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Irrigation and Drainage
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Irrigation and Drainage

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 377 19 23 4
Earth Science 571 9 10 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 68
Documents by Best Scientists*: 78
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 51
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.4
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Irrigation and Drainage?

Irrigation and Drainage primarily focuses on research topics in Irrigation, Hydrology, Water resource management, Environmental engineering and Agronomy. While it focused on Irrigation, it was also able to explore topics like Water resources, Agriculture and Drainage. Some problems in Hydrology that were presented in Irrigation and Drainage overlapped with concepts under Soil water and Forestry.

Research on Soil water addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Water content. In the journal, Water conservation, Farm water, Irrigation statistics, Low-flow irrigation systems and Irrigation water are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Water resource management research. Agronomy studies presented in Irrigation and Drainage focus on topics such as Drip irrigation, Water-use efficiency, Yield (wine) and Crop.

  • Irrigation (38.80%)
  • Hydrology (25.72%)
  • Water resource management (19.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Irrigation and poverty alleviation: review of the empirical evidence (263 citations)
  • Efficient irrigation; inefficient communication; flawed recommendations (259 citations)
  • Coping with water scarcity: water saving and increasing water productivity (199 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Irrigation and Drainage:

The journal publications explore disciplines such as Irrigation, Hydrology, Water resource management, Environmental engineering and Forestry. The journal articles explore issues in Irrigation which can be linked to other research areas like Water use and Agriculture. In addition to Water resource management research, the journal articles aim to explore topics under Water conservation, Farm water, Water resources, Water quality and Drainage.

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Irrigation and Drainage mainly deals with areas of study such as Irrigation, Water resource management, Agronomy, Agricultural engineering and Drip irrigation. It explores the study of Irrigation to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Hydrology. The studies in Water resource management featured incorporate elements of Drainage basin, Structural basin, Irrigation management and Drainage.

Irrigation and Drainage facilitates discussions on Agronomy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Arid, Yield (engineering) and Soil water. It holds forums on Drip irrigation that merges themes from other disciplines such as Soil science and Flow (psychology). Irrigation and Drainage addresses concerns in Yield (finance) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Quality (business), Deficit irrigation, Greenhouse and Water productivity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Developing the non-dimensional framework for water distribution formulation to evaluate sprinkler irrigation* (10 citations)
  • Modelling infiltration rates in permeable stormwater channels using soft computing techniques (6 citations)
  • Intra-household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana* (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 Irrigation and Drainage (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bart Schultz (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ragab Ragab (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Avinash C. Tyagi (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shahbaz Khan (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marcel Kuper (18 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 Irrigation and Drainage (based on the number of publications) are:

  • International Water Management Institute (76 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tehran (50 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (30 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less 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, 9.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.32% of all publications and 48.21% 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

  • Spatial variation of groundwater vulnerability to nitrate pollution under excessive fertilization using index overlay method in central Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid basin)

    Kaouther Ncibi;Kaouther Ncibi;Riheb Hadji;Soumaya Hajji;Houda Besser;Houda Besser

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Modelling of potential groundwater artificial recharge in the transboundary Algero-Tunisian Basin (Tebessa-Gafsa): The application of stable isotopes and hydroinformatics tools*

    Younes Hamed;Riheb Hadji;Kaouther Ncibi;Amor Hamad

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Water reuse to free up freshwater for higher‐value use and increase climate resilience and water productivity

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • IMPACT OF HEADWATER HYDROLOGICAL DEFICIT ON THE DOWNSTREAM FLOOD‐BASED FARMING SYSTEM IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

    Emnet Negash;Emnet Negash;Girmay Gebresamuel;Tesfa‐alem Embaye;Alick Nguvulu

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Factors of relevance for improving the uniformity of oxygen distribution in drip irrigation water

    Hongjun Lei;Huan Liu;Ron Balsys;David J. Midmore

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Nitrogen application affects grain yield by altering the soil moisture and nitrate‐N of maize/wheat cropping system in dryland areas of northwest China*

    Shengcai Qiang;Shengcai Qiang;Fucang Zhang;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang;Shicheng Yan

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Conjunctive use of green and blue water resources in agriculture: Methodology and application for supplemental irrigation*

    Behzad Hessari;Theib Oweis

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Effects of growth‐stage‐based deficit irrigation management on physiological and biochemical characteristics and yield of winter wheat in Northwest China *

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Introducing a stratified vertical gravel tube subsurface drip system under different irrigation regimes for pistachio: Growth, yield and water productivity

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Comparison of water productivity and crop performance in hydroponic and soil cultivation using AquaCrop software

    Mahmoud Sabzian;Ali Rahimikhoob;Mahmoud Mashal;Sasan Aliniaeifard

    (2021)
    4 Citations

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