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International Journal of Water Resources Development
H-index 20

International Journal of Water Resources Development

0790-0627

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cijw20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 435 22 34 12
Earth Science 524 10 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 62
Documents by Best Scientists*: 85
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 71
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.659
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Water Resources Development?

International Journal of Water Resources Development explores disciplines such as Water resources, Water resource management, Environmental resource management, Environmental planning and Irrigation. Water resources research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Economic growth, Natural resource economics and Water supply. The majority of Economic growth studies in it are focused on the subject of Developing country.

In addition to Water resource management research, it aims to explore topics under Drainage basin, Water use, Groundwater, Hydrology and Agriculture. The study on Groundwater featured in it expounds on the topic of Aquifer in particular. Issues in Environmental resource management were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Water quality, Corporate governance, Integrated water resources management and Sustainability.

The Environmental planning study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Environmental protection. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Irrigation and Agricultural economics. The Water conservation research dealing mostly with Farm water is the focus of it.

  • Water resources (29.71%)
  • Water resource management (26.65%)
  • Environmental resource management (22.92%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Occurrence of Arsenic-contaminatedGroundwater in Alluvial Aquifers from Delta Plains, Eastern India: Options for Safe Drinking Water Supply (520 citations)
  • Water scarcity in the twenty-first century (392 citations)
  • Integrated Water Resources Management: Is It Working? (333 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Water Resources Development:

The journal publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Water resources, Environmental resource management, Water resource management, Integrated water resources management and Natural resource economics. While the published papers focused on Water resources, they were also able to explore topics like Economic growth, Agriculture and Water supply. The published articles address concerns in the field of Environmental resource management by exploring it in line with topics in Environmental planning which intersect with Urbanization and Sustainability subjects.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal of Water Resources Development aims to foster the development of research in Water resource management, Natural resource economics, Hydropower, Irrigation and Water resources. It explores topics in Water resource management which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Drainage basin, Agriculture, Climate change, Groundwater and Water supply. The overlapping concepts between China and Corporate governance are the key highlights of Drainage basin study.

It deals with Natural resource economics in conjunction with Sustainability and similar fields in Water security. The journal explores themes in Irrigation like Irrigation efficiency and Irrigation water and links them with other fields of study like Water-energy nexus. The journal explores research in Water industry alongside concepts in Environmental planning and other areas of study in Water scarcity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Beyond hydropower: towards an integrated solution for water, energy and food security in South Asia (26 citations)
  • Achieving water security in Nepal through unravelling the water-energy-agriculture nexus (14 citations)
  • Emerging citizen contributions, roles and interactions with public authorities in Dutch pluvial flood risk management (10 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 Water Resources Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Asit K. Biswas (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cecilia Tortajada (45 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Olli Varis (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Henning Bjornlund (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mikiyasu Nakayama (18 papers) published 1 paper 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 Water Resources Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National University of Singapore (60 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • International Water Management Institute (40 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (25 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Australian National University (25 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 13.16% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.17% of all publications and 47.47% 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

  • Economically challenged and water scarce: identification of global populations most vulnerable to water crises

    Taikan Oki;Rose E. Quiocho

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Water resilience and human life support - global outlook for the next half century

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • The role of hydropower in South Asia’s energy future

    Ramesh Ananda Vaidya;David James Molden;Arun Bhakta Shrestha;Nisha Wagle

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Water colonialism and Indigenous water justice in south-eastern Australia

    Lana D. Hartwig;Sue Jackson;Francis Markham;Natalie Osborne

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Scarcity of water or scarcity of management

    David Molden

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Adaptive and sustainable water management: from improved conceptual foundations to transformative change

    Claudia Pahl-Wostl

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Informality and water justice: community perspectives on water issues in Cape Town’s low-income neighbourhoods

    Johan Enqvist;Gina Ziervogel;Luke Metelerkamp;John van Breda

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Water management practices in Euro-Mediterranean hotels and resorts

    (2022)
    25 Citations
  • Sustainability of water and energy use for food production based on optimal allocation of agricultural irrigation water

    Mo Li;Vijay P. Singh

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Quenching the thirst of rapidly growing and water-insecure cities in sub-Saharan Africa

    Madiodio Niasse;Olli Varis

    (2020)
    19 Citations

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