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International Journal of River Basin Management
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International Journal of River Basin Management

1571-5124

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/trbm20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 411 14 17 8
Environmental Sciences 611 14 17 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 34
Documents by Best Scientists*: 38
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.533
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of River Basin Management?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Hydrology, Drainage basin, Flood myth, Water resource management and Environmental resource management. Topics in Hydrology were tackled in line with various other fields like Structural basin, Sediment and Flow (psychology). Structural basin and Climate change are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

Climate change study tackled is connected to the field of Climatology. It explores research in Flow (psychology) and the adjacent study of Geotechnical engineering. The Flood myth works featured in International Journal of River Basin Management incorporate elements from Flooding (psychology) and Surface runoff.

International Journal of River Basin Management focuses on Water resource management but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Irrigation and Water resources. It explores issues in Environmental resource management which can be linked to other research areas like Integrated water resources management, Water Framework Directive and Environmental planning.

  • Hydrology (42.12%)
  • Drainage basin (21.74%)
  • Flood myth (17.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Development of a European flood forecasting system (172 citations)
  • Resilience strategies for flood risk management in the Netherlands (168 citations)
  • A framework for uncertainty analysis in flood risk management decisions (140 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of River Basin Management:

The published papers aim to foster the development of research in Hydrology, Flood myth, Environmental resource management, Drainage basin and Flooding (psychology). The journal publications cover research in Hydrology, particularly Flood control and how it is related with concepts in Advection. The journal papers hold forums on Flood myth that merge themes from other disciplines such as Uncertainty analysis, Floodplain and Risk management.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in International Journal of River Basin Management deals with Hydrology, Water resource management, Drainage basin, Water resources and Remote sensing (archaeology). It connects research in Hydrology with the related topic of Downstream (manufacturing). Issues in Water resource management were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Irrigation, Quality assessment, Groundwater, Water quality and Pollution.

The studies in Drainage basin featured incorporate elements of Estuary, Land use, Environmental resource management and Ecosystem services. In the journal, Climate change and Human development (humanity) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Water resources research. The concepts on Flood myth presented in International Journal of River Basin Management can also apply to other research fields, including Extreme events and Monsoon.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Prediction of water quality index (WQI) using support vector machine (SVM) and least square-support vector machine (LS-SVM) (28 citations)
  • Assessment of morphometric and hypsometric study for watershed development using spatial technology – a case study of Wardha river basin in Maharashtra, India (27 citations)
  • Estimation of trapping efficiency of a vortex tube silt ejector (12 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 International Journal of River Basin Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Aminuddin Ab Ghani (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nor Azazi Zakaria (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • T. I. Eldho (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhaoyin Wang (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ioana Popescu (6 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 International Journal of River Basin Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Delft University of Technology (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia Engineering Campus (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bahir Dar University (9 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Addis Ababa University (9 papers) published 3 papers 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, 9.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.06% of all publications and 67.19% 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

  • Monitoring the spatio-temporal impact of small tributaries on the hydrochemical characteristics of Ramganga River, Ganges Basin, India

    Mohd Yawar Ali Khan;Hongchang Hu;Fuqiang Tian;Jie Wen

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Assessing the role of location and scale of Nature Based Solutions for the enhancement of low flows

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • River sensitivity and sediment connectivity as tools for assessing future geomorphic channel behavior

    Peyton E. Lisenby;Kirstie A. Fryirs;Chris J. Thompson

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Early detection of riverine flooding events using the group method of data handling for the Bow River, Alberta, Canada

    Mostafa Elkurdy;Andrew D. Binns;Hossein Bonakdari;Bahram Gharabaghi

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Assessment of surface water quality of Pagladia, Beki and Kolong rivers (Assam, India) using multivariate statistical techniques

    Kunwar Raghvendra Singh;Ankit Pratim Goswami;Ajay S Kalamdhad;Bimlesh Kumar

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Ice in reservoirs and regulated rivers

    Mikko Huokuna;Mike Morris;Spyros Beltaos;Brian C. Burrell

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Evaluation of land use change and its impact on water yield in Songkhram River basin, Thailand

    Manish Shrestha;Manish Shrestha;Sangam Shrestha;Pallav Kumar Shrestha;Pallav Kumar Shrestha

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Effects of Climate Change on River-Ice Processes and Ice Jams

    B.C. Burrell;S. Beltaos;B. Turcotte

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Assessing heavy metal index referencing health risk in Ganga River System

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Impact of BMPs on water quality: A case study in Big Sunflower River watershed, Mississippi

    Avay Risal;Prem B. Parajuli;Ying Ouyang

    (2021)
    20 Citations

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