Maarten van Aalst

10.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
75 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Maarten van Aalst is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maarten van Aalst has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 20 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Maarten van Aalst's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (22 papers), Climate variability and models (19 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (16 papers). Maarten van Aalst is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (22 papers), Climate variability and models (19 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (16 papers). Maarten van Aalst collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Maarten van Aalst's co-authors include Ian Burton, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Terry Cannon, Bart van den Hurk, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Shardul Agrawala, Pablo Suárez, Brenden Jongman, Caio A. S. Coelho and Joel B. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Maarten van Aalst

73 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

The impacts of climate change on the risk of natural disasters

2006 529 citations Maarten van Aalst Disasters profile →
Community level adaptation to climate change: The potential role of participatory community risk assessment

2008 525 citations Maarten van Aalst et al. profile →
Attribution of the Australian bushfire risk to anthropogenic climate change

2021 242 citations Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Folmer Krikken et al. Natural hazards and earth system sciences profile →
Pathways and pitfalls in extreme event attribution

2021 147 citations Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Sarah Kew et al. Climatic Change profile →
Adaptation to compound climate risks: A systematic global stocktake

2023 63 citations Nicholas P. Simpson, Portia Adade Williams et al. iScience profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maarten van Aalst

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluating impact-based forecasting models for tropical cyclone anticipatory action 2025 ·International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ·(unknown), Marc van den Homberg, (unknown), Maarten van Aalst, Norman Kerle	0
2	Mapping the integration of climate considerations in social protection in LMICs: An assessment of ninety-eight climate-relevant social protection programs 2024 ·Climate Risk Management ·Cecilia Costella, (unknown), Rachel Reilly, (unknown), Rachel Slater, Yola Georgiadou, Maarten van Aalst	0
3	Beyond the forecast: knowledge gaps to anticipate disasters in armed conflict areas with high forced displacement 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Erin Coughlan de Perez, Maarten van Aalst, Evan Easton‐Calabria	4
4	Heatwaves in Mozambique 1983 – 2016: Characteristics, Trends and City-Level Summaries Using High-Resolution Chirts-Daily 2023 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Maarten van Aalst, Justine I. Blanford, (unknown), Izidine Pinto, (unknown), (unknown)	2
5	Adaptation to compound climate risks: A systematic global stocktake breakdown → 2023 ·iScience ·Nicholas P. Simpson, Portia Adade Williams, Katharine J. Mach, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Alcade C. Segnon, Donovan Campbell, Justice Issah Musah-Surugu, Elphin Tom Joe, Abraham Marshall Nunbogu, (unknown), Andreas L. S. Meyer, Talbot M. Andrews, Chandni Singh, A.R. Siders, Judy Lawrence, Maarten van Aalst, Christopher H. Trisos	63
6	Limited role of climate change in extreme low rainfall associated with southern Madagascar food insecurity, 2019–21 2022 ·Environmental Research Climate ·Luke J. Harrington, Piotr Wolski, Izidine Pinto, (unknown), Rondrotiana Barimalala, Robert Vautard, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Roop Singh, Dorothy Heinrich, Julie Arrighi, Emmanuel Raju, Lisa Thalheimer, (unknown), Maarten van Aalst, Sihan Li, R. M. Bonnet, Wenchang Yang, Friederike E. L. Otto, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh	15
7	Climate change adaptation to extreme heat: a global systematic review of implemented action 2021 ·ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) ·Lynée L. Turek‐Hankins, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Giulia Scarpa, Raquel Ruiz‐Díaz, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Elphin Tom Joe, Eranga K. Galappaththi, (unknown), Stéphanie Austin, Chandni Singh, Mariella Siña, A.R. Siders, Maarten van Aalst, (unknown), Abraham Marshall Nunbogu, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Tanvi Agrawal, (unknown), (unknown)	86
