Question 1

What is Deltares known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Deltares stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,208 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#828 of 3,334 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#442 of 1,088 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography (Earth-Surface Processes is 87.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Deltares rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Deltares ranks #5,866 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,903 all time), and #49 of 197 in the Netherlands.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Deltares?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck and Hessel Winsemius lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deltares.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Deltares?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Deltares publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Deltares?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sediment Transport, Sea-Level Rise, Hydrological Modeling, Wave Modeling, Global Warming and Climate Change Impacts.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Deltares work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Deltares is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (24%), Engineering (21%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Deltares's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.