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Hugh Turral publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hugh Turral sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 107 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Hugh Turral D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hugh Turral sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hugh Turral is affiliated with the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with specific focus on Water Science and Technology as well as Ocean Engineering.

Their work covers multiple topics related to water management and environmental systems. Key areas include:

  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Turral has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Simon Tilleard
  • Tarek Ketelsen
  • Louise Whiting

Their research outputs reflect engagement in interdisciplinary approaches that address complex interactions between water resources and related environmental and engineering challenges. These connections are evident through their involvement in environmental science disciplines and engineering subfields focusing on aquatic systems.

Best Publications

  • Global irrigated area map (GIAM), derived from remote sensing, for the end of the last millennium

    Prasad S. Thenkabail;Chandrashekhar M. Biradar;Praveen Noojipady;Venkateswarlu Dheeravath

  • Ganges and Indus river basin land use/land cover (LULC) and irrigated area mapping using continuous streams of MODIS data

    Prasad S. Thenkabail;Mitchell Schull;Hugh Turral

  • Pathways for increasing agricultural water productivity

    David Molden;T. Y. Oweis;S. Pasquale;J. W. Kijne

  • Investing in irrigation: Reviewing the past and looking to the future

    Hugh Turral;Mark Svendsen;Jean Marc Faures

  • A global map of rainfed cropland areas (GMRCA) at the end of last millennium using remote sensing

    Chandrashekhar M. Biradar;Prasad S. Thenkabail;Praveen Noojipady;Yuanjie Li

  • India's water future to 2025-2050: business-as-usual scenario and deviations.

    Upali A. Amarasinghe;Tushaar Shah;Hugh Turral;B.K. Anand

  • Irrigated area mapping in heterogeneous landscapes with MODIS time series, ground truth and census data, Krishna Basin, India

    Trent W. Biggs;Prasad S. Thenkabail;Murali K. Gumma;Christopher A. Scott

  • Spectral Matching Techniques to Determine Historical Land-use/Land-cover (LULC) and Irrigated Areas Using Time-series 0.1-degree AVHRR Pathfinder Datasets

    P. S. Thenkabail;M. Krishna;H. Turral

  • Diagnosing irrigation performance and water productivity through satellite remote sensing and secondary data in a large irrigation system of Pakistan

    M.D. Ahmad;M.D. Ahmad;Hugh Turral;A. Nazeer

  • Measuring and enhancing the value of agricultural water in irrigated river basins

    Intizar Hussain;Hugh Turral;David Molden;Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad

  • Sponge city : Water balance of Mega-city water use and wastewater use in Hyderabad, India

    Daan J. Van Rooijen;Hugh Turral;Trent Wade Biggs

  • An irrigated area map of the world (1999) derived from remote sensing

    Prasad Thenkabail;Chandrashekhar Biradar;Hugh Turral;Praveen Noojipady

  • Water trading at the margin: The evolution of water markets in the Murray‐Darling Basin

    Hugh Turral;T. Etchells;H.M.M. Malano;H. A. Wijedasa

  • Water saving technologies: myths and realities revealed in Pakistan's rice-wheat systems.

    Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Hugh Turral;Ilyas Masih;Mark Giordano

  • Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security

    Prasad S. Thenkabail;Chandrashekhar M. Biradar;Hugh Turral;John G. Lyon

  • Diagnostic analysis of spatial and temporal variations in crop water productivity: A field scale analysis of the rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab, Pakistan

    Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad;Ilyas Masih;Hugh Turral

  • Discrimination of irrigated and rainfed rice in a tropical agricultural system using SPOT VEGETATION NDVI and rainfall data

    D. Kamthonkiat;K. Honda;H. Turral;N. K. Tripathi

  • Sustaining crop water productivity in rice-wheat systems of South Asia: a case study from the Punjab, Pakistan.

    Waqar Ahmed Jehangir;Ilyas Masih;Shehzad Ahmed;Mustaq Ahmad Gill

  • Closing of the Krishna Basin: irrigation, streamflow depletion and macroscale hydrology

    Trent W. Biggs;Anju Gaur;C. Scott;Prasad S. Thenkabail

  • A review of management strategies for salt-prone land and water resources in Iran

    Asad Sarwar Qureshi;Manzoor Qadir;N. Heydari;Hugh Turral

Frequent Co-Authors

Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad
Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Prasad S. Thenkabail
Prasad S. Thenkabail United States Geological Survey
Chandrashekhar Biradar
Chandrashekhar Biradar International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Egypt
Trent W. Biggs
Trent W. Biggs San Diego State University
David Molden
David Molden World Bank
Murali Krishna Gumma
Murali Krishna Gumma International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Francois Molle
Francois Molle Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Christopher A. Scott
Christopher A. Scott University of Arizona
Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano Georgetown University
Tushaar Shah
Tushaar Shah International Water Management Institute

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