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Journal of Hydro-Environment Research
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Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 477 10 10 6
Environmental Sciences 614 13 13 7
Engineering and Technology 954 16 25 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 52
Documents by Best Scientists*: 59
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.626
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Hydro-environment Research?

The scientific interests tackled in Journal of Hydro-environment Research are Hydrology, Mechanics, Geotechnical engineering, Flow (psychology) and Turbulence. Many of the studies tackled connect Hydrology with a similar field of study like Sediment. Jet (fluid), Turbulence kinetic energy and Vortex studies in the realm of Mechanics interact with fields like Materials science.

It focuses on Geotechnical engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Sediment transport, Communication channel, Flume and Froude number. The main emphasis of it is the research on Flow (psychology), emphasizing the topic of Flow velocity. The journal features studies on Turbulence, including topics such as Open-channel flow.

The majority of Drainage basin studies in Journal of Hydro-environment Research are focused on the subject of Streamflow. The journal focuses on Surface runoff research which is adjacent to topics in Climate change. Most of the Climate change studies addressed also intersect with Climatology.

  • Hydrology (28.98%)
  • Mechanics (19.49%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (14.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A selective literature review of transient-based leak detection methods (303 citations)
  • Turburence structure and coherent motion in vegetated canopy open-channel flows (153 citations)
  • Assessment of surface water quality via multivariate statistical techniques: A case study of the Songhua River Harbin region, China (153 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Hydro-environment Research:

The journal papers primarily tackle Hydrology, Mechanics, Turbulence, Flood myth and Drainage basin. Most of the Mechanics studies addressed in the most cited articles also intersect with Geotechnical engineering. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Turbulence, it also covers topics in Flow (psychology) and Flume.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Hydrology, Surface runoff, Climate change, Streamflow and Storm. Topics in Hydrology explored in Journal of Hydro-environment Research were investigated in conjunction with research in Estuary and Sediment transport, Sediment. The Surface runoff studies discussed in Journal of Hydro-environment Research incorporate research from disciplines like

  • Groundwater recharge which is related to area like Drainage basin, Urbanization and Environmental planning,
  • Meltwater, Tributary, Groundwater discharge, Climatology and Series (mathematics) most often made with reference to Hydrology (agriculture)..

It explores research in Climate change alongside concepts in Water resource management and other areas of study in Land use, land-use change and forestry, Climate model and Water balance. The presented research on Storm deals specifically with Low-impact development but it also addresses topics in Lawn, Loess, Geotechnical engineering, Flooding (psychology) and Climate change scenario. Flow (psychology) research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Jet (fluid), Turbulence and Current (fluid).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Optimal water allocation at different levels of climate change to minimize water shortage in arid regions (Case Study: Zayandeh-Rud River Basin, Iran) (3 citations)
  • Trend analysis of hydrological and water quality variables to detect anthropogenic effects and climate variability on a river basin scale: A case study of Iran (3 citations)
  • Enhancing the effectiveness of urban drainage system design with an improved ACO-based method (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 Hydro-environment Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joseph H.W. Lee (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Adrian Wing-Keung Law (10 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Il Won Seo (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stefano Pagliara (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kit Ming Lam (7 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 Hydro-environment Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsinghua University (20 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Hong Kong (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (16 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hohai University (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 15.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 21.21% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.15% of all publications and 30.30% 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

  • Simulation of the depth scouring downstream sluice gate: The validation of newly developed data-intelligent models

    Ahmad Sharafati;Ali Tafarojnoruz;Mojtaba Shourian;Zaher Mundher Yaseen

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Real-time automated identification of algal bloom species for fisheries management in subtropical coastal waters

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Soft sensing of water depth in combined sewers using LSTM neural networks with missing observations

    Rocco Palmitessa;Rocco Palmitessa;Peter Steen Mikkelsen;Morten Borup;Adrian W.K. Law

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • The improved bankruptcy method and its application in regional water resource allocation

    Shenlin Li;Yanhu He;Xiaohong Chen;Yanhui Zheng

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Remote sensing of coastal hydro-environment with portable unmanned aerial vehicles (pUAVs) a state-of-the-art review

    Hieu Trung Kieu;Adrian Wing-Keung Law

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Multi-variable model output statistics downscaling for the projection of spatio-temporal changes in rainfall of Borneo Island

    Zulfaqar Sa'adi;Shamsuddin Shahid;Sahar Hadi Pour;Kamal Ahmed

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Impact of changes in water management on hydrology and environment: A case study in North China

    Dan Li;Jianyun Zhang;Guoqing Wang;Xiaojun Wang

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Fusing Morphometric Characteristics with Extreme Precipitation Indices for Identifying the Most Vulnerable Sub-basin at Risk of Flooding

    (2023)
    12 Citations

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