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Environmental Sciences
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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 69 1804 1718 2 2 294 16024

Stefan Uhlenbrook publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefan Uhlenbrook between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefan Uhlenbrook published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 10.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2009. 4 of the 322 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2009. 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 10 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 24 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

322 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefan Uhlenbrook: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 2
1998 2
1999 5
2000 5
2001 1
2002 10
2003 15
2004 8
2005 9
2006 15
2007 13
2008 20
2009 24
2010 22
2011 23
2012 21
2013 18
2014 19
2015 10
2016 6
2017 15
2018 13
2019 6
2020 7
2021 12
2022 10
2023 4
2024 3
2025 3
2026 1
Total 322
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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.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 291–300 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 294 publications — 85th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127 294
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 69 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

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 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98 69
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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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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