| Review article" Assessment of economic flood damage" B Merz, H Kreibich, R Schwarze, A Thieken Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 10 (8), 1697-1724, 2010 | 1605 | 2010 |
| Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective G Blöschl, MFP Bierkens, A Chambel, C Cudennec, G Destouni, A Fiori, ... Hydrological sciences journal 64 (10), 1141-1158, 2019 | 803 | 2019 |
| Flood risk analyses—how detailed do we need to be? H Apel, GT Aronica, H Kreibich, AH Thieken Natural hazards 49, 79-98, 2009 | 745 | 2009 |
| Estimation uncertainty of direct monetary flood damage to buildings B Merz, H Kreibich, A Thieken, R Schmidtke Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 4 (1), 153-163, 2004 | 617 | 2004 |
| Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary measures–lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002 H Kreibich, AH Thieken, T Petrow, M Müller, B Merz Natural hazards and earth system sciences 5 (1), 117-126, 2005 | 579 | 2005 |
| Comparative flood damage model assessment: towards a European approach B Jongman, H Kreibich, H Apel, JI Barredo, PD Bates, L Feyen, A Gericke, ... Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 12 (12), 3733-3752, 2012 | 529 | 2012 |
| Assessing the costs of natural hazards–state of the art and knowledge gaps V Meyer, N Becker, V Markantonis, R Schwarze, JCJM van den Bergh, ... Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13 (5), 1351-1373, 2013 | 519 | 2013 |
| Flood damage and influencing factors: New insights from the August 2002 flood in Germany AH Thieken, M Müller, H Kreibich, B Merz Water resources research 41 (12), 2005 | 511 | 2005 |
| Flood-risk mapping: contributions towards an enhanced assessment of extreme events and associated risks B Büchele, H Kreibich, A Kron, A Thieken, J Ihringer, P Oberle, B Merz, ... Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 6 (4), 485-503, 2006 | 467 | 2006 |
| Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods B Merz, G Blöschl, S Vorogushyn, F Dottori, JCJH Aerts, P Bates, ... Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2 (9), 592-609, 2021 | 466 | 2021 |
| Detailed insights into the influence of flood-coping appraisals on mitigation behaviour P Bubeck, WJW Botzen, H Kreibich, JCJH Aerts Global environmental change 23 (5), 1327-1338, 2013 | 434 | 2013 |
| Coping with floods: preparedness, response and recovery of flood-affected residents in Germany in 2002 AH Thieken, H Kreibich, M Müller, B Merz Hydrological Sciences Journal 52 (5), 1016-1037, 2007 | 426 | 2007 |
| Sociohydrology: scientific challenges in addressing the sustainable development goals G Di Baldassarre, M Sivapalan, M Rusca, C Cudennec, M Garcia, ... Water Resources Research 55 (8), 6327-6355, 2019 | 412 | 2019 |
| Flood risk assessments at different spatial scales H De Moel, B Jongman, H Kreibich, B Merz, E Penning-Rowsell, PJ Ward Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 20, 865-890, 2015 | 406 | 2015 |
| Is flow velocity a significant parameter in flood damage modelling? H Kreibich, K Piroth, I Seifert, H Maiwald, U Kunert, J Schwarz, B Merz, ... Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 9 (5), 1679-1692, 2009 | 380 | 2009 |
| The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management H Kreibich, AF Van Loon, K Schröter, PJ Ward, M Mazzoleni, N Sairam, ... Nature 608 (7921), 80-86, 2022 | 329 | 2022 |
| Insurability and mitigation of flood losses in private households in Germany AH Thieken, T Petrow, H Kreibich, B Merz Risk Analysis: An International Journal 26 (2), 383-395, 2006 | 287 | 2006 |
| Social media as an information source for rapid flood inundation mapping J Fohringer, D Dransch, H Kreibich, K Schröter Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15 (12), 2725-2738, 2015 | 285 | 2015 |
| Multi-variate flood damage assessment: a tree-based data-mining approach B Merz, H Kreibich, U Lall Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13 (1), 53-64, 2013 | 275 | 2013 |
| A review of damage-reducing measures to manage fluvial flood risks in a changing climate H Kreibich, P Bubeck, M Van Vliet, H De Moel Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change 20, 967-989, 2015 | 245 | 2015 |