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Journal of Water and Climate Change
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Journal of Water and Climate Change

2040-2244

Published by: IWA Publishing

https://iwaponline.com/jwcc

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 378 64 78 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 141
Documents by Best Scientists*: 153
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.732
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Water and Climate Change?

The primary areas of discussion in Journal of Water and Climate Change are Climate change, Hydrology, Climatology, Precipitation and Drainage basin. While the journal focused on Climate change, it was also able to explore topics like Water resources, Environmental resource management and Water resource management. It facilitated discussions that integrated Environmental resource management and Context (language use).

Water resource management research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Agriculture and Irrigation. Journal of Water and Climate Change focuses on Hydrology research which is adjacent to topics in Structural basin. The research on Climatology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of General Circulation Model, Downscaling and Trend analysis.

  • Climate change (35.28%)
  • Hydrology (24.07%)
  • Climatology (19.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Modelling climate change impacts on the flood pulse in the Lower Mekong floodplains (112 citations)
  • A review of the adaptation and mitigation of global climate change using sustainable drainage in cities (89 citations)
  • Potential impacts of climate change on groundwater resources – a global review (76 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Water and Climate Change:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Climate change, Hydrology, Environmental resource management, Water resources and Water resource management. The published articles hold forums on Climate change that merge themes from other disciplines such as Climatology, Precipitation, Flood myth, Streamflow and Water cycle. In addition to Hydrology research, the published papers aim to explore topics under HadCM3, Structural basin and Wet season.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Water and Climate Change generally zeroes in on subjects such as Climate change, Hydrology, Drainage basin, Water resource management and Climatology. The research on Climate change discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Streamflow. The journal facilitated presentations on Hydrology research, particularly Surface runoff and Hydrology (agriculture).

The Drainage basin study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Physical geography. The study on Physical geography presented in it intersects with the topics under Structural basin. The journal investigates Climatology research which frequently intersects with Precipitation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluating the effects of climate change on precipitation and temperature for Iran using RCP scenarios (14 citations)
  • Bias correction capabilities of quantile mapping methods for rainfall and temperature variables (8 citations)
  • A hydrological modelling-based approach for vulnerable area identification under changing climate scenarios (6 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 Water and Climate Change (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zongxue Xu (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • D. Nagesh Kumar (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sangam Shrestha (6 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Georgios Koubouris (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Catrien J.A.M. Termeer (5 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 Water and Climate Change (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (28 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hohai University (19 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (18 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tehran (14 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (11 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 more 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, 6.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.35% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.11% of all publications and 63.49% 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

  • Review of approaches for selection and ensembling of GCMs

    Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju;Dasika Nagesh Kumar

    (2020)
    184 Citations
  • Spatial distribution of the contamination and risk assessment of potentially harmful elements in the Ghizer River Basin, northern Pakistan

    Unknown

    (2023)
    81 Citations
  • Challenges in water resources of Lagos mega city of Nigeria in the context of climate change

    Mohammed Sanusi Shiru;Shamsuddin Shahid;Suleiman Shiru;Eun Sung Chung

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Hydrological drought risk recurrence under climate change in the karst area of Northwestern Algeria

    Senna Bouabdelli;Mohamed Meddi;Ayoub Zeroual;Ramdane Alkama

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Flood risk assessment using analytical hierarchy process: a case study from the Cheliff-Ghrib watershed, Algeria

    (2023)
    36 Citations
  • Analysis of hydrometeorological variables over the transboundary Komadugu-Yobe basin, West Africa

    O. E. Adeyeri;O. E. Adeyeri;P. Laux;A. E. Lawin;S. O. Ige

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Trend analysis of selected hydro-meteorological variables for the Rietspruit sub-basin, South Africa

    Vincent Dzulani Banda;Rimuka Bloodless Dzwairo;Sudhir Kumar Singh;Thokozani Kanyerere

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Trend and change points of streamflow in the Yellow River and their attributions

    Dunyu Zhong;Zengchuan Dong;Guobin Fu;Jiaqi Bian

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Review of recent advances in climate change detection and attribution studies: a large-scale hydroclimatological perspective

    P. Sonali;D. Nagesh Kumar

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Detecting change in precipitation indices using observed (1977–2016) and modeled future climate data in Portland, Oregon, USA

    Alexis Kirsten Cooley;Heejun Chang

    (2021)
    23 Citations

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