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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering - ASCE
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering - ASCE

1084-0699

Published by: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jhyeff

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 305 30 70 12
Environmental Sciences 361 44 51 15
Engineering and Technology 812 27 39 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 114
Documents by Best Scientists*: 145
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 107
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.564
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Hydrologic Engineering?

The journal facilitates discussions on Hydrology, Surface runoff, Hydrological modelling, Climatology and Streamflow. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering tackles issues in Hydrology, particularly in the topics of Watershed, Drainage basin, Flood myth, Hydrology (agriculture) and Hydrograph. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Drainage basin and Structural basin.

The Flood myth works, particularly on 100-year flood are tackled in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. The journal explores topics in Surface runoff which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Infiltration (hydrology) and Storm. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Climatology, it also covered topics in Climate change and Meteorology, Precipitation.

Most of the works presented in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering deals with Meteorology but it intersects with the subject of Flood forecasting.

  • Hydrology (43.33%)
  • Surface runoff (17.35%)
  • Hydrological modelling (14.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Status of Automatic Calibration for Hydrologic Models: Comparison with Multilevel Expert Calibration (1141 citations)
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Copula Modeling but Were Afraid to Ask (1118 citations)
  • Artificial Neural Networks in Hydrology. I: Preliminary Concepts (1114 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Hydrologic Engineering:

The most cited papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Hydrology, Hydrological modelling, Surface runoff, Climatology and Streamflow. The journal articles tackle studies in Meteorology and the interrelated subject of Artificial neural network, Flood forecasting and NEXRAD to gain insights into Hydrological modelling. The published papers facilitate discussions on Surface runoff that incorporate concepts from other fields like Infiltration (hydrology) and Storm.

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

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Hydrology, Surface runoff, Water resource management, Flood myth and Climate change. The majority of Hydrology studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Drainage basin. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering connects research in Surface runoff with the related topic of Infiltration (hydrology).

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering explores issues in Water resource management which can be linked to other research areas like Groundwater, Watershed, China and Water resources. The studies on Flood myth discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Estimation theory and Bayesian probability. In addition to Climate change research, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering aims to explore topics under Climatology, Intensity (heat transfer) and Evapotranspiration.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Multivariate Drought Forecasting in Short- and Long-Term Horizons Using MSPI and Data-Driven Approaches (4 citations)
  • Nonstationary Modeling of Meteorological Droughts: Application to a Region in India (3 citations)
  • Experimental Analysis of Water Evaporation Inhibition of Plain Reservoirs in Inland Arid Area with Light Floating Balls and Floating Plates in Xinjiang, China (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 Hydrologic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Vijay P. Singh (177 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • M. L. Kavvas (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard H. McCuen (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. S. P. Ojha (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ali R. Vatankhah (27 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 Hydrologic Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Texas A&M University (132 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hohai University (96 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Davis (61 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Maryland, College Park (52 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 11.11% 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 8.93% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.18% of all publications and 53.57% 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

  • Climate change and rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves: Overview of science and guidelines for adaptation

    Jean-Luc Martel;François P. Brissette;Philippe Lucas-Picher;Magali Troin

    (2021)
    202 Citations
  • An Overview of Flood Concepts, Challenges, and Future Directions

    Unknown

    (2022)
    175 Citations
  • Annual Streamflow Time Series Prediction Using Extreme Learning Machine Based on Gravitational Search Algorithm and Variational Mode Decomposition

    Wen-jing Niu;Zhong-kai Feng;Yu-bin Chen;Hai-rong Zhang

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • Compound Events under Global Warming: A Dependence Perspective

    Zengchao Hao;Vijay P. Singh

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Analysis of effect of rainfall patterns on urban flood process by coupled hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling

    Tao Cheng;Zongxue Xu;Hong Yang;Siyang Hong

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Multivariate Modeling of Projected Drought Frequency and Hazard over India

    Vivek Gupta;Manoj Kumar Jain;Vijay P. Singh

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Attribution of Hydrologic Changes in a Tropical River Basin to Rainfall Variability and Land-Use Change: Case Study from India

    S. Setti;R. Maheswaran;D. Radha;V. Sridhar

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Great Lakes Runoff Intercomparison Project Phase 3: Lake Erie (GRIP-E).

    Juliane Mai;Bryan A. Tolson;Hongren Shen;Étienne Gaborit

    (2021)
    31 Citations

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