2026 Wim Thiery: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	55	2974	2853	40	39	197	11940

Overview

Wim Thiery is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, water science and technology, electrical and electronic engineering, and oceanography.

The scientist's work covers various topics including climate variability and models, hydrology and watershed management studies, flood risk assessment and management, climate change impacts on agriculture, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, and water-energy-food nexus studies.

Recent publications by Wim Thiery feature articles with a range of co-authors in notable scientific journals and venues:

"A typology of compound weather and climate events," 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change," 2021, Nature Climate Change
"Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes," 2021, Nature
"Globally observed trends in mean and extreme river flow attributed to climate change," 2021, Science
"Phenological shifts in lake stratification under climate change," 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators include Inne Vanderkelen, Nicole Van Lipzig, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Yadu Pokhrel, and Simon N. Gosling. This network reflects interdisciplinary cooperation within the environmental sciences community.

Wim Thiery's publications often appear in several recurring venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environmental Research Letters, Earth System Dynamics, Nature Communications, and Geoscientific Model Development. These outlets indicate a consistent focus on environmental research and data sharing.

Best Publications

A typology of compound weather and climate events

Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Olivia Martius;Olivia Martius;Seth Westra;Emanuele Bevacqua

1279
Citations
Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change

Yadu Pokhrel;Farshid Felfelani;Yusuke Satoh;Yusuke Satoh;Julien Boulange

850
Citations
Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes

Stephen F. Jane;Stephen F. Jane;Gretchen J.A. Hansen;Benjamin M. Kraemer;Peter R. Leavitt;Peter R. Leavitt

602
Citations
Globally observed trends in mean and extreme river flow attributed to climate change

Lukas Gudmundsson;Julien Boulange;Hong X. Do;Hong X. Do;Hong X. Do;Simon N. Gosling

536
Citations
Phenological shifts in lake stratification under climate change.

R. Iestyn Woolway;R. Iestyn Woolway;Sapna Sharma;Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;Andrey Debolskiy;Andrey Debolskiy

383
Citations
Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes

Wim Thiery;Stefan Lange;Joeri Rogelj;Carl Friedrich Schleussner

368
Citations
Present-day irrigation mitigates heat extremes

Wim Thiery;Wim Thiery;Edouard L. Davin;David M. Lawrence;Annette L. Hirsch

314
Citations
Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

Jason D. Stockwell;Jonathan P. Doubek;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian;Orlane Anneville

264
Citations
The Impact of the African Great Lakes on the Regional Climate

Wim Thiery;Edouard Léopold Davin;Hans-Jürgen Panitz;Matthias Demuzere

258
Citations
Warming of hot extremes alleviated by expanding irrigation.

Wim Thiery;Auke J. Visser;Erich M. Fischer;Mathias Hauser

219
Citations
Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing

Luke Grant;Inne Vanderkelen;Lukas Gudmundsson;Zeli Tan

206
Citations
Heat stored in the Earth system 1960–2020: where does the energy go?

Unknown

204
Citations
Projecting Exposure to Extreme Climate Impact Events Across Six Event Categories and Three Spatial Scales

Stefan Lange;Jan Volkholz;Tobias Geiger;Tobias Geiger;Fang Zhao

180
Citations
Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat

Benjamin M. Kraemer;Rachel M. Pilla;R. Iestyn Woolway;R. Iestyn Woolway;Orlane Anneville

167
Citations
LakeMIP Kivu: Evaluating the representation of a large, deep tropical lake by a set of one-dimensional lake models

Wim Thiery;Victor M. Stepanenko;Xing Fang;Klaus D. Jöhnk

153
Citations
Uncertainty of simulated groundwater recharge at different global warming levels: a global-scale multi-model ensemble study

Robert Reinecke;Hannes Müller Schmied;Tim Trautmann;Lauren Seaby Andersen

147
Citations
Amplified Drought and Flood Risk Under Future Socioeconomic and Climatic Change

Hossein Tabari;Parisa Hosseinzadehtalaei;Wim Thiery;Patrick Willems;Patrick Willems

141
Citations
Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria

Wim Thiery;Wim Thiery;Edouard Léopold Davin;Sonia I. Seneviratne;Kristopher Bedka

137
Citations
Global climate response to idealized deforestation in CMIP6 models

Lena R. Boysen;Victor Brovkin;Julia Pongratz;David M. Lawrence

133
Citations
Cloud and precipitation properties from ground-based remote-sensing instruments in East Antarctica

I. V. Gorodetskaya;S. Kneifel;S. Kneifel;M. Maahn;K. Van Tricht

130
Citations
Future projections of temperature and mixing regime of European temperate lakes

Tom Shatwell;Tom Shatwell;Wim Thiery;Wim Thiery;Georgiy Kirillin

127
Citations
A new approach for assessing synergies of solar and wind power: implications for West Africa

Sebastian Hendrik Sterl;Sebastian Hendrik Sterl;Sebastian Hendrik Sterl;Stefan Liersch;Hagen Koch;Nicole van Lipzig

121
Citations
Global Heat Uptake by Inland Waters

I. Vanderkelen;N. P. M. van Lipzig;D. M. Lawrence;B. Droppers

113
Citations
The Regional Climate Impact of a Realistic Future Deforestation Scenario in the Congo Basin

Tom Akkermans;Wim Thiery;Nicole P. M. Van Lipzig

113
Citations
Crop productivity changes in 1.5°C and 2°C worlds under climate sensitivity uncertainty

Carl-Friedrich Schleussner;Delphine Deryng;Christoph Müller;Joshua Elliott

103
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole Van Lipzig KU Leuven

Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich

Edouard L. Davin ETH Zurich

Matthias Demuzere Ruhr University Bochum

Lukas Gudmundsson ETH Zurich

Simon N. Gosling University of Nottingham

Yadu Pokhrel Michigan State University

Jakob Zscheischler Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

Manolis G. Grillakis Technical University of Crete

Hannes Müller Schmied Goethe University Frankfurt

External Links

Personal website of Wim Thiery

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