Lanen;N. Wanders;N. Wanders;L. M. Tallaksen;A. F. Van Loon

  • 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

  • Anthropogenic Drought: Definition, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Amir AghaKouchak;Ali Mirchi;Kaveh Madani;Kaveh Madani;Giuliano Di Baldassarre

  • The suitability of remotely sensed soil moisture for improving operational flood forecasting

    N. Wanders;D. Karssenberg;A. de Roo;S. M. de Jong

  • The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies

    Philip J. Ward;Marleen C. de Ruiter;Johanna Mård;Kai Schröter

  • The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture in parameter identification of large‐scale hydrological models

    N. Wanders;M. P F Bierkens;S. M. de Jong;A. de Roo

  • How climate seasonality modifies drought duration and deficit

    A. F. Van Loon;E. Tijdeman;N. Wanders;H. A. J. Van Lanen

  • Climate change alters low flows in Europe under global warming of 1.5, 2, and 3 °C

    Andreas Marx;Rohini Kumar;Stephan Thober;Oldrich Rakovec;Oldrich Rakovec

  • Attribution of the heavy rainfall events leading to severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021

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  • Four decades of microwave satellite soil moisture observations: Part 1. A review of retrieval algorithms

    L. Karthikeyan;L. Karthikeyan;Ming Pan;Niko Wanders;Niko Wanders;D. Nagesh Kumar

  • A Preliminary Study toward Consistent Soil Moisture from AMSR2

    Robert M. Parinussa;Thomas R. H. Holmes;Niko Wanders;Wouter A. Dorigo

  • The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture in parameter identification of large-scale hydrological models

    Niko Wanders;Marc F. P. Bierkens;Steven M. de Jong;Ad de Roo

  • Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University
Eric F. Wood
Eric F. Wood Princeton University
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Luis Samaniego
Luis Samaniego Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ming Pan
Ming Pan Princeton University
Rohini Kumar
Rohini Kumar Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Anne F. Van Loon
Anne F. Van Loon Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Walter W. Immerzeel
Walter W. Immerzeel Utrecht University
Christel Prudhomme
Christel Prudhomme European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

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