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Researcher · Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · Germany

Ralf Merz

Ralf Merz publishes mostly in Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Cryospheric studies and observations.

ORCID 0000-0002-3698-2339 OpenAlex
World rank
#127,595
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#8,015
of 86,443
Works
37
Citations
339
Citations per work
9.2

What does Ralf Merz research?

Water Science and Technology: 28.6%Global and Planetary Change: 28.6%Atmospheric Science: 16.3%Environmental Engineering: 6.1%other fields: 20.4%29%top field
Water Science and Technology28.6%Global and Planetary Change28.6%Atmospheric Science16.3%Environmental Engineering6.1%other fields20.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Water Science and Technology29% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change29% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science16% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralf Merz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Remote Sensing, Water Resources, Global Hydrology, Model Evaluation, Flood Risk and Surface Water Mapping.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change305 topics
  2. Hydrological Modeling223 topics
  3. Remote Sensing163 topics
  4. Water Resources142 topics
  5. Global Hydrology121 topic
  6. Model Evaluation121 topic
  7. Flood Risk81 topic
  8. Surface Water Mapping81 topic
  9. Global Warming62 topics
  10. Hydrology62 topics
  11. Drought41 topic
  12. Glacier41 topic
  13. Monitoring41 topic
  14. Water Availability41 topic
  15. Climate Modeling21 topic
  16. Extreme Events21 topic
  17. Forecasting21 topic
  18. Machine Learning21 topic
  19. Nutrient Cycling21 topic
  20. Precipitation21 topic
  21. Satellite21 topic
  22. Water Quality21 topic

Where does Ralf Merz work?

Ralf Merz's main affiliation in the publication record is Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Ralf Merz have?

Science Explorer counts 37 works and 339 citations for Ralf Merz, ranking #127,595 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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