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Wim Thiery publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wim Thiery sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 197 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Wim Thiery D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wim Thiery sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

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

  • Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change

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

  • Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes

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

  • 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

  • Phenological shifts in lake stratification under climate change.

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

  • Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes

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

  • Present-day irrigation mitigates heat extremes

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

  • Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

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

  • The Impact of the African Great Lakes on the Regional Climate

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

  • Warming of hot extremes alleviated by expanding irrigation.

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

  • Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing

    Luke Grant;Inne Vanderkelen;Lukas Gudmundsson;Zeli Tan

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

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  • 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

  • Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Amplified Drought and Flood Risk Under Future Socioeconomic and Climatic Change

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

  • Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria

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

  • Global climate response to idealized deforestation in CMIP6 models

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

  • 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

  • Future projections of temperature and mixing regime of European temperate lakes

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

  • 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

  • Global Heat Uptake by Inland Waters

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

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

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Demuzere
Matthias Demuzere Ruhr University Bochum
Simon N. Gosling
Simon N. Gosling University of Nottingham
Yadu Pokhrel
Yadu Pokhrel Michigan State University
Jakob Zscheischler
Jakob Zscheischler Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Manolis G. Grillakis
Manolis G. Grillakis Technical University of Crete
Hannes Müller Schmied
Hannes Müller Schmied Goethe University Frankfurt

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