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35
Citations
8147
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9228
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79

Peter Burek 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 Peter Burek sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 144 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Peter Burek 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 Peter Burek sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Burek is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a specific emphasis on water-related studies. Their work covers topics such as hydrology and watershed management studies, water resources management and optimization, the water-energy-food nexus, flood risk assessment and management, climate variability and models, geophysics and gravity measurements, as well as hydrology and drought analysis.

They have contributed to several recent research papers, including:

  • Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • South-to-North Water Diversion stabilizing Beijing's groundwater levels, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Development of the Community Water Model (CWatM v1.04) - a high-resolution hydrological model for global and regional assessment of integrated water resources management, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Uncertainty of simulated groundwater recharge at different global warming levels: a global-scale multi-model ensemble study, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Burek include:

  • Yoshihide Wada
  • Mikhail Smilovic
  • Yusuke Satoh
  • Simon N. Gosling
  • Hannes Müller Schmied

Their research has been published regularly in a range of scientific venues, the most frequent being:

  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)
  • Water Resources Research

Their subfields of specialization demonstrate a broad scope within environmental science, involving:

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

Best Publications

  • Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change

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

  • Global warming increases the frequency of river floods in Europe

    L. Alfieri;P. Burek;L. Feyen;G. Forzieri

  • 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

  • GloFAS – global ensemble streamflow forecasting and flood early warning

    L. Alfieri;P. Burek;E. Dutra;B. Krzeminski

  • South-to-North Water Diversion stabilizing Beijing’s groundwater levels

    Di Long;Wenting Yang;Bridget R. Scanlon;Jianshi Zhao

  • Global assessment of water challenges under uncertainty in water scarcity projections

    P. Greve;T. Kahil;J. Mochizuki;T. Schinko

  • Hyper-resolution global hydrological modelling: what is next?

    Marc F. P. Bierkens;Victoria A. Bell;Peter Burek;Nathaniel Chaney

  • The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change

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  • Global exposure and vulnerability to multi-sector development and climate change hotspots

    Edward Byers;Matthew Gidden;David Leclère;Juraj Balkovic

  • Solar and wind energy enhances drought resilience and groundwater sustainability

    Xiaogang He;Xiaogang He;Xiaogang He;Kairui Feng;Xiaoyuan Li;Amy B. Craft

  • Managing the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems under water scarcity. The GLOBAQUA project

    Alícia Navarro-Ortega;Vicenç Acuña;Alberto Bellin;Peter Burek

  • Development of the Community Water Model (CWatM v1.04) – a high-resolution hydrological model for global and regional assessment of integrated water resources management

    Peter Burek;Yusuke Satoh;Yusuke Satoh;Taher Kahil;Ting Tang

  • The impact of lake and reservoir parameterization on global streamflow simulation

    Zuzanna Zajac;Beatriz Revilla-Romero;Peter Salamon;Peter Burek

  • Water Futures and Solution - Fast Track Initiative (Final Report)

    P. Burek;Y. Satoh;G. Fischer;M.T. Kahil

  • Uncertainty of simulated groundwater recharge at different global warming levels: a global-scale multi-model ensemble study

    Robert Reinecke;Hannes Müller Schmied;Tim Trautmann;Lauren Seaby Andersen

  • Understanding each other's models: an introduction and a standard representation of 16 global water models to support intercomparison, improvement, and communication

    Camelia-Eliza Telteu;Hannes Müller Schmied;Wim Thiery;Guoyong Leng

  • Assimilation of MODIS snow cover area data in a distributed hydrological model using the particle filter

    Guillaume Thirel;Peter Salamon;Peter Burek;Milan Kalas

  • Technologies to Support Community Flood Disaster Risk Reduction

    Ian McCallum;Wei Liu;Linda See;Reinhard Mechler

  • Human Intervention Will Stabilize Groundwater Storage Across the North China Plain

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  • Excess nutrient loads to Lake Taihu: Opportunities for nutrient reduction

    Mengru Wang;Maryna Strokal;Peter Burek;Carolien Kroeze

  • Modelling the socio-economic impact of river floods in Europe

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Luc Feyen;Peter Salamon;Jutta Thielen

  • Filling the gaps: Calibrating a rainfall-runoff model using satellite-derived surface water extent

    Beatriz Revilla-Romero;Hylke E. Beck;Peter Burek;Peter Salamon

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Simon J. Langan
Simon J. Langan International Water Management Institute
Naota Hanasaki
Naota Hanasaki National Institute for Environmental Studies
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Yadu Pokhrel
Yadu Pokhrel Michigan State University
Günther Fischer
Günther Fischer International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Wim Thiery
Wim Thiery Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Petr Havlik
Petr Havlik International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Simon N. Gosling
Simon N. Gosling University of Nottingham

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