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Sustainable Water Resources Management
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Sustainable Water Resources Management

2363-5045

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/40899

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 568 10 11 4
Environmental Sciences 651 15 15 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 53
Documents by Best Scientists*: 49
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.498
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Sustainable Water Resources Management?

Sustainable Water Resources Management mostly deals with topics like Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Groundwater, Sustainable development and Water quality. The Hydrology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Structural basin. While it focused on Hydrogeology, it was also able to explore topics like Lineament, Geochemistry, Water balance, Drainage density and Borehole.

While Groundwater is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Environmental engineering, Surface water and Water resource management. It focuses on Sustainable development but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Water scarcity, Environmental planning, Environmental resource management, Water supply and Sustainability. In the journal, Wastewater, Salinity, Turbidity and Pollution are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Water quality research.

Sustainable Water Resources Management links adjacent topics like Groundwater recharge with Surface runoff. The journal features Water resources research that overlaps with concepts in Resource (biology).

  • Hydrology (36.56%)
  • Hydrogeology (36.20%)
  • Groundwater (34.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Water quality assessment of lake water: a review (127 citations)
  • An overview to flood vulnerability assessment methods (53 citations)
  • Web-based global inventory of managed aquifer recharge applications (53 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Sustainable Water Resources Management:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Hydrology, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Water quality and Environmental engineering. While Hydrology is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Structural basin, Monsoon and Ecosystem. Bivariate analysis and Salinity are some topics wherein Groundwater research discussed in the journal publications has an impact.

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

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Hydrogeology, Water quality, Groundwater, Hydrology and Sustainable development. Hydrogeology research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Soil water, Precipitation, Saline water, Environmental remediation and Borehole. Some problems in Water quality that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Wastewater, Sodium adsorption ratio, Pollution and Water industry.

The majority of Groundwater studies are focused on the issues of Aquifer. The journal explores topics in Sustainable development which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Natural resource, Resource (biology), Environmental planning, Agriculture and Water supply. The studies in Irrigation featured incorporate elements of Current (stream) and Salinity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic on groundwater salinity in Punjab, India: some hydrogeoethics issues (3 citations)
  • Monitoring of heavy metal contamination in Netravati river basin: overview of pollution indices and risk assessment (3 citations)
  • Energy analysis and water conservation measures by water audit at thermal power stations (3 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 Sustainable Water Resources Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paula M. Carreira (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pawan Labhasetwar (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • José M. Marques (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Uttam Kumar Sarkar (4 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 Sustainable Water Resources Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Technology Akure (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Mekelle University (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 25.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.11% of all publications and 63.51% 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

  • Anthropogenic hydrometeorological changes at a regional scale: observed irrigation–precipitation feedback (1979–2015) in Nebraska, USA

    Jozsef Szilagyi;Jozsef Szilagyi;Trenton E. Franz

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Survey of water supply and assessment of groundwater quality in the suburban communes of Selembao and Kimbanseke, Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Michel L Kapembo;Michel L Kapembo;Florent B Mukeba;Florent B Mukeba;Periyasamy Sivalingam;Periyasamy Sivalingam;Johnny B Mukoko;Johnny B Mukoko

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Historical issues of hydrotherapy in thermal–mineral springs of the Hellenic world

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Evaluating InVEST model for simulating annual and seasonal water yield in data-scarce regions of the Abbay (Upper Blue Nile) Basin: implications for water resource planners and managers

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Water chemistry of rivers and streams from the Jaú and Uatumã basins in central Brazilian Amazon

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Evaluating land use impacts on water quality: perspectives for watershed management

    (2023)
    12 Citations
  • Locating suitable sites for rainwater harvesting (RWH) in the central arid region of Iran

    Zahra Tahvili;Hassan Khosravi;Arash Malekian;Shahram Khalighi Sigaroodi

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Scale mismatch in social–ecological systems: a Costa Rican case study of spring water management

    Kristen Welsh;Levi Keesecker;Renée Hill;Taylor Joyal

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Groundwater quality assessment using PCA and water quality index (WQI) in a drought-prone area

    (2023)
    6 Citations

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