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2026

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69
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1801
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Stefan Uhlenbrook 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 Stefan Uhlenbrook sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 294 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Uhlenbrook 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 Stefan Uhlenbrook sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sri Lanka Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sri Lanka Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sri Lanka Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sri Lanka Leader Award

Overview

Stefan Uhlenbrook is affiliated with the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on water science and technology, ocean engineering, and global and planetary change. Additional subfields include nutrition and dietetics as well as ecology.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, including water resources management and optimization, hydrology and watershed management studies, and the water-energy-food nexus studies. They also explore child nutrition and water access, water governance and infrastructure, wastewater treatment and reuse, and research data management practices.

Frequent publication venues for Stefan Uhlenbrook include the Hydrological Sciences Journal, where they have several contributions, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Nature Sustainability, Global Food Security, and the Natural Resources Forum.

Notable recent papers associated with their research include:

  • Rethinking water for SDG 6 (2020) in Nature Sustainability
  • Citizens AND HYdrology (CANDHY): conceptualizing a transdisciplinary framework for citizen science addressing hydrological challenges (2020) in Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • Editorial - Towards FAIR and SQUARE hydrological data (2020) in Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • The role of water in transforming food systems (2022) in Global Food Security
  • Changing Agricultural Landscapes in Ethiopia: Examining Application of Adaptive Management Approach (2020) in Sustainability

Stefan Uhlenbrook collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Petra Schmitter, Christophe Cudennec, Jennie Barron, Amare Haileslassie, and Wolde Mekuria.

Best Publications

  • IAHS Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), 2003–2012: Shaping an exciting future for the hydrological sciences

    M. Sivapalan;K. Takeuchi;S. W. Franks;V. K. Gupta

  • A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review

    M. Hrachowitz;H. H. G. Savenije;G. Blöschl;J. J. Mcdonnell

  • Eutrophication and nutrient release in urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa--a review.

    P.M. Nyenje;J.W. Foppen;S. Uhlenbrook;S. Uhlenbrook;R. Kulabako

  • Prediction uncertainty of conceptual rainfall-runoff models caused by problems in identifying model parameters and structure

    Stefan Uhlenbrook;Jan Seibert;Christian Leibundgut;Allan Rodhe

  • Hydrograph separations in a mesoscale mountainous basin at event and seasonal timescales

    Stefan Uhlenbrook;Markus Frey;Christian Leibundgut;Piotr Maloszewski

  • A framework to assess the realism of model structures using hydrological signatures

    T. Euser;H. C. Winsemius;M. Hrachowitz;F. Fenicia

  • A distributed stream temperature model using high resolution temperature observations

    M. C. Westhoff;H. H. G. Savenije;W. M. J . Luxemburg;G. S. Stelling

  • Comparison of different base flow separation methods in a lowland catchment

    A. L. Gonzales;J. Nonner;J. Heijkers;S. Uhlenbrook;S. Uhlenbrook

  • Hydrological process representation at the meso-scale: the potential of a distributed, conceptual catchment model

    Stefan Uhlenbrook;Stefan Roser;Nils Tilch

  • Sensitivity analyses of a distributed catchment model to verify the model structure

    Angela Sieber;Stefan Uhlenbrook

  • Partitioning of evaporation into transpiration, soil evaporation and interception: a comparison between isotope measurements and a HYDRUS-1D model

    S. J. Sutanto;S. J. Sutanto;S. J. Sutanto;J. Wenninger;J. Wenninger;A. M. J. Coenders-Gerrits;S. Uhlenbrook;S. Uhlenbrook

  • Variability of rainfall in Peninsular Malaysia

    C. L. Wong;R. Venneker;S. Uhlenbrook;S. Uhlenbrook;A. B. M. Jamil;A. B. M. Jamil

  • Understanding recent land use and land cover dynamics in the source region of the Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia: Spatially explicit statistical modeling of systematic transitions

    Ermias Teferi;Ermias Teferi;Woldeamlak Bewket;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Jochen Wenninger;Jochen Wenninger

  • Quantifying uncertainties in tracer-based hydrograph separations: a case study for two-, three- and five-component hydrograph separations in a mountainous catchment

    Stefan Uhlenbrook;Simon Hoeg

  • Modeling spatial patterns of saturated areas: An evaluation of different terrain indices.

    Andreas Güntner;Jan Seibert;Stefan Uhlenbrook

  • Hydrograph separation in a mountainous catchment — combining hydrochemical and isotopic tracers

    S Hoeg;S Hoeg;S Uhlenbrook;Ch Leibundgut

  • Ecosystem-based water security and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    Charles J. Vörösmarty;Charles J. Vörösmarty;Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna;Anthony D. Cak;Anik Bhaduri

  • Climate-change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted coastlines

    Roshanka Ranasinghe;Roshanka Ranasinghe;Trang Minh Duong;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Dano Roelvink;Dano Roelvink

  • Trends in temperature and rainfall extremes in the Yellow River source region, China

    Yurong Hu;Yurong Hu;Shreedhar Maskey;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Stefan Uhlenbrook

  • Impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Mekong River basin: a case study of the Nam Ou basin, Lao PDR

    B. Shrestha;M. S. Babel;S. Maskey;A. van Griensven;A. van Griensven

  • Rethinking water for SDG 6

    Claudia W. Sadoff;Edoardo Borgomeo;Edoardo Borgomeo;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Stefan Uhlenbrook

  • Streamflow trends and climate linkages in the source region of the Yellow River, China

    Yurong Hu;Yurong Hu;Shreedhar Maskey;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Stefan Uhlenbrook;Hongli Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
Shreedhar Maskey
Shreedhar Maskey IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Yasir A. Mohamed
Yasir A. Mohamed IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Pieter van der Zaag
Pieter van der Zaag IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich
Laurent Pfister
Laurent Pfister Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Dimitri Solomatine
Dimitri Solomatine IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Hessel Winsemius
Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology

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