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Water Practice and Technology
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Water Practice and Technology

1751-231X

Published by: IWA Publishing

https://iwaponline.com/wpt

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 656 5 5 3
Environmental Sciences 693 16 21 5
Engineering and Technology 1240 9 10 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 58
Documents by Best Scientists*: 66
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.425
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Water Practice & Technology?

The journal primarily tackles Environmental engineering, Waste management, Wastewater, Sewage treatment and Effluent. Topics in Environmental engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Water quality and Water resources. The research on Water resources discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Water resource management.

The journal investigates Waste management research which frequently intersects with Anaerobic digestion. The study on Wastewater presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Pulp and paper industry. More specifically, the research on Sewage treatment in it is related to Activated sludge.

  • Environmental engineering (23.14%)
  • Waste management (18.77%)
  • Wastewater (17.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An Overview of Water Sensitive Urban Design Practices in Australia (73 citations)
  • Advancements in the application of aerobic granular biomass technology for sustainable treatment of wastewater (68 citations)
  • Electric vehicle wireless charging technology: a state-of-the-art review of magnetic coupling systems (61 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Water Practice & Technology:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Waste management, Wastewater, Environmental engineering, Sewage treatment and Effluent. The works on Wastewater tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Sludge, Pulp and paper industry, Reuse and Bioreactor. Biomass and Groundwater are some topics wherein Environmental engineering research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

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

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Pulp and paper industry, Sewage treatment, Water resource management, Wastewater and Environmental chemistry. Water Practice & Technology connects the study in Pulp and paper industry with the closely related area of Flocculation. The journal explores the study of Sewage treatment to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Waste management.

Water Practice & Technology links adjacent topics like Environmental chemistry with Bentonite.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Sustainability assessment of wastewater treatment techniques in urban areas of Iraq using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) (5 citations)
  • Statistical modeling of monthly streamflow using time series and artificial neural network models: Hindiya Barrage as a case study (3 citations)
  • Ferric chloride for odour control: studies from wastewater treatment plants in India (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 Water Practice & Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Karoli N. Njau (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sławomir Stasiak (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Herong Gui (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mariusz Rosik (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Naoki Shinohara (8 papers) absent at the last 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 Water Practice & Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Soochow University (Suzhou) (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Delft University of Technology (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yahoo! (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Veolia Water (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Suez Environnement (14 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, 22.98% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 4.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.65% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.13% of all publications and 73.39% 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

  • The bottlenecks and causes, and potential solutions for municipal sewage treatment in China

    Yeshi Cao;M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht;Glen. T. Daigger

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Sustainability assessment of wastewater treatment techniques in urban areas of Iraq using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)

    Isam I. Omran;Nabeel H. Al-Saati;Hyam H. Al-Saati;Khalid S. Hashim;Khalid S. Hashim

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Statistical modeling of monthly streamflow using time series and artificial neural network models: Hindiya Barrage as a case study

    Nabeel H. Al-Saati;Isam I. Omran;Alaa Ali Salman;Zainab Al-Saati

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Arsenic removal from water by nanofiltration membrane: potentials and limitations

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Statistical assessment for performance of Al-Mussaib drinking water treatment plant at the year 2020

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Treatment of sidestream dewatering liquors from thermally hydrolised and anaerobically digested biosolids

    W. Driessen;J. T. A. Van Veldhoven;M. P. M. Janssen;M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Application of Environmetrics tools for geochemistry, water quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources in Deepor Beel, Assam, India

    Siddhant Dash;Smitom Swapna Borah;Ajay S. Kalamdhad

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Temporal variations of de facto wastewater reuse and disinfection by-products in public water systems in the Shenandoah River watershed, USA

    Richard J Weisman;Larry Barber;Kaycee Elizabeth Faunce;Jennifer Rapp

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Understanding short-term organic matter fluctuations to optimize drinking water treatment

    (2022)
    6 Citations

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