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75
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1295
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Vimal Mishra 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 Vimal Mishra sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 297 publications — 85th percentile

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

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Vimal Mishra 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 Vimal Mishra sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in India Leader Award

Overview

Vimal Mishra is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar in India. Their primary field of research is Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work extensively covers several core topics, including:

  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate variability and models
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

Mishra has contributed to numerous research papers, including:

  • "Global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Bias-corrected climate projections for South Asia from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project-6," 2020, published in Scientific Data
  • "Irrigation in the Earth system," 2023, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Causes and implications of groundwater depletion in India: A review," 2021, published in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Moist heat stress extremes in India enhanced by irrigation," 2020, published in Nature Geoscience

The scientist frequently publishes in venues including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth's Future, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Research Letters, and Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Frequent collaborators in Mishra's research include:

  • Anukesh Krishnankutty Ambika
  • Saran Aadhar
  • Amar Deep Tiwari
  • Dipesh Singh Chuphal
  • Shanti Shwarup Mahto

Best Publications

  • A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States*

    E. P. Maurer;A. W. Wood;J. C. Adam;D. P. Lettenmaier

  • A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States: Update and Extensions*

    Ben Livneh;Eric A. Rosenberg;Chiyu Lin;Bart Nijssen

  • Relative contribution of monsoon precipitation and pumping to changes in groundwater storage in India

    Akarsh Asoka;Tom Gleeson;Yoshihide Wada;Vimal Mishra

  • Increase in extreme precipitation events under anthropogenic warming in India

    Sourav Mukherjee;Saran Aadhar;Daithi Stone;Vimal Mishra

  • Global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence

    Jordan I. Christian;Jeffrey B. Basara;Eric D. Hunt;Jason A. Otkin

  • Bias-corrected climate projections for South Asia from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project-6.

    Vimal Mishra;Udit Bhatia;Amar Deep Tiwari

  • A prominent pattern of year-to-year variability in Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

    Vimal Mishra;Brian V. Smoliak;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;John M. Wallace

  • Changes in observed climate extremes in global urban areas

    Vimal Mishra;Vimal Mishra;Vimal Mishra;Auroop R Ganguly;Bart Nijssen;Dennis P Lettenmaier;Dennis P Lettenmaier

  • Retrospective droughts in the crop growing season: Implications to corn and soybean yield in the Midwestern United States

    Vimal Mishra;Keith A. Cherkauer

  • Irrigation in the Earth system

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  • Causes and implications of groundwater depletion in India: A review

    Swarup Dangar;Akarsh Asoka;Vimal Mishra

  • Trends and variability of droughts over the Indian monsoon region

    Ganeshchandra Mallya;Vimal Mishra;Dev Niyogi;Shivam Mani Tripathi

  • Does ERA‐5 Outperform Other Reanalysis Products for Hydrologic Applications in India?

    Shanti Shwarup Mahto;Vimal Mishra

  • The Pakistan Flood of August 2022: Causes and Implications

    Unknown

  • Remotely sensed high resolution irrigated area mapping in India for 2000 to 2015.

    Anukesh Krishnankutty Ambika;Brian Wardlow;Vimal Mishra

  • Moist heat stress extremes in India enhanced by irrigation

    Vimal Mishra;Anukesh Krishnankutty Ambika;Akarsh Asoka;Saran Aadhar

  • High-resolution near real-time drought monitoring in South Asia.

    Saran Aadhar;Vimal Mishra

  • Assessment of Drought due to Historic Climate Variability and Projected Future Climate Change in the Midwestern United States

    Vimal Mishra;Keith A. Cherkauer;Shraddhanand Shukla

  • Reliability of regional and global climate models to simulate precipitation extremes over India

    Vimal Mishra;Devashish Kumar;Auroop R. Ganguly;J. Sanjay

  • Drought and Famine in India, 1870-2016

    Vimal Mishra;Amar Deep Tiwari;Saran Aadhar;Reepal Shah

  • Relationship between hourly extreme precipitation and local air temperature in the United States

    Vimal Mishra;John M. Wallace;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • Relative Contribution of Monsoon Precipitation and Pumping to Changes in Groundwater Storage in India

    T. P. Gleeson;Y. Wada;V. Mishra

Frequent Co-Authors

Rohini Kumar
Rohini Kumar Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew Huber
Matthew Huber Purdue University West Lafayette
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Laura C. Bowling
Laura C. Bowling Purdue University West Lafayette
Hayley J. Fowler
Hayley J. Fowler Newcastle University
Dev Niyogi
Dev Niyogi The University of Texas at Austin
Luis Samaniego
Luis Samaniego Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Shaochun Huang
Shaochun Huang Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Anne F. Van Loon
Anne F. Van Loon Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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