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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
98
Citations
46269
World Ranking
406
National Ranking
28

Robert L. Wilby 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 Robert L. Wilby sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 361 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert L. Wilby 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 Robert L. Wilby sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Robert L. Wilby is affiliated with Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to the understanding of global and planetary change. Wilby's work spans several subfields, including water science and technology, atmospheric science, ocean engineering, and environmental engineering.

The scientist has produced a body of work that addresses key topics such as flood risk assessment and management, hydrology and watershed management studies, and climate variability and models. Additional topics of research include hydrology and drought analysis, meteorological phenomena and simulations, urban stormwater management solutions, and hydrology and sediment transport processes.

Wilby frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, with notable coauthor relationships including Tom Matthews, Conor Murphy, Dapeng Yu, Louise Slater, and Christel Prudhomme. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse and multidisciplinary approach in their research outputs.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on hydrological extremes, climate forecasting, and the impacts of environmental changes. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Nonstationary weather and water extremes: a review of methods for their detection, attribution, and management" (2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences)
  • "Hybrid forecasting: blending climate predictions with AI models" (2023, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences)
  • "Using UNSEEN trends to detect decadal changes in 100-year precipitation extremes" (2020, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science)
  • "Concurrent wet and dry hydrological extremes at the global scale" (2020, Earth System Dynamics)
  • "Disruption of emergency response to vulnerable populations during floods" (2020, Nature Sustainability)

Wilby's frequent publication venues reflect a broad engagement with the climatology and environmental research communities. Primary outlets include the International Journal of Climatology, Geographical Journal, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Environmental Research Letters, and Area.

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Downscaling general circulation model output: a review of methods and limitations

    R.L. Wilby;T.M.L. Wigley

  • sdsm — a decision support tool for the assessment of regional climate change impacts

    Robert L. Wilby;Christian W. Dawson;E. M. Barrow

  • A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality

    Paul Whitehead;R L Wilby;R W Battarbee;M Kernan

  • Guidelines for Use of Climate Scenarios Developed from Statistical Downscaling Methods

    R. L. Wilby;S. P. Charles;E. Zorita;B. Timbal

  • A framework for assessing uncertainties in climate change impacts: Low-flow scenarios for the River Thames, UK

    Robert Wilby;I. Harris

  • The weather generation game: a review of stochastic weather models

    D. S. Wilks;R. L. Wilby

  • Hydrological modelling using artificial neural networks

    C. W. Dawson;R. L. Wilby

  • Statistical downscaling of general circulation model output: A comparison of methods

    R. L. Wilby;T. M. L. Wigley;D. Conway;P. D. Jones

  • Robust adaptation to climate change

    Robert L. Wilby;Suraje Dessai

  • UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change projections

    J.M. Murphy;D.M.H. Sexton;G.J. Jenkins;B.B.B. Booth

  • An artificial neural network approach to rainfall-runoff modelling

    Christian W. Dawson;Robert Wilby

  • A COMPARISON OF DELTA CHANGE AND DOWNSCALED GCM SCENARIOS FOR THREE MOUNTAINOUS BASINS IN THE UNITED STATES

    Lauren E. Hay;Robert L. Wilby;George H. Leavesley

  • Regional Climate Information—Evaluation and Projections

    F. Giorgi;J. Christensen;M. Hulme;H. von Storch

  • Allowable CO2 emissions based on regional and impact-related climate targets

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Markus G. Donat;Andy J. Pitman;Reto Knutti

  • A comparison of statistical downscaling and climate change factor methods: impacts on low flows in the River Thames, United Kingdom

    Jacqueline Diaz-Nieto;Robert L. Wilby

  • Storylines: an alternative approach to representing uncertainty in physical aspects of climate change

    Theodore G. Shepherd;Emily Boyd;Raphael A. Calel;Raphael A. Calel;Sandra C. Chapman;Sandra C. Chapman

  • A daily weather generator for use in climate change studies

    C. G. Kilsby;P. D. Jones;A. Burton;A. C. Ford

  • Sustainable water management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling

    N. LeRoy Poff;Casey M. Brown;Theodore E. Grantham;John H. Matthews

  • A comparison of downscaled and raw GCM output: implications for climate change scenarios in the San Juan River basin, Colorado

    R.L. Wilby;R.L. Wilby;L.E. Hay;G.H. Leavesley

Frequent Co-Authors

Christel Prudhomme
Christel Prudhomme European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Dapeng Yu
Dapeng Yu Peking University
Paul J. Wood
Paul J. Wood Loughborough University
Hayley J. Fowler
Hayley J. Fowler Newcastle University
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Paul Whitehead
Paul Whitehead University of Oxford
Rachel Warren
Rachel Warren University of East Anglia
Martyn P. Clark
Martyn P. Clark University of Saskatchewan
Lauren E. Hay
Lauren E. Hay United States Geological Survey
Richard W. Battarbee
Richard W. Battarbee University College London

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