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Reinhard Mechler 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 Reinhard Mechler sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 250 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Reinhard Mechler 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 Reinhard Mechler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Reinhard Mechler is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research lies primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Social Sciences, with notable contributions to subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

They have authored numerous papers focusing on topics such as Disaster Management and Resilience, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Climate change impacts on agriculture, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Climate Change and Health Impacts, and Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis.

Some of their recent papers include: "Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent IPCC insights and implications for climate science and policy" (2020, Sustainability Science), "The existential risk space of climate change" (2022, Climatic Change), "Perspectives on transformational change in climate risk management and adaptation" (2020, Environmental Research Letters), "A typology of community flood resilience" (2020, Regional Environmental Change), and "Addressing the human cost in a changing climate" (2021, Science).

Their frequent co-authors include Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Finn Laurien, Adriana Keating, Stefan Velev, and Dipesh Chapagain.

Mechler's work is regularly published in venues such as Climate Risk Management, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Research Letters, Sustainability Science, and Global Environmental Change.

In addition to articles, they have contributed to book publications, including Public Sector Innovation: Adapting Institutions to Systems Thinking (2020), published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis

  • Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent IPCC insights and implications for climate science and policy (2020, Sustainability Science)
  • The existential risk space of climate change (2022, Climatic Change)
  • Perspectives on transformational change in climate risk management and adaptation (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • A typology of community flood resilience (2020, Regional Environmental Change)
  • Addressing the human cost in a changing climate (2021, Science)

  • Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
  • Finn Laurien
  • Adriana Keating
  • Stefan Velev
  • Dipesh Chapagain

  • Climate Risk Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Sustainability Science
  • Global Environmental Change

Best Publications

  • Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

    Zbigniew W Kundzewicz;Shinjiro Kanae;Sonia I Seneviratne;John W Handmer

  • Determinants of risk: Exposure and vulnerability

    Omar-Dario Cardona;Maarten K. van Aalst;Jörn Birkmann;Maureen Fordham

  • Technical Summary: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty

    M. Allen;P. Antwi-Agyei;F. Aragon-Durand;M. Babiker

  • Increasing stress on disaster-risk finance due to large floods

    Brenden Jongman;Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler;Luc Feyen;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

  • Strengthening and Implementing the Global Response

    Heleen de Coninck;A. Revi;M. Babiker;P. Bertoldi

  • Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and ecosystems

    John Handmer;Yasushi Honda;Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Nigel Arnell

  • The Impact of Air Pollutant and Methane Emission Controls on Tropospheric Ozone and Radiative Forcing: CTM Calculations for the Period 1990-2030

    F. Dentener;David Stevenson;J. Cofala;R. Mechler

  • Natural Disaster Risk Management and Financing Disaster Losses in Developing Countries

    Reinhard Mechler

  • Reviewing estimates of the economic efficiency of disaster risk management: opportunities and limitations of using risk-based cost–benefit analysis

    R. Mechler

  • Understanding trends and projections of disaster losses and climate change: Is vulnerability the missing link?

    Reinhard Mechler;Laurens M. Bouwer

  • An overview of serious games for disaster risk management – Prospects and limitations for informing actions to arrest increasing risk

    Aleksandra Solinska-Nowak;Piotr Magnuszewski;Margot Curl;Adam French

  • Managing unnatural disaster risk from climate extremes

    Reinhard Mechler;Reinhard Mechler;Laurens M. Bouwer;Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer;Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler

  • Insurance for assisting adaptation to climate change in developing countries: a proposed strategy

    Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer;Reinhard Mechler

  • Toward a Sustainable and Resilient Future

    Karen O'Brien;Mark Pelling;Anand Patwardhan;Stephane Hallegatte

  • Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand?

    Anthony G. Patt;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Frans Berkhout;Asbjørn Aaheim

  • National systems for managing the risks from climate extremes and disasters

    Padma Narsey Lal;Tom Mitchell;Paulina Aldunce;Heather Auld

  • Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options

    Reinhard Mechler;Laurens M. Bouwer;Thomas Schinko;Swenja Surminski

  • The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation

    D.P. van Vuuren;M. Isaac;Z.W. Kundzewicz;Z.W. Kundzewicz;N. Arnell

  • Ecological macroeconomics: An application to climate change

    Armon Rezai;Armon Rezai;Lance Taylor;Reinhard Mechler;Reinhard Mechler

  • Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent IPCC insights and implications for climate science and policy

    Reinhard Mechler;Chandni Singh;Kristie L. Ebi;Riyanti Djalante

  • Identifying the policy space for climate loss and damage

    Reinhard Mechler;Reinhard Mechler;Thomas Schinko;Thomas Schinko

  • ORCHID: piloting climate risk screening in DFID Bangladesh.

    T. Tanner;Ahmadul Hassan;K. M. N. Islam;D. Conway

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Laurens M. Bouwer
Laurens M. Bouwer Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Ian McCallum
Ian McCallum International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
W. J. Wouter Botzen
W. J. Wouter Botzen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Christian Huggel
Christian Huggel University of Zurich
Petra Tschakert
Petra Tschakert Curtin University
Markus Amann
Markus Amann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Janusz Cofala
Janusz Cofala International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Frans Berkhout
Frans Berkhout King's College London

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