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Most cited papers from Deltares

What are the most cited papers from Deltares?

The most cited paper from Deltares is "Climate Change Will Affect the Asian Water Towers" (Walter Willem Immerzeel, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek, Marc F. P. Bierkens, 2010), with 4,255 citations. Next come "Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood" (3,875) and "EURO-CORDEX: new high-resolution climate change projections for European impact research" (2,868).

Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 546 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Climate Change Will Affect the Asian Water Towers Walter Willem Immerzeel, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek, Marc F. P. Bierkens · Science Open access 10 Jun 2010 4,255
2 Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood Heather A. Leslie, Martin J. M. van Velzen, Sicco H. Brandsma et al. · Environment International Open access 24 Mar 2022 3,875
3 EURO-CORDEX: new high-resolution climate change projections for European impact research Daniela Jacob et al. · Regional Environmental Change Open access 22 Jul 2013 2,868
4 Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016 Guido R. van der Werf, James T. Randerson, Louis Giglio et al. · Earth system science data Open access 12 Sep 2017 2,612
5 Global depletion of groundwater resources Yoshihide Wada, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek, Cheryl M. van Kempen et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Open access Oct 2010 2,156
6 Dynamic adaptive policy pathways: A method for crafting robust decisions for a deeply uncertain world Marjolijn Haasnoot, Jan H. Kwakkel, Warren E. Walker et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access 8 Feb 2013 1,776
7 Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Shinjiro Kanae, Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne et al. · Hydrological Sciences Journal Open access 20 Dec 2013 1,695
8 Water balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint Tom Gleeson, Yoshihide Wada, Marc F. P. Bierkens et al. · Nature Aug 2012 1,683
9 Marine microplastic debris: An emerging issue for food security, food safety and human health Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, A. Dick Vethaak, Beatriz R.B.O. Lavorante et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin Open access 19 Jun 2018 1,610
10 Modelling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands Dano Roelvink, Ad Reniers, Ap R. Van Dongeren et al. · Coastal Engineering Open access 16 Sep 2009 1,607
11 A typology of compound weather and climate events Jakob Zscheischler, Olivia Martius, Seth Westra et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ReviewOpen access 15 Jun 2020 1,597
12 Microplastics and human health A. Dick Vethaak, Juliette Legler · Science Open access 11 Feb 2021 1,518
13 A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review Markus Hrachowitz et al. · Hydrological Sciences Journal Open access 16 May 2013 1,383
14 Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation Arthur Lutz, Walter Willem Immerzeel, Arun Bhakta Shrestha et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 30 May 2014 1,255
15 Global drivers of future river flood risk Hessel Winsemius, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 21 Dec 2015 1,196
16 Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota Heather A. Leslie, Sicco H. Brandsma, M.J.M. van Velzen et al. · Environment International Open access 28 Jan 2017 1,169
17 The State of the World’s Beaches Arjen Pieter Luijendijk, Gerben Hagenaars, Roshanka Ranasinghe et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 23 Apr 2018 1,162
18 MSWEP: 3-hourly 0.25° global gridded precipitation (1979–2015) by merging gauge, satellite, and reanalysis data Hylke E. Beck, Albert I. J. M. van Dijk, Vincenzo Levizzani et al. · Hydrology and earth system sciences Open access 30 Jan 2017 1,117
19 Semiempirical Dissipation Source Functions for Ocean Waves. Part I: Definition, Calibration, and Validation Fabrice Ardhuin, W. Erick Rogers, Alexander V. Babanin et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography Open access 19 Jul 2010 1,058
20 Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water Eric F. Wood et al. · Water Resources Research Open access May 2011 1,053
21 Wave attenuation over coastal salt marshes under storm surge conditions Iris Möller, Matthias Kudella, Franziska Rupprecht et al. · Nature Geoscience 29 Sep 2014 1,020
22 Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion Michalis Ioannis Vousdoukas, Roshanka Ranasinghe, Lorenzo Mentaschi et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access Mar 2020 998
23 Flood exposure and poverty in 188 countries Jun Rentschler, Melda Salhab, Bramka Arga Jafino · Nature Communications Open access 28 Jun 2022 965
24 Quantifying Biomediated Ground Improvement by Ureolysis: Large-Scale Biogrout Experiment Leon A. van Paassen, Ranajit Ghose, T.J.M. van der Linden et al. · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 4 Aug 2010 965
