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Nordic Hydrology
H-index 21

Nordic Hydrology

1998-9563

Published by: IWA Publishing

https://iwaponline.com/hr

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 271 28 52 14
Engineering and Technology 792 11 18 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 119
Documents by Best Scientists*: 136
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.7
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Hydrology Research?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Hydrology, Surface runoff, Drainage basin, Precipitation and Climatology. Snow and Structural basin are some topics wherein Hydrology research discussed in it have an impact. While the journal focused on Snow, it was also able to explore topics like Atmospheric sciences and Physical geography.

It holds forums on Surface runoff that merges themes from other disciplines such as Infiltration (hydrology), Watershed, Water balance and Soil science. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Water balance, apply to Evapotranspiration as well. The Soil science research dealing mostly with Soil water is the focus of Hydrology Research.

Hydrology Research focused on Precipitation research conducted under the discipline of Meteorology. Climatology research discussed connects with the study of Climate change. Hydrology (agriculture) and Water resources are closely related fields of research discussed in Hydrology Research.

  • Hydrology (50.74%)
  • Surface runoff (18.40%)
  • Drainage basin (14.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Sediment Transport Model for Straight Alluvial Channels (508 citations)
  • Operational readiness of microwave remote sensing of soil moisture for hydrologic applications (361 citations)
  • Development and testing of the HYPE (Hydrological Predictions for the Environment) water quality model for different spatial scales (311 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Hydrology Research:

The most cited publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Hydrology, Surface runoff, Snow, Precipitation and Climatology. The most cited publications address concerns in the field of Hydrology by exploring it in line with topics in Climate change which intersect with Water resources and Flood myth subjects. While the primary focus in the journal papers is Surface runoff, they also dissect topics surrounding Water balance and Evapotranspiration as a whole.

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

  • Statistics
  • Ecology
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Hydrology Research investigates areas of study like Hydrology, China, Flood myth, Climatology and Water resource management. The study on Hydrology presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Agriculture. China study tackled is connected to the field of Physical geography.

Research on Flood myth addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Remote sensing. In addition to Climatology research, the journal aims to explore topics under Climate change, Series (mathematics) and Precipitation. It facilitates discussions on Water resource management that incorporate concepts from other fields like Watershed and Structural basin.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Flood damage and risk assessment for urban area in Malaysia (8 citations)
  • Climate change impacts on summer flood frequencies in two mountainous catchments in China and Switzerland (8 citations)
  • Geochemistry pollution status and ecotoxicological risk assessment of heavy metals in the Pahang River sediment after the high magnitude of flood event (5 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 Hydrology Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chong-Yu Xu (37 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lars Bengtsson (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ozgur Kisi (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vijay P. Singh (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Shenglian Guo (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than 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 Hydrology Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (112 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oslo (66 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lund University (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hohai University (52 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Technical University of Denmark (51 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, 3.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.67% 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

  • Using long short-term memory networks for river flow prediction

    Wei Xu;Wei Xu;Yanan Jiang;Xiaoli Zhang;Yi Li

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Urban flood risk mapping using data-driven geospatial techniques for a flood-prone case area in Iran

    Hamid Darabi;Ali Torabi Haghighi;Mohamad Ayob Mohamadi;Mostafa Rashidpour

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • A novel hybrid XAJ-LSTM model for multi-step-ahead flood forecasting

    Zhen Cui;Yanlai Zhou;Shenglian Guo;Jun Wang

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Multilayer blue-green roofs as nature-based solutions for water and thermal insulation management

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • Metal contamination assessment in water column and surface sediments of a warm monomictic man-made lake: Sabalan Dam Reservoir, Iran

    Saber Aradpour;Roohollah Noori;Qiuhong Tang;Rabin Bhattarai

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • The exploration of a Temporal Convolutional Network combined with Encoder-Decoder framework for runoff forecasting

    Kangling Lin;Sheng Sheng;Yanlai Zhou;Feng Liu

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Random forest predictive model development with uncertainty analysis capability for the estimation of evapotranspiration in an arid oasis region

    Min Wu;Qi Feng;Xiaohu Wen;Ravinesh C. Deo

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Copula-based drought severity-area-frequency curve and its uncertainty, a case study of Heihe River basin, China

    Zhanling Li;Quanxi Shao;Qingyun Tian;Louie Zhang

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Effects of climate and anthropogenic changes on current and future variability in flows in the So'o River Basin (south of Cameroon)

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Comparison of spatial interpolation methods for the estimation of precipitation patterns at different time scales to improve the accuracy of discharge simulations

    Dedi Liu;Qin Zhao;Dezhi Fu;Shenglian Guo

    (2020)
    24 Citations

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