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Urban Water Journal
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Urban Water Journal

1573-062X

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/nurw20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 517 23 32 9
Earth Science 582 7 8 4
Engineering and Technology 707 24 49 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 61
Documents by Best Scientists*: 88
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 60
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.443
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Urban Water Journal?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Environmental engineering, Hydrology, Stormwater, Water resource management and Surface runoff. The journal addresses concerns in Environmental engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Water quality, Combined sewer, Pollutant and Pollution. The Hydrology study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Storm.

The Stormwater study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Environmental planning. The studies on Water resource management discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Water resources, Rainwater harvesting and Water supply. Urban Water Journal connects research in Wastewater with the related topic of Sewage treatment.

  • Environmental engineering (20.96%)
  • Hydrology (17.28%)
  • Stormwater (14.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • SUDS, LID, BMPs, WSUD and more – The evolution and application of terminology surrounding urban drainage (702 citations)
  • Impacts of impervious surface on watershed hydrology: A review (476 citations)
  • A review of methods for leakage management in pipe networks (384 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Urban Water Journal:

The published papers primarily focus on research topics in Environmental engineering, Stormwater, Hydrology, Surface runoff and Environmental resource management. The most cited articles focus on Stormwater but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Civil engineering which is concerned with Process (engineering) and Green infrastructure. The published articles with studies in Hydrology featured incorporate elements of Storm and Precipitation.

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:

Water resource management, Stormwater, Distribution networks, Drainage and Hydrology are the subjects of interest in Urban Water Journal. Topics in Water resource management were tackled in line with various other fields like Water supply, Rainwater harvesting, Urbanization, Flood myth and Water resources. The studies in Stormwater featured incorporate elements of Control (management), Environmental engineering and Environmental planning.

Wastewater is a focus of the presented Environmental engineering works and it dives deep in Wastewater. While Drainage is the focus of Urban Water Journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Pollutant and Hydrograph. Surface runoff and Flood mitigation are Hydrology topics of special interest in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Urban evapotranspiration of green spaces in arid regions through two established approaches: a review of key drivers, advancements, limitations, and potential opportunities (9 citations)
  • Enhancing stormwater control measures using real-time control technology: a review (5 citations)
  • Research on establishment of the region flood protection standard - a case of watershed of Dajiaxi, Taiwan (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 Urban Water Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David Butler (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jeroen Langeveld (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • François Clemens (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Alberto Campisano (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Zoran Kapelan (11 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 Urban Water Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Exeter (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Delft University of Technology (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Sheffield (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Instituto Superior Técnico (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (16 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, 7.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.09% of all publications and 64.84% 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

  • Is green infrastructure a viable strategy for managing urban surface water flooding

    J. L. Webber;T. D. Fletcher;L. Cunningham;G. Fu

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • An ensemble stacked model with bias correction for improved water demand forecasting

    Maria Xenochristou;Zoran Kapelan

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Enhancing stormwater control measures using real-time control technology: a review

    Wei D. Xu;Matthew J. Burns;Frédéric Cherqui;Tim D. Fletcher

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Urban evapotranspiration of green spaces in arid regions through two established approaches: a review of key drivers, advancements, limitations, and potential opportunities

    Rubab Saher;Haroon Stephen;Sajjad Ahmad

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Watermain breaks and data: the intricate relationship between data availability and accuracy of predictions

    Brett Snider;Edward A. McBean

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Assessment of the growing threat of urban flooding: a case study of a national survey

    Jayton L. Rainey;Samuel D. Brody;Gerald E. Galloway;Wesley E. Highfield

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Predicting bedload sediment transport of non-cohesive material in sewer pipes using evolutionary polynomial regression – multi-objective genetic algorithm strategy

    Carlos Montes;Luigi Berardi;Zoran Kapelan;Juan Saldarriaga

    (2020)
    27 Citations

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