Water Security

Top Research Topics at Water Security?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Environmental planning, Water security, Flood myth, Water resources and Context (language use). Environmental planning research discussed connects with the study of Water quality. Topics in Water security explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Water resource management, Food security, Environmental resource management and Water supply.

While Water resource management is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Drainage basin, Water use and Irrigation. Water Security connects the study in Environmental resource management with the closely related area of Environmental economics. It links adjacent topics like Water supply with Surface runoff.

The Flood myth study presented in Water Security encompasses related topics like Flood risk management and also examines its connection to subjects such as Risk analysis (engineering) and Variety (cybernetics). It covers research in Water resources, particularly Water scarcity and how they are related with concepts in Data collection and Stewardship. In addition to Water scarcity research, Water Security aims to explore topics under Scarcity and Natural resource economics.

• Environmental planning (36.05%)
• Water security (34.88%)
• Flood myth (18.60%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach (101 citations)
• A Dynamic Framework for Water Security (76 citations)
• Advancing Methods for Research on Household Water Insecurity: Studying Entitlements and Capabilities, Socio-Cultural Dynamics, and Political Processes, Institutions and Governance (48 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Water Security:

Water security, Environmental planning, Water quality, Livelihood and Futures contract are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. While work presented in the most cited papers provide substantial information on Water security, it also covers topics in Food security, Knowledge management and Water resource management. The studies tackled in the most cited publications, which mainly focus on Environmental planning, apply to Water scarcity as well.

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

• China
• Drainage basin
• Biodiversity

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Water security, Environmental planning, Flood myth, Water resources and Context (language use). The studies in Water security featured incorporate elements of Prosperity and State (polity). The Flood risk management studies presented in the journal fall under the field of Flood myth, but it also has connections to other fields such as Variety (cybernetics), Directive and River basin management plans.

While it focused on Water resources, it was also able to explore topics like Natural resource economics and Sustainable management. The studies on Sustainable management discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Drainage basin, Glacier and Scarcity. The research on Water scarcity tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Institutional capacity, Surface water and Groundwater.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The role of prices in managing water scarcity (3 citations)
• How can we plan resilient systems of nature-based mitigation measures in larger catchments for flood risk reduction now and in the future? (1 citations)
• Community based collective action for safe water in rural sub-Saharan Africa (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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• Frederick Boltz (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Casey Brown (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sarah Freeman (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Dustin Garrick (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Wendy Jepson (3 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• University of Massachusetts Amherst (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Oxford (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of British Columbia (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (3 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, 5.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 33.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 50.00% 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.