Hester Biemans

9.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
67 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Hester Biemans is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Hester Biemans has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Water Science and Technology, 28 papers in Ocean Engineering and 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Hester Biemans's work include Water resources management and optimization (28 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (27 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (27 papers). Hester Biemans is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (28 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (27 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (27 papers). Hester Biemans collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Nepal. Hester Biemans's co-authors include Fulco Ludwig, Dieter Gerten, P. Kabat, Jens Heinke, Amandine Pastor, Arthur Lutz, Ingjerd Haddeland, Walter W. Immerzeel, P. Wester and Yoshihide Wada and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hester Biemans

64 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global water resources affected by human interventions and climate change

2013 1.0k citations Hester Biemans, Fulco Ludwig et al. profile →
Impact of reservoirs on river discharge and irrigation water supply during the 20th century

2011 354 citations Hester Biemans, P. Kabat et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Accounting for environmental flow requirements in global water assessments

2014 351 citations Amandine Pastor, Fulco Ludwig et al. Hydrology and earth system sciences profile →
Selecting representative climate models for climate change impact studies: an advanced envelope‐based selection approach

2016 298 citations Arthur Lutz, Hester Biemans et al. profile →
Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain

2019 235 citations Hester Biemans, Christian Siderius et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Hester Biemans

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hester Biemans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hester Biemans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hester Biemans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hester Biemans based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hester Biemans. Hester Biemans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The effect of transitioning from diesel to solar photovoltaic energy for irrigation tube wells on annual groundwater extraction in the lower Indus Basin, Pakistan 2025 ·Journal of Agriculture and Food Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Bashir Ahmad, Sanita Dhaubanjar, Walter W. Immerzeel, (unknown), (unknown), Fulco Ludwig, Hester Biemans	3
2	Land use modelling needs to better account for multiple cropping to inform pathways for sustainable agriculture 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Katharina Waha, Christian Folberth, Hester Biemans, Esther Boere, Alberte Bondeau, Andrew James Hartley, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Jonas Jägermeyr, (unknown), Camilla Mathison, Christoph Müller, Albert Nkwasa, Stefan Olin, Alex C. Ruane, (unknown), Jeffrey W. White, Karina Williams, Qiangyi Yu	0
3	Advancing the Representation of Human Actions in Large‐Scale Hydrological Models: Challenges and Future Research Directions 2025 ·Water Resources Research ·Stefano Galelli, Sean Turner, Yadu Pokhrel, (unknown), Andrea Castelletti, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Francesca Pianosi, Hester Biemans	2
4	Improved water management can increase food self-sufficiency in urban foodsheds of Sub-Saharan Africa 2024 ·Global Food Security ·Christian Siderius, Ype van der Velde, (unknown), (unknown), Hester Biemans	2
5	Quantification of run-of-river hydropower potential in the Upper Indus basin under climate change 2023 ·Frontiers in Water ·Sanita Dhaubanjar, Arthur Lutz, (unknown), Sonu Khanal, (unknown), Hester Biemans, Fulco Ludwig, A. B. Shrestha, Walter W. Immerzeel	4
6	Patterns and drivers of carbon stock change in ecological restoration regions: A case study of upper Yangtze River Basin, China 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Ronald Hutjes, Hester Biemans, Fusuo Zhang, Xinping Chen, Xuanjing Chen	16
7	Integration of future water scarcity and electricity supply into prospective LCA: Application to the assessment of water desalination for the steel industry 2022 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Paul Baustert, Elorri Igos, Thomas Schaubroeck, (unknown), Angelica Mendoza Beltrán, Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Hester Biemans, Enrico Benetto	14
8	Future upstream water consumption and its impact on downstream water availability in the transboundary Indus Basin 2022 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·(unknown), Sanita Dhaubanjar, (unknown), Arthur Lutz, Walter W. Immerzeel, Fulco Ludwig, Hester Biemans	24
9	Trade-offs between water needs for food, utilities, and the environment—a nexus quantification at different scales 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Hester Biemans, Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren	15
10	Financial Feasibility of Water Conservation in Agriculture 2021 ·Earth s Future ·Christian Siderius, Hester Biemans, Declan Conway, Walter W. Immerzeel, (unknown), Bashir Ahmad, Petra Hellegers	11
11	A systematic framework for the assessment of sustainable hydropower potential in a river basin – The case of the upper Indus 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sanita Dhaubanjar, Arthur Lutz, David Gernaat, Santosh Nepal, (unknown), Saurav Pradhananga, Hester Biemans, Fulco Ludwig, A. B. Shrestha, Walter W. Immerzeel	23
12	Future upstream water consumption and its impact on downstream availability in the transboundary Indus basin 2021 ·(unknown), Sanita Dhaubanjar, (unknown), Arthur Lutz, Walter W. Immerzeel, Fulco Ludwig, Hester Biemans	2
13	Assessing future shifts in the water supply sources of South Asian irrigated agriculture using a coupled high-resolution cryosphere-hydrology-crop model 2020 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Arthur Lutz, Walter W. Immerzeel, Christian Siderius, René R. Wijngaard, Hester Biemans	1
14	Flood Impacts on Agricultural Production - A Global Analysis 2019 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·(unknown), Hester Biemans, Hessel Winsemius, Philip J. Ward	2
15	Nature-based solutions for water management 2018 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·(unknown), (unknown), R.C.M. Verdonschot, (unknown), (unknown), P.F.M. Verdonschot, Hester Biemans	2
16	Climate change vs. socio-economic development: understanding the future South Asian water gap 2018 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·René R. Wijngaard, Hester Biemans, Arthur Lutz, A. B. Shrestha, P. Wester, Walter W. Immerzeel	69
17	Flexible strategies for coping with rainfall variability 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Christian Siderius, Hester Biemans, (unknown), (unknown), P. Kabat, Petra Hellegers	2
18	Flexible Strategies for Coping with Rainfall Variability: Seasonal Adjustments in Cropped Area in the Ganges Basin 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Christian Siderius, Hester Biemans, P.E.V. van Walsum, E.C. van Ierland, P. Kabat, Petra Hellegers	20
19	Accounting for environmental flow requirements in global water assessments breakdown → 2014 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Amandine Pastor, Fulco Ludwig, Hester Biemans, Holger Hoff, P. Kabat	351
20	Impacts of Precipitation Uncertainty on Discharge Calculations for Main River Basins 2008 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Hester Biemans, Ronald Hutjes, P. Kabat, Bart J. Strengers, Dieter Gerten, Stefanie Rost	8

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