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PLOS Water
H-index 13

PLOS Water

2767-3219

Published by: PLOS

https://journals.plos.org/water/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 462 20 18 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 96
Documents by Best Scientists*: 83
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 11
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.656
Impact Factor: 2.8

Top Publications

  • Saltwater intrusion and climate change impact on coastal agriculture

    (2023)
    26 Citations
  • Convergence of mechanistic modeling and artificial intelligence in hydrologic science and engineering

    (2023)
    12 Citations
  • Advances on water quality modeling in burned areas: A review

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Affordability of household water services across the United States

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • Spatial variations in tap water isotopes across Canada: Tracing water from precipitation to distribution and assess regional water resources

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Enhancing discharge estimation from SWOT satellite data in a tropical tidal river environment

    (2024)
    6 Citations
  • Using detrending to assess SARS-CoV-2 wastewater loads as a leading indicator of fluctuations in COVID-19 cases at fine temporal scales: Correlations across twenty sewersheds in North Carolina

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Irish surface water response to the 2018 drought

    (2023)
    2 Citations
  • Towards an integrative understanding of British Columbia’s Nechako Watershed: Connecting knowledge systems to strengthen understanding of climate change, watershed security, health and well-being

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • A Google Earth-GIS based approach to examine the potential of the current rainwater harvesting practices to meet water demands in Mityana district, Uganda

    (2022)
    1 Citations

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