Charles Perrin

17.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
135 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Charles Perrin is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Perrin has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Water Science and Technology, 108 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Charles Perrin's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (127 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (95 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (76 papers). Charles Perrin is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (127 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (95 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (76 papers). Charles Perrin collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Australia. Charles Perrin's co-authors include Vazken Andréassian, Claude Michel, Ludovic Oudin, François Anctil, Nicolás Le Moine, C. Loumagne, Thibault Mathevet, C. Michel, Guillaume Thirel and Julien Lerat and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Charles Perrin

127 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Characterising performance of environmental models

2012 1.2k citations Charles Perrin, Vazken Andréassian et al. profile →
Improvement of a parsimonious model for streamflow simulation

2003 1.1k citations Charles Perrin, Claude Michel et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →
Which potential evapotranspiration input for a lumped rainfall–runoff model?

2004 784 citations Ludovic Oudin, Claude Michel et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →
Does a large number of parameters enhance model performance? Comparative assessment of common catchment model structures on 429 catchments

2001 502 citations Charles Perrin, Vazken Andréassian et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles Perrin France	48	9.1k	7.8k	3.4k	1.9k	749	135	10.7k
Vazken Andréassian France	48	10.2k 1.1×	8.7k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	791 1.1×	157	12.0k
Patrick Willems Belgium	57	5.9k 0.6×	8.6k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	3.6k 1.9×	778 1.0×	474	12.3k
Ross Woods United Kingdom	53	8.3k 0.9×	6.6k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.6×	476 0.6×	148	10.9k
Francis H. S. Chiew Australia	67	9.1k 1.0×	10.1k 1.3×	3.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.5×	944 1.3×	256	13.8k
Stewart W. Franks Australia	39	5.0k 0.6×	5.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	543 0.7×	104	7.3k
Bart Nijssen United States	44	6.1k 0.7×	6.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	4.0k 2.1×	701 0.9×	144	9.9k
Jens Christian Refsgaard Denmark	50	6.4k 0.7×	4.3k 0.6×	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	180	9.6k
Okke Batelaan Belgium	50	4.4k 0.5×	4.0k 0.5×	4.2k 1.2×	949 0.5×	818 1.1×	289	8.9k
Zongxue Xu China	45	4.1k 0.4×	4.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	525 0.7×	243	7.2k
Dmitri Kavetski Australia	44	6.1k 0.7×	5.0k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	830 1.1×	112	8.1k

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Thirel, Guillaume, Lila Collet, François Rousset, et al.. (2025). Future streamflow along the French part of the Meuse River – a closer look at uncertainties. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 111(1).

Perrin, Charles, et al.. (2025). What can be expected from a semi-distributed multi-model approach for streamflow forecasting? Tailoring the structure and size of a super-ensemble on the Rhône basin. Journal of Hydrology. 661. 133589–133589.

Andréassian, Vazken, Torben O. Sonnenborg, Göran Lindström, et al.. (2025). Lack of robustness of hydrological models: a large-sample diagnosis and an attempt to identify hydrological and climatic drivers. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 29(3). 683–700. 3 indexed citations

Thirel, Guillaume, et al.. (2024). On the use of streamflow transformations for hydrological model calibration. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 28(21). 4837–4860. 3 indexed citations

Bourgin, François, et al.. (2024). Improving the structure of a hydrological model to forecast catchment response to intense rainfall. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 110(1). 3 indexed citations

Bourgin, François, et al.. (2024). EvalHyd v0.1.2: a polyglot tool for the evaluation of deterministic and probabilistic streamflow predictions. Geoscientific model development. 17(11). 4561–4578. 2 indexed citations

Brigode, Pierre, Vazken Andréassian, Charles Perrin, et al.. (2024). Simbi: historical hydro-meteorological time series and signatures for 24 catchments in Haiti. Earth system science data. 16(4). 2073–2098. 3 indexed citations

Bourgin, François, et al.. (2023). PREMHYCE, une plateforme nationale pour la prévision des étiages. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17–21.

Lavenne, Alban de, Guillaume Thirel, Vazken Andréassian, Charles Perrin, & Maria‐Helena Ramos. (2018). Do good simulation performances at gauged stations mean good semi-distributed hydrological model? An analysis for prediction in ungauged basins.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9423.

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Thirel, Guillaume, et al.. (2016). Climate change impacts on water resources and reservoir management in the Seine river basin (France) = Climate change impacts on water resources and reservoir management in the Seine river basin (France). La Houille Blanche. 32–37.

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Lobligeois, Florent, Vazken Andréassian, & Charles Perrin. (2013). Can we improve streamflow simulation by using higher resolution rainfall information. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Seiller, G., François Anctil, & Charles Perrin. (2012). Multimodel evaluation of twenty lumped hydrological models under contrasted climate conditions. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations

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Andréassian, Vazken, Charles Perrin, & Ludovic Oudin. (2011). From catchment similarity to hydrological similarity: a review of the difficulties hindering the regionalization of hydrological models. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Velázquez, J. A., François Anctil, & Charles Perrin. (2010). Performance and reliability of multimodel hydrological ensemble simulations based on seventeen lumped models and a thousand catchments. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(11). 2303–2317. 60 indexed citations

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Andréassian, Vazken, Charles Perrin, Lionel Berthet, et al.. (2009). HESS Opinions "Crash tests for a standardized evaluation of hydrological models". Hydrology and earth system sciences. 13(10). 1757–1764. 117 indexed citations

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Berthet, Lionel, Vazken Andréassian, Charles Perrin, & Pierre Javelle. (2009). How crucial is it to account for the antecedent moisture conditions in flood forecasting? Comparison of event-based and continuous approaches on 178 catchments. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 13(6). 819–831. 169 indexed citations

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Michel, Claude, et al.. (2007). Ungauged Catchments: How to Make the Most of a Few Streamflow Measurements?. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 17(2). 230–236. 2 indexed citations

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Perrin, Charles, et al.. (2005). Prise en compte de barrages-réservoirs dans un modèle pluie-débit global : application au cas du bassin de la Seine amont. La Houille Blanche. 91(5). 79–88. 3 indexed citations

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Andréassian, Vazken, et al.. (2003). Is the regionalization of conceptual rainfall-runoff models impossible?. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Perrin, Charles, et al.. (1992). [Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia complicated by compressive pneumomediastinum].. PubMed. 21(17). 821–821. 2 indexed citations

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