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Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
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Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

2043-9083

Published by: IWA Publishing

https://iwaponline.com/washdev

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 587 27 31 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 65
Documents by Best Scientists*: 72
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.407
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development?

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development investigates studies in Sanitation, Environmental health, Environmental engineering, Socioeconomics and Water quality. Issues in Sanitation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Economic growth, Environmental resource management and Environmental planning. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Environmental resource management as it also encompasses Sustainability.

It explores issues in Environmental health which can be linked to other research areas like Psychological intervention and Environmental protection. The research on Environmental engineering discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Waste management. Specifically, studies on Wastewater are prevalent in the Waste management works discussed.

The studies on Water quality discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Water supply and Water resource management. Pit latrine is the primary subject of Latrine works presented in it. The work on Open defecation addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Improved sanitation.

  • Sanitation (36.03%)
  • Environmental health (15.50%)
  • Environmental engineering (12.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Sachet drinking water in Ghana's Accra-Tema metropolitan area: past, present, and future. (76 citations)
  • The Sanitation Ladder – a Need for a Revamp? (62 citations)
  • Fecal sludge management: a comparative analysis of 12 cities (62 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development:

The published articles explore disciplines such as Sanitation, Environmental resource management, Latrine, Environmental health and Environmental engineering. Open defecation is a focus of the presented Sanitation works in the journal articles and they dives deep in Open defecation. The works on Environmental health tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Population growth, Poverty and Indigenous.

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

  • China
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development primarily focuses on research topics in Sanitation, Environmental health, Socioeconomics, Environmental planning and Psychological intervention. The concepts on Sanitation presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Informal sector, Environmental economics and Sustainable development. The journal explores topics in Environmental health which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Water quality and Health care.

Topics in Socioeconomics were tackled in line with various other fields like Human settlement, Latrine and Slum.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluation of water, sanitation and hygiene status of COVID-19 healthcare facilities in Ghana using the WASH FIT approach (3 citations)
  • Spatial arrangement of well and latrine and their influence on water quality in clayey soil – a study in low-income peri-urban neighborhoods in Lichinga, Mozambique (3 citations)
  • Impact of cyclone Amphan on the water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH2) facilities of coastal Bangladesh (2 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 Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Daniele Lantagne (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Barbara Evans (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thammarat Koottatep (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Juliet Willetts (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chongrak Polprasert (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • UNICEF (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of London (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (22 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Leeds (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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, 7.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.89% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 58.89% 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

  • COVID-19: urgent actions, critical reflections and future relevance of 'WaSH': lessons for the current and future pandemics

    Guy Howard;Jamie Bartram;Jamie Bartram;Clarissa Brocklehurst;John M. Colford

    (2020)
    97 Citations
  • Water, sanitation, and hygiene risk factors of acute diarrhea among children under five years in the Gaza Strip

    Samer Abuzerr;Samer Abuzerr;Simin Nasseri;Masud Yunesian;Mahdi Hadi

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Community engagement in water, sanitation and hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa: does it WASH?

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • Factors influencing physicochemical characteristics of faecal sludge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: comparison scores from 27 sites in 22 countries

    Justin Stoler;Joshua D. Miller;Ellis A. Adams;Farooq Ahmed

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Household stored water quality in an intermittent water supply network in Panama

    Carlos I. Gonzalez;John Erickson;Karina A. Chavarría;Kara L. Nelson

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Community management does not equate to participation: fostering community participation in rural water supplies

    Katherine F. Shields;Katherine F. Shields;Michelle Moffa;Nikki L. Behnke;Emma Kelly

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Adapting a safe water storage container to improve household stored water quality in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster randomized trial

    Darcy M. Anderson;Michael B. Fisher;Osborn Kwena;Hermann Kambou

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Electrochemical defluorination of water: an experimental and morphological study

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Risk of adenovirus and Cryptosporidium ingestion to sanitation workers in a municipal scale non-sewered sanitation process: a case study from Kigali, Rwanda

    Rachel Sklar;Zeyi Zhou;Wellars Ndayisaba;Ashley Muspratt

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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