8	Characterizing housing stock vulnerability to floods by combining UAV, Mapillary and survey data – A case study for Karonga, Malawi 2021 ·University of Twente Research Information ·(unknown), Marc van den Homberg, Jacopo Margutti, (unknown), Maarten van Aalst	2
9	Managing multiple hazards: lessons from anticipatory humanitarian action for climate disasters during COVID-19 2021 ·Climate and Development ·(unknown), (unknown), Evan Easton‐Calabria, Erin Coughlan de Perez, (unknown), Maarten van Aalst	19
10	Attribution of typhoon-induced torrential precipitation in Central Vietnam, October 2020 2021 ·Climatic Change ·Linh N. Luu, Paolo Scussolini, Sarah Kew, Sjoukje Philip, (unknown), Robert Vautard, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Friederike E. L. Otto, Gerard van der Schrier, Maarten van Aalst, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh	15
11	Attribution of the Australian bushfire risk to anthropogenic climate change breakdown → 2021 ·Natural hazards and earth system sciences ·Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Folmer Krikken, Sophie C. Lewis, Nicholas Leach, Flavio Lehner, Kate Saunders, Michiel van Weele, Karsten Haustein, Sihan Li, David Wallom, Sarah Sparrow, Julie Arrighi, Roop Singh, Maarten van Aalst, Sjoukje Philip, Robert Vautard, Friederike E. L. Otto	242
12	Burning embers: towards more transparent and robust climate-change risk assessments 2020 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Zinta Zommers, Philippe Marbaix, Andreas Fischlin, Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim, Sean Grant, Alexandre Magnan, Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Mark Howden, Katherine Calvin, Koko Warner, Wim Thiery, Zita Sebesvári, Édouard L. Davin, Jason P. Evans, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Brian C. O’Neill, Anand Patwardhan, Rachel Warren, Maarten van Aalst, (unknown)	44
13	Should seasonal rainfall forecasts be used for flood preparedness? 2017 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Erin Coughlan de Perez, Elisabeth Stephens, (unknown), Maarten van Aalst, Bart van den Hurk, Simon J. Mason, Hannah Nissan, Florian Pappenberger	28
14	Action-based flood forecasting for triggering humanitarian action 2016 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Erin Coughlan de Perez, Bart van den Hurk, Maarten van Aalst, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ana Mariá López, Simon J. Mason, (unknown), Florian Pappenberger, (unknown), Elisabeth Stephens, Pablo Suárez, Jurjen Wagemaker, Ervin Zsótér	72
15	Forecast-based financing: an approach for catalyzing humanitarian action based on extreme weather and climate forecasts 2015 ·Natural hazards and earth system sciences ·Erin Coughlan de Perez, Bart van den Hurk, Maarten van Aalst, Brenden Jongman, (unknown), Pablo Suárez	124
16	Games for a new climate: experiencing the complexity of future risks 2012 ·OpenBU/Boston University Institutional Repository (Boston University) ·(unknown), (unknown), Jarrod Goentzel, Paulo Gonçalves, Natasha Grist, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pablo Suárez, Maarten van Aalst, Hassan Virji	41
17	Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation in Africa under global warming. Part 1: Southern Africa 2008 ·Journal of Climate ·(unknown), Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Bart van den Hurk, (unknown), Caio A. S. Coelho, Maarten van Aalst	1
18	The impacts of climate change on the risk of natural disasters breakdown → 2006 ·Disasters ·Maarten van Aalst	529
19	Trace gas transport in the 1999/2000 Arctic winter: comparison of nudged GCM runs with observations 2004 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Maarten van Aalst, (unknown), Ahron Bregman, Carsten A. Brühl, B. Steil, G. C. Toon, (unknown), G. M. Hansford, R. L. Jones, Tom Gardiner, G. J. Roelofs, Jos Lelieveld, Paul J. Crutzen	21
20	The impact of model grid zooming on tracer transport in the 1999/2000 Arctic polar vortex 2003 ·(unknown), Maarten van Aalst, Ahron Bregman, Maarten Krol, Jos Lelieveld, (unknown), (unknown), G. M. Hansford, (unknown), (unknown)	1

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