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Applied Water Science
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Applied Water Science

2190-5487

Published by: Springer

https://link.springer.com/journal/13201

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 323 23 55 17
Earth Science 352 14 20 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 114
Documents by Best Scientists*: 163
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 98
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.103
Impact Factor: 5.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Applied Water Science?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Groundwater, Adsorption and Water quality. Some problems in Hydrogeology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Soil science, Watershed and Water resource management. It links adjacent topics like Hydrology with Structural basin.

While it focused on Groundwater, it was also able to explore topics like Sodium adsorption ratio, Salinity and Environmental engineering. The works on Environmental engineering deal in particular with Wastewater. The studies in Adsorption featured incorporate elements of Aqueous solution and Nuclear chemistry.

It explores issues in Aqueous solution which can be linked to other research areas like Inorganic chemistry, Endothermic process and Chemical engineering. The studies on Nuclear chemistry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Sorption, Biosorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Chromatography and Activated carbon. It addresses concerns in the field of Water quality by exploring it in line with topics in Environmental chemistry which intersect with Contamination subjects.

  • Hydrogeology (24.57%)
  • Hydrology (23.90%)
  • Groundwater (23.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Parameters affecting the photocatalytic degradation of dyes using TiO2: a review (297 citations)
  • Removal of dyes using agricultural waste as low-cost adsorbents: a review (241 citations)
  • Adsorption of dyes using different types of clay: a review (241 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Water Science:

The published papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Hydrology, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Adsorption and Environmental engineering. The most cited publications explore topics in Groundwater which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Carbonate, Water quality, Salinity and Irrigation. While the published papers focused on Adsorption, they were also able to explore topics like Inorganic chemistry and Aqueous solution.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Organic chemistry
  • Statistics
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Applied Water Science facilitates discussions on Hydrogeology, Groundwater, Water quality, Adsorption and Wastewater. The journal focused on Hydrogeology research conducted under the discipline of Hydrology. The research on Groundwater tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Environmental chemistry and Soil science.

The work on Water quality tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Total dissolved solids, Environmental engineering, Irrigation, Turbidity and Nitrate. Issues in Adsorption were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Chemical engineering and Nuclear chemistry. The work on Wastewater tackled in Applied Water Science brings together disciplines like Pulp and paper industry and Effluent.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A critical review of synthesis parameters affecting the properties of zinc oxide nanoparticle and its application in wastewater treatment (9 citations)
  • Preparation and characterization of powdered and granular activated carbon from Palmae biomass for mercury removal (7 citations)
  • Feldspar-banana peel composite adsorbent for efficient crude oil removal from solution (7 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Applied Water Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Naba Kumar Mondal (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Chidambaram (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Athar Hussain (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • N. Chandrasekar (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mohammad Malakootian (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Applied Water Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Islamic Azad University (41 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Nigeria, Nsukka (20 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 14.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.52% of all publications and 69.09% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Impact of climate change on groundwater hydrology: a comprehensive review and current status of the Indian hydrogeology

    Unknown

    (2022)
    233 Citations
  • Delineation of groundwater potential zones for sustainable development and planning using analytical hierarchy process (AHP), and MIF techniques

    Chaitanya B. Pande;Kanak N. Moharir;Kanak N. Moharir;Balamurugan Panneerselvam;Sudhir Kumar Singh

    (2021)
    173 Citations
  • Chemometric analysis for pollution source identification and human health risk assessment of water resources in Ojoto Province, southeast Nigeria

    Johnbosco C. Egbueri;Chukwuma N. Mgbenu

    (2020)
    102 Citations
  • Data intelligence and hybrid metaheuristic algorithms-based estimation of reference evapotranspiration

    (2022)
    88 Citations
  • Prediction of irrigation water quality indices based on machine learning and regression models

    (2022)
    70 Citations
  • Groundwater flow modeling in the basaltic hard rock area of Maharashtra, India

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Groundwater quality assessment using geospatial and statistical approaches over Faridabad and Gurgaon districts of National Capital Region, India

    Unknown

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Inclusion of groundwater and socio-economic factors for assessing comprehensive drought vulnerability over Narmada River Basin, India: A geospatial approach

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Preparation and characterization of powdered and granular activated carbon from Palmae biomass for mercury removal

    Davidson Egirani;Mohd T. Latif;Napoleon Wessey;Nanfe . R. Poyi

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Appraisal of water quality and ecological sensitivity with reference to riverfront development along the River Gomti, India

    (2022)
    39 Citations

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