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Australian Journal of Water Resources
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Australian Journal of Water Resources

1324-1583

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/twar20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 533 7 10 5
Environmental Sciences 573 13 19 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 40
Documents by Best Scientists*: 47
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 23
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.69
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Australian journal of water resources?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Hydrology, Environmental resource management, Project commissioning, Flood myth and Water resources. The Hydrology research presented places emphasis on topics like Drainage basin, Surface runoff, Groundwater, Streamflow and Hydrology (agriculture). Issues in Surface runoff were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Design flood, Storm and Estimation.

Australian journal of water resources investigates Groundwater research which frequently intersects with Surface water. It explores topics in Environmental resource management which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Climate change, Corporate governance and Water supply. Topics in Project commissioning explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Management science and Environmental planning.

The majority of Flood myth studies presented zero in on Hydrograph. The Water resources study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Water resource management. Water resource management study tackled is connected to the field of Irrigation.

  • Hydrology (28.76%)
  • Environmental resource management (16.58%)
  • Project commissioning (15.54%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Water sensitive urban design - the journey thus far (142 citations)
  • Rainfall-Runoff Modelling Across Southeast Australia: Datasets, Models and Results (73 citations)
  • The vulnerability of water supply catchments to bushfires: impacts of the January 2003 wildfires on the Australian Capital Territory (59 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Australian journal of water resources:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Hydrology, Project commissioning, Environmental resource management, Surface runoff and Drainage basin. The studies tackled in the most cited papers, which mainly focus on Hydrology, apply to Climate change as well. Research in the field of Publishing was used to conduct the presented Project commissioning studies in the most cited articles.

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

  • Statistics
  • Law
  • Hydrology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Indigenous, Environmental planning, Context (language use), Water resources and Corporate governance. The studies in Indigenous featured incorporate elements of Resource (biology), Drainage basin, Northern australia, Environmental resource management and Water resource development. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Environmental planning and Effective management are the foci of Australian journal of water resources.

The journal aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating Context (language use) with subjects such as New guinea, Value (ethics), Economic growth and Perspective (graphical). While work presented in Australian journal of water resources provided substantial information on Water resources, it also covered topics in Public trust, Public policy and Scientific integrity. The journal focuses on Corporate governance but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Policy position, Law and Groundwater.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Ngā Puna Aroha: towards an indigenous-centred freshwater allocation framework for Aotearoa New Zealand (3 citations)
  • Living Waters, Law First: Nyikina and Mangala water governance in the Kimberley, Western Australia (2 citations)
  • Cultural value of water and western water management: an Australian indigenous perspective (2 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 Australian journal of water resources (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rory Nathan (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ataur Rahman (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter J Coombes (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Kuczera (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Trevor Daniell (13 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 Australian journal of water resources (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Melbourne (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Australian National University (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Monash University (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Newcastle (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (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, 15.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 54.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.09% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • Racialized water governance: the ‘hydrological frontier’ in the Northern Territory, Australia

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • Water quality risks in the Murray-Darling basin

    (2023)
    17 Citations
  • A review of the risks to shared water resources in the Murray–Darling Basin

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • Estimating groundwater-river connectivity factor for quantifying changes in irrigation return flows in the Murray-Darling Basin

    Glen Walker;Quan J. Wang;Avril C. Horne;Rick Evans

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Freshwater science–policy interactions in Aotearoa-New Zealand: lessons from the past and recommendations for the future

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • The politicisation of science in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: discussion of ‘Scientific integrity, public policy and water governance’

    Michael J. Stewardson;Nick Bond;Justin Brookes;Samantha Capon

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • How well is the Basin Plan meeting its objectives? From the perspective of the Coorong, a sentinel of change in the Murray-Darling Basin

    (2023)
    10 Citations
  • Understanding regional streamflow trend magnitudes in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

    (2022)
    9 Citations

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