| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Sciences | 277 | 108 | 116 | 19 |
| Earth Science | 284 | 35 | 51 | 13 |
| Engineering and Technology | 1052 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Hydrology, Water quality, Water resources, Surface runoff and Watershed. Journal of The American Water Resources Association connects research in Hydrology with the related topic of Sediment. The journal explores research in Sediment and the adjacent study of Erosion.
The work on Water quality tackled in it brings together disciplines like Nutrient, Water pollution, Environmental engineering and Pollution. The concepts on Water resources presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Water supply, Environmental planning, Environmental resource management and Water resource management. The Surface runoff study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Precipitation.
Watershed management is a primary topic of Watershed research in it. Drainage basin study tackled is connected to the field of Structural basin. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Groundwater as it also encompasses Surface water.
The published papers investigate studies in Hydrology, Watershed, Surface runoff, Water quality and Drainage basin. While Hydrology is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Sediment and Riparian zone. The journal articles address concerns in Drainage basin which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Structural basin and Drainage.
The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Hydrology, Water resource management, Oceanography, Chesapeake bay and Remote sensing (archaeology). Most of the Hydrology studies addressed also intersect with Sediment. In Journal of The American Water Resources Association, Nonpoint source pollution, Agriculture, Agricultural watershed, Drainage basin and China are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Water resource management research.
The subject of Hypoxia (environmental), which is connected to the field of Hydraulic control, Global warming, Phytoplankton and Sea level rise, serves as the foundation of the Oceanography research featured in the journal. Journal of The American Water Resources Association explores issues in Remote sensing (archaeology) which can be linked to other research areas like Cloud computing, Land surface temperature and San Joaquin. The overlapping concepts between Stormwater and Environmental engineering and Thermal pollution are the key highlights of Watershed study.
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 The American Water Resources Association (based on the number of publications) are:
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 The American Water Resources Association (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 1.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.81% of all publications and 33.33% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Forrest S. Melton;Forrest S. Melton;Justin Huntington;Robyn Grimm;Jamie Herring
(2021)Dale M. Robertson;David A. Saad
(2021)Daniel J. Isaak;Charles H. Luce;Dona L. Horan;Gwynne L. Chandler
(2020)Emily C. O’Donnell;Colin R. Thorne;J. Alan Yeakley;Faith Ka Shun Chan
(2020)Kyle E. Hinson;Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs;Pierre St-Laurent;Fei Da
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