| 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 | 1555 | 2010 |
| Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods G Blöschl, J Hall, A Viglione, RAP Perdigão, J Parajka, B Merz, D Lun, ... Nature 573 (7772), 108-111, 2019 | 1043 | 2019 |
| Changing climate shifts timing of European floods G Blöschl, J Hall, J Parajka, RAP Perdigão, B Merz, B Arheimer, ... Science 357 (6351), 588-590, 2017 | 902 | 2017 |
| Flood risk assessment and associated uncertainty H Apel, AH Thieken, B Merz, G Blöschl Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 4 (2), 295-308, 2004 | 730 | 2004 |
| Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: a state-of-the-art assessment J Hall, B Arheimer, M Borga, R Brázdil, P Claps, A Kiss, TR Kjeldsen, ... Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18 (7), 2735-2772, 2014 | 629 | 2014 |
| 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 | 607 | 2004 |
| Fluvial flood risk management in a changing world B Merz, J Hall, M Disse, A Schumann Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 10 (3), 509-527, 2010 | 593 | 2010 |
| 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 | 576 | 2005 |
| Integrating human behaviour dynamics into flood disaster risk assessment JCJH Aerts, WJ Botzen, KC Clarke, SL Cutter, JW Hall, B Merz, ... Nature Climate Change 8 (3), 193-199, 2018 | 552 | 2018 |
| 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 | 505 | 2005 |
| Flood risk mapping at the local scale: concepts and challenges B Merz, AH Thieken, M Gocht Flood risk management in Europe: innovation in policy and practice, 231-251, 2007 | 478 | 2007 |
| 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 | 460 | 2006 |
| At what scales do climate variability and land cover change impact on flooding and low flows? G Blöschl, S Ardoin-Bardin, M Bonell, M Dorninger, D Goodrich, ... Hydrological processes 21 (9), 1241-1247, 2007 | 457 | 2007 |
| Trends in flood magnitude, frequency and seasonality in Germany in the period 1951–2002 T Petrow, B Merz Journal of Hydrology 371 (1-4), 129-141, 2009 | 421 | 2009 |
| 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 | 421 | 2007 |
| 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 | 404 | 2021 |
| 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 | 390 | 2015 |
| A probabilistic modelling system for assessing flood risks H Apel, AH Thieken, B Merz, G Blöschl Natural hazards 38, 79-100, 2006 | 376 | 2006 |
| Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management B Merz, J Aerts, K Arnbjerg-Nielsen, M Baldi, A Becker, A Bichet, ... Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 14 (7), 1921-1942, 2014 | 369 | 2014 |
| 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 | 365 | 2009 |
