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AQUA Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society
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AQUA Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society

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Published by: IWA Publishing

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 589 24 27 7
Engineering and Technology 862 28 34 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 77
Documents by Best Scientists*: 87
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.518
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Environmental engineering, Water treatment, Environmental chemistry, Water quality and Water supply. Issues in Environmental engineering were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Turbidity and Groundwater. The journal holds forums on Water treatment that merges themes from other disciplines such as Chromatography, Pulp and paper industry, Chlorine and Filtration.

The work on Chromatography addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Coagulation (water treatment). The Filtration study featured in Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua draws parallels with the field of Filter (aquarium). In addition to Environmental chemistry research, the journal aims to explore topics under Organic matter, Contamination and Adsorption.

The main emphasis of Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua is the research on Adsorption, emphasizing the topic of Freundlich equation. The studies on Water supply discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Water resource management and Water resources.

  • Environmental engineering (27.79%)
  • Water treatment (24.98%)
  • Environmental chemistry (15.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Granular ferric hydroxide—a new adsorbent for the removal of arsenic from natural water. (297 citations)
  • Solar water disinfection: scope of the process and analysis of radiation experiments (290 citations)
  • Mercury sorption by silica/carbon nanotubes and silica/activated carbon: a comparison study (285 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua:

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Water treatment, Environmental engineering, Environmental chemistry, Water quality and Adsorption. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Water treatment, it also covers topics in Organic matter, Pulp and paper industry, Coagulation (water treatment), Dissolved organic carbon and Filtration. Turbidity and Groundwater are some topics wherein Environmental engineering research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

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

  • Statistics
  • Organic chemistry
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua focuses on Water resource management, Water supply, Chemical engineering, Environmental engineering and Environmental chemistry. It connects research in Water resource management with the related topic of Rainwater harvesting. The journal focused on Water supply research but expanded to cover Petroleum engineering.

The Chemical engineering works featured in Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua incorporate elements from Coagulation (water treatment), Adsorption and Aqueous solution. The journal addresses concerns in Environmental chemistry which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Water treatment and Arsenic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Urban water supply automation - Today and tomorrow (5 citations)
  • Assessing the impact of working pressure on water meter registration (3 citations)
  • On the transient flow behavior in pressurized plastic pipe-based water supply systems (3 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 Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Graham A. Gagnon (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Manuel J. Rodriguez (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saroj K. Sharma (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gary L. Amy (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rehan Sadiq (12 papers) absent at the last 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 Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-aqua (based on the number of publications) are:

  • UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Delft University of Technology (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (19 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than 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, 4.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.63% of all publications and 59.30% 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

  • Evaluation of water shortage crisis in the Middle East and possible remedies

    Omid Bozorg-Haddad;Babak Zolghadr-Asli;Parisa Sarzaeim;Mahyar Aboutalebi

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • Application of electrochemical treatment for the removal of triazine dye using aluminium electrodes

    Sakthisharmila Palanisamy;Palanisamy Nachimuthu;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Balasubramani Ravindran

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Environmental sustainability: a review of the water–energy–food nexus

    Soheila Zarei;Omid Bozorg-Haddad;Shima Kheirinejad;Hugo A. Loáiciga

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Urban water supply automation – today and tomorrow

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Relative influence of ENSO, IOD, and AMO over spatiotemporal variability of hydroclimatic extremes in Narmada basin, India

    (2023)
    23 Citations
  • Review of hydraulic modelling approaches for intermittent water supply systems

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Impact of flow configuration on electrosorption performance and energy consumption of CDI systems

    Lutfi Agartan;Bilen Akuzum;Ertan Agar;E. Caglan Kumbur

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Research on pipe burst in water distribution systems: knowledge structure and emerging trends

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Investigation of pressure transients induced on a real water service line by user's activity

    (2023)
    13 Citations

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