Jacob Schewe

15.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
65 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Jacob Schewe is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Schewe has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jacob Schewe's work include Climate variability and models (25 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (17 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (11 papers). Jacob Schewe is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (25 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (17 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (11 papers). Jacob Schewe collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Jacob Schewe's co-authors include Katja Frieler, Lila Warszawski, Franziska Piontek, Anders Levermann, Sabrina Hempel, Olivia Serdeczny, Veronika Huber, Naota Hanasaki, Ingjerd Haddeland and Stephanie Eisner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Schewe

64 papers receiving 5.9k 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 Ingjerd Haddeland, Jens Heinke et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A trend-preserving bias correction – the ISI-MIP approach

2013 898 citations Katja Frieler, Lila Warszawski et al. Earth System Dynamics profile →
The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI–MIP): Project framework

2013 897 citations Lila Warszawski, Katja Frieler et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Differential climate impacts for policy-relevant limits to global warming: the case of 1.5 °C and 2 °C

2016 512 citations Carl‐Friedrich Schleussner, Tabea Lissner et al. Earth System Dynamics profile →
Groundswell

2018 330 citations Bryan Jones, Jacob Schewe et al. profile →
Multimodel projections and uncertainties of irrigation water demand under climate change

2013 299 citations Yoshihide Wada, Dominik Wisser et al. profile →
Groundswell : Preparing for Internal Climate Migration

2018 245 citations Bryan Jones, Jacob Schewe et al. profile →
Robust increase of Indian monsoon rainfall and its variability under future warming in CMIP6 models

2021 149 citations Jacob Schewe, Anders Levermann et al. Earth System Dynamics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jacob Schewe Germany	27	3.2k	1.9k	1.3k	905	830	65	6.1k
Anthony S. Kiem Australia	41	3.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	658 0.7×	372 0.4×	130	5.4k
Thomas J. Wilbanks United States	25	4.6k 1.5×	920 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	68	8.4k
Katja Frieler Germany	39	5.2k 1.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.6k 1.9×	1.4k 1.6×	590 0.7×	106	10.0k
Laurens M. Bouwer Netherlands	40	4.6k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	426 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	117	6.3k
Ian Holman United Kingdom	44	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	431 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	340 0.4×	155	5.5k
Simon N. Gosling United Kingdom	41	4.4k 1.4×	4.2k 2.3×	1.1k 0.8×	502 0.6×	403 0.5×	87	8.1k
Michael H. Glantz United States	32	4.8k 1.5×	955 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	669 0.8×	108	6.8k
Benjamin F. Zaitchik United States	46	3.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	788 0.9×	274 0.3×	225	7.5k
A. B. Shrestha Nepal	41	3.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.4×	5.0k 3.7×	743 0.8×	555 0.7×	99	8.4k
Hans de Moel Netherlands	48	5.3k 1.7×	2.4k 1.3×	2.3k 1.7×	292 0.3×	1.7k 2.0×	138	9.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jacob Schewe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jacob Schewe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Schewe

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Fang, Ning Nie, Yang Liu, et al.. (2025). Benefits of Calibrating a Global Hydrological Model for Regional Analyses of Flood and Drought Projections: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Basin. Water Resources Research. 61(3). 3 indexed citations

Frieler, Katja, et al.. (2025). Socioeconomic predictors of vulnerability to flood-induced displacement. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8296–8296.

Swaminathan, Ranjini, Jacob Schewe, Jeremy Walton, et al.. (2024). Regional Impacts Poorly Constrained by Climate Sensitivity. Earth s Future. 12(12). 6 indexed citations

Frieler, Katja, et al.. (2024). Limited progress in global reduction of vulnerability to flood impacts over the past two decades. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 9 indexed citations

Vogt, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Human displacements from Tropical Cyclone Idai attributable to climate change. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 23(11). 3467–3485. 5 indexed citations

Helbling, Marc, Diego Rybski, Jacob Schewe, et al.. (2023). Measuring the effect of climate change on migration flows: Limitations of existing data and analytical frameworks. PLOS Climate. 2(1). e0000078–e0000078. 7 indexed citations

Frieler, Katja, et al.. (2023). Human displacements, fatalities, and economic damages linked to remotely observed floods. Scientific Data. 10(1). 482–482. 15 indexed citations

Beyer, Robert, Jacob Schewe, & Guy Abel. (2023). Modeling climate migration: dead ends and new avenues. Frontiers in Climate. 5. 6 indexed citations

Frieler, Katja, et al.. (2022). Human displacements, fatalities, and economic damages linked to remotely observed floods (FLODIS). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Levermann, Anders, et al.. (2022). Radiation model for migration with directional preferences. Physical review. E. 106(6). 64138–64138. 4 indexed citations

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Aznar–Siguán, Gabriela, Jacob Schewe, L. J. Milano, et al.. (2021). Global warming and population change both heighten future risk of human displacement due to river floods. Environmental Research Letters. 16(4). 44026–44026. 77 indexed citations

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Willner, Sven, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of river flood extent simulated with multiple global hydrological models and climate forcings. Environmental Research Letters. 16(9). 94010–94010. 25 indexed citations

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Schewe, Jacob, et al.. (2021). Evaluation and extension of the radiation model for internal migration. Physical review. E. 104(5). 54311–54311. 9 indexed citations

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Vanderkelen, Inne, Nicole Van Lipzig, David M. Lawrence, et al.. (2020). Global heat uptake by inland waters. 4 indexed citations

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Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Nigel W. Arnell, Kristie L. Ebi, et al.. (2017). Assessing inter-sectoral climate change risks: the role of ISIMIP. Environmental Research Letters. 12(1). 10301–10301. 55 indexed citations

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Otto, Christian, Jacob Schewe, Michael J. Puma, & Katja Frieler. (2017). Beneficial impacts of an international grain reserve on global food security. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Schleussner, Carl‐Friedrich, Tabea Lissner, Erich Fischer, et al.. (2016). Differential climate impacts for policy-relevant limits to global warming: the case of 1.5 °C and 2 °C. Earth System Dynamics. 7(2). 327–351. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Warszawski, Lila, Katja Frieler, Veronika Huber, et al.. (2013). The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI–MIP): Project framework. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(9). 3228–3232. 897 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schewe, Jacob, Jens Heinke, Dieter Gerten, et al.. (2013). How climate change will exacerbate global water scarcity. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Huber, Veronika, et al.. (2013). ISI-MIP: The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project. AGUFM. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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