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Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination
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Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination

2709-6092

Published by: IWA Publishing

https://iwaponline.com/jwrd/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 659 12 17 6
Engineering and Technology 977 13 14 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 39
Documents by Best Scientists*: 38
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Wastewater, Environmental engineering, Waste management, Reuse and Effluent. It explores issues in Wastewater which can be linked to other research areas like Environmental chemistry, Chromatography, Pulp and paper industry and Sewage treatment. The concepts on Chromatography presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Membrane, Adsorption, Filtration and Analytical chemistry.

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination centers on topics in Adsorption, with a focus on Sorption. The journal addresses concerns in Environmental engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Desalination, Water quality, Irrigation and Groundwater. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination features Waste management research that overlaps with concepts in Reverse osmosis.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Reverse osmosis, it also covered topics in Membrane fouling and Fouling. The research on Reuse featured in it combines topics in other fields like Water resources and Environmental planning. The Effluent study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Membrane bioreactor.

  • Wastewater (30.90%)
  • Environmental engineering (29.18%)
  • Waste management (18.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Heavy metal removal from wastewater using various adsorbents: a review (172 citations)
  • Direct potable reuse: a future imperative (120 citations)
  • Carbon footprint of water reuse and desalination: a review of greenhouse gas emissions and estimation tools (53 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination:

The published articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Wastewater, Environmental engineering, Adsorption, Reuse and Waste management. The journal publications explore issues in Wastewater which can be linked to other research areas like Effluent, Water quality, Chromatography, Water treatment and Sewage treatment. The most cited articles address concerns in Environmental engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Reverse osmosis and Water resources.

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

  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen
  • Redox

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Chemical engineering, Wastewater, Waste management, Environmental chemistry and Environmental engineering are the subjects of interest in the journal. In addition to Chemical engineering research, it aims to explore topics under Scientific method, Composite number, Cationic polymerization and Aqueous solution. The subject of Pulp and paper industry, which is connected to the field of Membrane fouling, Effluent, Aeration, Filtration and Water treatment system, serves as the foundation of the Wastewater research featured in Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination.

It facilitates discussions in Techno economic, Pilot scale, Sewage treatment and Hazardous waste as part of the larger field of Waste management, however, it also tackles fields such as Supercritical water oxidation. While the journal focused on Techno economic, it was also able to explore topics like Membrane and Reuse. The journal explores issues in Environmental engineering which can be linked to other research areas like Desalination and In situ remediation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A comprehensive review of saline effluent disposal and treatment: conventional practices, emerging technologies, and future potential (9 citations)
  • Treatment of landfill leachate with different techniques: an overview (7 citations)
  • Advances in efficient desalination technology of capacitive deionization for water recycling (4 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 Reuse and Desalination (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jörg E. Drewes (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Cornel (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yin-Hu Wu (4 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Yue Cheng (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sudesh Rathilal (4 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 Reuse and Desalination (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yahoo! (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (7 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technical University of Berlin (7 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, 2.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.15% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.40% of all publications and 53.19% 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

  • A techno-economic analysis of membrane-based advanced treatment processes for the reuse of municipal wastewater

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Safe water reuse through a quasi-natural water cycle

    (2022)
    33 Citations
  • Public perceptions and perspectives on alternative sources of water for reuse generated at the household level

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Adopting the circular model: opportunities and challenges of transforming wastewater treatment plants into resource recovery facilities in Saudi Arabia

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Assuring water quality along multi-barrier treatment systems for agricultural water reuse

    Marius Mohr;Thomas Dockhorn;Jörg E. Drewes;Sybille Karwat

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Techno-economic analysis of olive wastewater treatment with a closed water approach by integrated membrane processes and advanced oxidation processes

    Valentina Innocenzi;Giuseppe Mazziotti di Celso;Marina Prisciandaro

    (2021)
    12 Citations

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