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Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz 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 Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 355 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz 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 Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2010 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz is affiliated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Atmospheric Science. Their work also touches on subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to hydrology and climate, including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Climate variability and models, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate Change and Health Impacts, and Integrated Water Resources Management.

Frequent co-authors associated with their work include Tong Jiang, Buda Su, Demetris Koutsoyiannis, Jinlong Huang, and Iwona Pińskwar.

The researcher has published papers in various venues, notably:

  • Water
  • Sci
  • Earth's Future
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Climatic Change

Significant recent papers include:

  • "Choice of potential evapotranspiration formulas influences drought assessment: A case study in China" (2020) published in Atmospheric Research
  • "Floods and the COVID-19 pandemic-A new double hazard problem" (2021) published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "Climate variability and floods in China - A review" (2020) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Each 0.5°C of Warming Increases Annual Flood Losses in China by More than US$60 Billion" (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "COP 28: Challenge of coping with climate crisis" (2024) published in The Innovation

In addition to journal articles, their book publication includes:

  • Wpływ zmian klimatu na środowisko leśne / Impacts of climate change on forest environment (2023), published by Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science

The researcher has received recognition with membership in the Academia Europaea since 2017 and affiliation with the Polish Academy of Science since 2010.

Best Publications

  • Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?

    P. C. D. Milly;Julio Betancourt;Malin Falkenmark;Robert M. Hirsch

  • Climate Change 2007 Synthesis report

    Lenny Bernstein;Peter Bosch;Osvaldo Canziani;Zhenlin Chen

  • Climate change and water.

    Bryson Bates;Zbigniew Kundzewicz;Shaohong Wu

  • Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report: A contribution of Working Groups I, II, and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    RT Watson;DL Albritton;T Barker;IA Baskmakov

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

    Zbigniew W Kundzewicz;Shinjiro Kanae;Sonia I Seneviratne;John W Handmer

  • Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report

    R. T. Watson;D. L. Albritton;T. Barker;I. A. Bashmakov

  • Freshwater resources and their management

    Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Luis José Mata;Nigel Arnell;Kathleen Miller

  • The implications of projected climate change for freshwater resources and their management

    Z.W. Kundzewicz;L.J. Mata;Nigel William Arnell;P. Doll

  • Climate change and water: technical paper of the intergovernmental panel on climate change

    B. C Bates;Z. W Kundzewicz;S Wu;N Arnell

  • Change detection in hydrological records—a review of the methodology / Revue méthodologique de la détection de changements dans les chroniques hydrologiques

    Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Alice J. Robson

  • Understanding Flood Regime Changes in Europe: A state of the art assessment

    J Hall;B Arheimer;M Borga;R Brazdil;R Brazdil

  • Drought losses in China might double between the 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming.

    Buda Su;Jinlong Huang;Thomas Fischer;Yanjun Wang

  • Change detection in hydrological records— a review of the methodology

    Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Alice J. Robson

  • Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources

    Z.W. Kundzewicz;Z.W. Kundzewicz;V. Krysanova;R.E. Benestad;Ø. Hov

  • Will groundwater ease freshwater stress under climate change

    Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Petra Döll

  • Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and ecosystems

    John Handmer;Yasushi Honda;Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Nigel Arnell

  • Historical hydrology for studying flood risk in Europe

    Rudolf Brázdil;Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Gerardo Benito

  • On Critiques of “Stationarity is Dead: Whither Water Management?”

    Paul C.D. Milly;Julio L. Betancourt;Malin Falkenmark;Robert M. Hirsch

  • Adaptation to flood risk: Results of international paired flood event studies

    Heidi Kreibich;Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

  • Climate Change 2007 : Synthesis Report : An Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    L. Bernstein;P. Bosch;O. Canziani;Z. Chen

  • A contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change

    J. Sathaye;S. Schneider;T. Stocker;B. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel University of Geneva
Buda Su
Buda Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Valentina Krysanova
Valentina Krysanova Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Bartłomiej Wyżga
Bartłomiej Wyżga Polish Academy of Sciences
Demetris Koutsoyiannis
Demetris Koutsoyiannis National Technical University of Athens
Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva
Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva University of Lausanne
Fred Hattermann
Fred Hattermann Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Reinhard Mechler
Reinhard Mechler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Tong Jiang
Tong Jiang Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Nigel W. Arnell
Nigel W. Arnell University of Reading

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