Journal of the American Water Works Association

Top Research Topics at Journal American Water Works Association?

Journal American Water Works Association facilitates discussions on Environmental engineering, Waste management, Water supply, Water treatment and Water resource management. Environmental engineering research presented in Journal American Water Works Association encompasses a variety of subjects, including Water quality and Groundwater. The journal explores the study of Water supply to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Hydrology.

The journal connects research in Water treatment with the related topic of Environmental chemistry. Some problems in Water resource management that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Water conservation and Water resources.

• Environmental engineering (14.23%)
• Waste management (11.59%)
• Water supply (10.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Occurrence of Organohalides in Chlorinated Drinking Waters (935 citations)
• The occurrence of disinfection by-products in US drinking water (647 citations)
• Determining the concentration of easily assimilable organic carbon in drinking water (413 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal American Water Works Association:

The published articles primarily tackle Water treatment, Environmental engineering, Environmental chemistry, Water quality and Waste management. The journal papers with studies in Water treatment featured incorporate elements of Chlorine, Filtration, Coagulation (water treatment), Activated carbon and Pulp and paper industry. The works on Environmental engineering tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Water pollution, Turbidity, Corrosion and Groundwater.

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

• World War II
• Law
• Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal American Water Works Association mostly deals with topics like Water conservation, Finance, Environmental planning, Emergency planning and Water quality. The studies on Water conservation discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Reuse and Environmental resource management. While the journal focused on Environmental resource management, it was also able to explore topics like Sustainability and Resilience (network).

Finance research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Financial plan. Human resource management and Succession planning are some topics wherein Environmental planning research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal addresses concerns in Water quality which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Water treatment and Environmental engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Building Compelling Business Cases for Digital Water Metering (1 citations)
• Proactively Monitoring for Cyanobacterial Blooms in Source Water Reservoirs (1 citations)
• Using Check-If-Apply Lists to Improve Communication About Aesthetic Water Issues (1 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal American Water Works Association (based on the number of publications) are:

• Frederick W. Pontius (249 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Marcia Lacey (223 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jack W. Hoffbuhr (216 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David LaFrance (192 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• John B. Mannion (114 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal American Water Works Association (based on the number of publications) are:

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Oklahoma State Department of Health (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Arizona State University (18 papers) absent 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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.