Water Resources Research

Top Research Topics at Water Resources Research?

The scientific interests tackled in Water Resources Research are Hydrology, Geotechnical engineering, Soil science, Mechanics and Groundwater. It focuses on different Hydrology studies like Surface runoff, Streamflow, Drainage basin, Watershed and Hydrology (agriculture). The Geotechnical engineering study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Flow (psychology).

The studies in Soil science featured incorporate elements of Infiltration (hydrology) and Water content. Water Resources Research dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Mechanics and Porous medium. Topics like Aquifer, Groundwater flow and Groundwater recharge are tackled as part of the discussions on Groundwater.

• Hydrology (30.04%)
• Geotechnical engineering (11.55%)
• Soil science (11.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A new model for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated porous media (5425 citations)
• Electromagnetic determination of soil water content: Measurements in coaxial transmission lines (4008 citations)
• Evaluating the use of “goodness-of-fit” Measures in hydrologic and hydroclimatic model validation (2960 citations)

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

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Hydrology, Geotechnical engineering, Soil science, Groundwater and Mechanics. Topics like Surface runoff, Drainage basin, Streamflow, Hydrology (agriculture) and Evapotranspiration are tackled as part of the discussions on Hydrology in the most cited articles. While the published articles focused on Soil science, they were also able to explore topics like Infiltration (hydrology) and Water content.

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 Resources Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe (120 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Shlomo P. Neuman (108 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gedeon Dagan (102 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Murugesu Sivapalan (95 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Dani Or (91 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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 Resources Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• United States Geological Survey (470 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Arizona (330 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
• Princeton University (230 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (216 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (211 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 9 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, 4.73% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.97% of all publications and 43.84% 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.