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D-Index
46
Citations
8592
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6048
National Ranking
399

Wolfgang Durner 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 Wolfgang Durner sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 199 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Durner 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 Wolfgang Durner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Durner is affiliated with Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions to environmental engineering and civil and structural engineering. Their work addresses topics including soil and unsaturated flow, soil moisture and remote sensing, groundwater flow and contamination studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, irrigation practices and water management, landslides and related hazards, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

They have published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Vadose Zone Journal, Water, Water Resources Research, Earth System Science Data, and Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

Their recent papers showcase a range of topics related to soil science and hydrology. Selected papers include:

  • "Soil moisture and matric potential - an open field comparison of sensor systems" (2020, Earth System Science Data)
  • "A Simple Model to Predict Hydraulic Conductivity in Medium to Dry Soil From the Water Retention Curve" (2021, Water Resources Research)
  • "The improved integral suspension pressure method (ISP+) for precise particle size analysis of soil and sedimentary materials" (2021, Soil and Tillage Research)
  • "Studying Unimodal, Bimodal, PDI and Bimodal-PDI Variants of Multiple Soil Water Retention Models: I. Direct Model Fit Using the Extended Evaporation and Dewpoint Methods" (2020, Water)
  • "Capillary, Film, and Vapor Flow in Transient Bare Soil Evaporation (1): Identifiability Analysis of Hydraulic Conductivity in the Medium to Dry Moisture Range" (2021, Water Resources Research)

Wolfgang Durner has also contributed to academic books, including a publication through Mohr Siebeck eBooks titled "Konflikte räumlicher Planungen" (2020).

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Sascha C. Iden
  • André Peters
  • Mahyar Naseri
  • Tobias L. Hohenbrink
  • Amir Haghverdi

Their research intersects multiple subfields such as environmental engineering, civil and structural engineering, water science and technology, soil science, and management, monitoring, policy and law. The topics and publications highlight a detailed exploration of soil moisture dynamics, hydraulic properties, and measurement techniques related to soil and water sciences.

Best Publications

  • Hydraulic conductivity estimation for soils with heterogeneous pore structure

    Wolfgang Durner

  • Groundwater recharge: A guide to understanding and estimating natural recharge

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  • Simplified evaporation method for determining soil hydraulic properties

    A. Peters;W. Durner

  • Evaporation Method for Measuring Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Soils: Extending the Measurement Range

    U. Schindler;W. Durner;G. von Unold;L. Müller

  • 3.6.2 Inverse Methods

    Jan W. Hopmans;Jiří Šimůnek;Nunzio Romano;Wolfgang Durner

  • Prediction of capillary hysteresis in a porous material using lattice-Boltzmann methods and comparison to experimental data and a morphological pore network model

    B. Ahrenholz;J. Tölke;P. Lehmann;A. Peters

  • The evaporation method: Extending the measurement range of soil hydraulic properties using the air-entry pressure of the ceramic cup

    Uwe Schindler;Wolfgang Durner;G. von Unold;L. Mueller

  • Lateral solute mixing processes — A key for understanding field-scale transport of water and solutes

    H. Flühler;W. Durner;M. Flury

  • Closed-Form Expression for the Multi-Modal Unsaturated Conductivity Function

    E. Priesack;W. Durner

  • Transfer Functions and Solute Movement through Soil

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  • Water retention characteristics of soils over the whole moisture range: a comparison of laboratory methods

    H. Schelle;L. Heise;K. Jänicke;W. Durner

  • A simple model for describing hydraulic conductivity in unsaturated porous media accounting for film and capillary flow

    A. Peters;W. Durner

  • Comment on “Simple consistent models for water retention and hydraulic conductivity in the complete moisture range” by A. Peters

    Sascha C. Iden;Wolfgang Durner

  • Estimating Precipitation and Actual Evapotranspiration from Precision Lysimeter Measurements

    Frederik Schrader;Wolfgang Durner;Johann Fank;Sebastian Gebler

  • Revisiting the simplified evaporation method: Identification of hydraulic functions considering vapor, film and corner flow

    Andre Peters;Sascha C. Iden;Wolfgang Durner

  • Effective hydraulic properties of layered soils at the lysimeter scale determined by inverse modelling

    W. Durner;U. Jansen;S. C. Iden

  • Dynamic Nonequilibrium of Water Flow in Porous Media: A Review

    Efstathios Diamantopoulos;Wolfgang Durner

  • The integral suspension pressure method (ISP) for precise particle-size analysis by gravitational sedimentation

    Wolfgang Durner;Sascha C. Iden;Georg von Unold

  • Determination of parameters for bimodal hydraulic functions by inverse modeling

    Torsten Zurmühl;Wolfgang Durner

  • Extended multistep outflow method for the accurate determination of soil hydraulic properties near water saturation

    W. Durner;S. C. Iden

  • Modeling Transient Water and Solute Transport in a Biporous Soil

    Torsten Zurmühl;Wolfgang Durner

  • Inverse Estimation of the Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Properties from Column Outflow Experiments Using Free-Form Parameterizations

    S. Bitterlich;W. Durner;S. C. Iden;P. Knabner

  • Simplified evaporation method for determining soil hydraulic properties: a reinvestigation of linearization errors

    B. Scharnagl;S. C. Iden;W. Durner

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Jörg Vogel
Hans-Jörg Vogel Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Peter Lehmann
Peter Lehmann ETH Zurich
Stefan Peiffer
Stefan Peiffer University of Bayreuth
Steffen Schlüter
Steffen Schlüter Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Rainer Helmig
Rainer Helmig University of Stuttgart
Thilo Streck
Thilo Streck University of Hohenheim
Robert Mikutta
Robert Mikutta Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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