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Water Science and Engineering
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Water Science and Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 410 16 14 8
Engineering and Technology 1161 9 10 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 46
Documents by Best Scientists*: 44
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.938
Impact Factor: 4.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Water science and engineering?

Water science and engineering focuses on Hydrology, Geotechnical engineering, Mechanics, Flow (psychology) and Water resources. The study on Hydrology presented in it intersects with the topics under Sediment. The Sediment study tackling the subject of Sediment transport is the focus of the journal.

Water science and engineering focuses on Geotechnical engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Structural engineering and Finite element method. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Water resources as it also encompasses Water resource management. It features Water quality research that overlaps with concepts in Environmental engineering.

  • Hydrology (23.97%)
  • Geotechnical engineering (15.36%)
  • Mechanics (8.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Adsorption of Cr(VI) in wastewater using magnetic multi-wall carbon nanotubes (82 citations)
  • A simple formula for predicting settling velocity of sediment particles (75 citations)
  • Compensation and benefit sharing: Why resettlement policies and practices must be reformed (71 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Water science and engineering:

The journal papers investigate studies in Hydrology, Drainage basin, Meteorology, Surface runoff and Climatology. The studies on Hydrology discussed at the most cited articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Arid and Precipitation. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Drainage basin that incorporate concepts from other fields like Hydrological modelling, Hydraulic structure and Water resources.

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

  • Statistics
  • Ecology
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Water science and engineering tackles a plethora of topics, such as Hydrology, Flood myth, Flow (psychology), Mechanics and Water resource management. The Hydrology works featured in Water science and engineering incorporate elements from Structural basin and Shoal. Concepts in Climatology, as well as related topics in Precipitation, Evapotranspiration and Drainage basin, are covered in the Structural basin research presented in Water science and engineering.

The featured works in Flood risk assessment, which all belong in the domain if Flood myth, also overlaps with concepts under Networking hardware. The presented research on Flow (psychology) deals specifically with Volumetric flow rate but it also addresses topics in Turbulence and Hydropower. Aside from discussions in Mechanics, it also deals with the subject of Physical model which intersects with Flow separation and Head (vessel) disciplines.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Deformation early-warning index for heightened gravity dam during impoundment period (2 citations)
  • Quantifying natural recharge characteristics of shallow aquifers in groundwater overexploitation zone of North China (1 citations)
  • Issues influencing accuracy of hydrological modeling in a changing environment (1 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 science and engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zhongbo Yu (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Narges Zohrabi (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • داود خدادادی دهکردی (6 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • علی عصاره (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Dominic E. Reeve (5 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 science and engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hohai University (226 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wuhan University (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (20 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, 49.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.67% of all publications and 43.33% 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

  • Local scour at offshore windfarm monopile foundations: A review

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Countermeasures for local scour at offshore wind turbine monopile foundations: A review

    (2022)
    62 Citations
  • Mangrove forests as a nature-based solution for coastal flood protection: Biophysical and ecological considerations

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Scour and liquefaction issues for anchors and other subsea structures in floating offshore wind farms: A review

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Control of wind-wave power on morphological shape of salt marsh margins

    Alvise Finotello;Alvise Finotello;Marco Marani;Luca Carniello;Mattia Pivato

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Numerical study of seabed response and liquefaction around a jacket support offshore wind turbine foundation under combined wave and current loading

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Monopile responses to monotonic and cyclic loading in undrained sand using 3D FE with SANISAND-MSu

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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