25 Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers Philip Kraaijenbrink, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Arthur Lutz et al. · Nature Open access Sep 2017 919
26 Global modeling of withdrawal, allocation and consumptive use of surface water and groundwater resources Yoshihide Wada, Dominik Wisser, Marc F. P. Bierkens · Earth System Dynamics Open access 14 Jan 2014 896
27 Extinction risk assessment of the world’s seagrass species Frederick T. Short et al. · Biological Conservation 9 May 2011 881
28 Environmental impacts of dredging and other sediment disturbances on corals: A review P.L.A. Erftemeijer, Bernhard Riegl, Bert Willem Hoeksema et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin Open access 7 Jun 2012 839
29 A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts Stefania Balica, Nigel Wright, Frank H. van der Meulen · Natural Hazards Open access 16 Jun 2012 807
30 Global probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels show intensification of coastal flood hazard Michalis Ioannis Vousdoukas, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Evangelos Voukouvalas et al. · Nature Communications Open access 12 Jun 2018 798
31 The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences Siddharth Narayan, Michael W. Beck, Borja G. Reguero et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 2 May 2016 795
32 Country-level and gridded estimates of wastewater production, collection, treatment and reuse Edward R. Jones, Michelle T. H. van Vliet, Manzoor Qadir et al. · Earth system science data Open access 8 Feb 2021 794
33 Environmental flow limits to global groundwater pumping Inge E. M. de Graaf, Tom Gleeson, Rens van Beek et al. · Nature Open access 2 Oct 2019 790
34 A global reanalysis of storm surges and extreme sea levels Sanne Muis, Martin Verlaan, Hessel Winsemius et al. · Nature Communications Open access 27 Jun 2016 784
35 Nonsustainable groundwater sustaining irrigation: A global assessment Yoshihide Wada, Rens van Beek, Marc F. P. Bierkens · Water Resources Research Open access 5 Dec 2011 778
36 Historic global biomass burning emissions for CMIP6 (BB4CMIP) based on merging satellite observations with proxies and fire models (1750–2015) Margreet van Marle, Silvia Kloster, Brian I. Magi et al. · Geoscientific model development Open access 11 Sep 2017 768
37 Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area Lisa Devriese, M.D. van der Meulen, Thomas Maes et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin 4 Jul 2015 763
38 Current and future CO 2 emissions from drained peatlands in Southeast Asia A. Hooijer, Susan Page, Josep G. Canadell et al. · Biogeosciences Open access 12 May 2010 756
39 Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods Bruno Merz, Günter Blöschl, Sergiy Vorogushyn et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ReviewOpen access 10 Aug 2021 750
40 Fixation and distribution of bacterial activity in sand to induce carbonate precipitation for ground reinforcement Marien P. Harkes, Leon A. van Paassen, Jacco L. Booster et al. · Ecological Engineering 16 May 2009 724
41 Unified View of Sediment Transport by Currents and Waves. I: Initiation of Motion, Bed Roughness, and Bed-Load Transport Leo C. van Rijn · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 15 May 2007 695
42 An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets Maialen Iturbide et al. · Earth system science data Open access 18 Nov 2020 692
43 Nature-based Solutions: New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe Hilde Eggermont, Estelle V. Balian, José M. N. Azevedo et al. · GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society Open access 2015 680
44 Hillslope Hydrology in Global Change Research and Earth System Modeling Ying Fan et al. · Water Resources Research Open access Feb 2019 674
45 PCR-GLOBWB 2: a 5 arcmin global hydrological and water resources model Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Rens van Beek, Niko Wanders et al. · Geoscientific model development Open access 20 Jun 2018 674
46 Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems Sebastian Birk et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access 15 Jun 2020 671
47 A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change Lea Berrang‐Ford et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access126 authors 28 Oct 2021 657
48 Do plastic particles affect microalgal photosynthesis and growth? Sascha B. Sjollema, Paula E. Redondo‐Hasselerharm, Heather A. Leslie et al. · Aquatic Toxicology 4 Dec 2015 656
49 Projections of global-scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century Ebru Kirezci, Ian Robert Young, Roshanka Ranasinghe et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 30 Jul 2020 644
50 Increasing stress on disaster-risk finance due to large floods Brenden Jongman, Stefan Hochrainer‐Stigler, Luc Feyen et al. · Nature Climate Change 28 Feb 2014 627

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