Water (MDPI)

Top Research Topics at Water?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Hydrology, Water quality, Water resources, Groundwater and Climate change. The research on Hydrology discussed in Water draws on the closely related field of Precipitation. It links adjacent topics like Precipitation with Climatology.

The journal connects research in Water quality with the related topic of Environmental engineering. Water resources and Water resource management are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Groundwater but it intersects with the subject of Surface water.

Streamflow is the primary subject of Drainage basin works presented in it.

• Hydrology (19.53%)
• Water quality (9.36%)
• Water resources (8.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment (738 citations)
• Atmospheric Rivers, Floods and the Water Resources of California (528 citations)
• Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications (473 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Water:

Hydrology, Water resources, Climate change, Environmental engineering and Water resource management are the main subjects of interest in the published papers. The most cited papers tackle issues in Hydrology, particularly in the topics of Drainage basin, Surface runoff, Streamflow, Water quality and Flood myth. The most cited articles hold forums on Climate change that merge themes from other disciplines such as Climatology and Precipitation.

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

• Ecology
• Statistics
• Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Water is organized to address concerns in the fields of Hydrology, Water quality, Groundwater, Water resources and Drainage basin. While Hydrology is the focus of Water, it also provided insights into the studies of Sediment and Precipitation. The journal focuses on Precipitation research which is adjacent to topics in Climatology.

It covers various topics on Groundwater such as Aquifer and Groundwater recharge. Most of the Water resources studies addressed also intersect with Water resource management. The journal features Drainage basin research that overlaps with concepts in Structural basin.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Flood Susceptibility Assessment Using Novel Ensemble of Hyperpipes and Support Vector Regression Algorithms (14 citations)
• Prediction of Combined Terrestrial Evapotranspiration Index (CTEI) over Large River Basin Based on Machine Learning Approaches (13 citations)
• The Biological Assessment and Rehabilitation of the World’s Rivers: An Overview (13 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Water (based on the number of publications) are:

• Peter Goethals (36 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Hao Wang (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Bernard A. Engel (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Erik Jeppesen (27 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Xing Fang (27 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 more 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Water (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Korea University (41 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• National Cheng Kung University (39 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (29 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Wageningen University and Research Centre (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 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, 95.06% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.48% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.99% of all publications and 55.94% 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.