Hugo A. Loáiciga publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hugo A. Loáiciga between 1983 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hugo A. Loáiciga published across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026, averaging 9.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2016. 8 of the 406 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30

1983 2026

406 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hugo A. Loáiciga: publications per year, 1983 to 2026
Year	Publications
1983	2
1984	0
1985	4
1986	3
1987	6
1988	10
1989	4
1990	3
1991	5
1992	5
1993	11
1994	2
1995	6
1996	6
1997	2
1998	2
1999	4
2000	4
2001	9
2002	4
2003	4
2004	3
2005	7
2006	8
2007	9
2008	9
2009	2
2010	3
2011	4
2012	1
2013	6
2014	4
2015	24
2016	37
2017	34
2018	20
2019	20
2020	27
2021	36
2022	18
2023	15
2024	15
2025	7
2026	1
Total	406

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Hugo A. Loáiciga publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hugo A. Loáiciga sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 314 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
38–47	5
48–57	33
58–67	94
68–77	161
78–87	278
88–97	376
98–107	404
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557
138–147	491
148–157	495
158–167	458
168–177	490
178–187	414
188–197	401
198–207	333
208–217	292
218–227	290
228–237	262
238–247	243
248–257	208
258–267	185
268–277	147
278–287	128
288–297	119
298–307	120
308–317	107	314
318–327	93
328–337	87
338–347	64
348–357	87
358–367	60
368–377	60
378–387	34
388–397	50
398–407	44
408–417	31
418–427	39
428–437	27
438–447	36
448–457	27
458–467	29
468–477	30
478–487	19
488–497	15
498–507	18
508–517	19
518–527	16
528–537	10
538–547	11
548–557	14
558–567	11
568–577	7
578–587	14
588–597	5
598–602	4
603+	100

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Hugo A. Loáiciga D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hugo A. Loáiciga sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	144
31	215
32	278
33	379
34	366
35	372
36	389
37	366
38	344
39	349
40	296
41	289
42	277
43	279
44	248
45	257
46	212
47	202	47
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178
52	182
53	178
54	163
55	117
56	163
57	120
58	113
59	136
60	135
61	96
62	103
63	83
64	103
65	83
66	89
67	92
68	89
69	78
70	75
71	53
72	62
73	54
74	35
75	52
76	50
77	32
78	37
79	20
80	33
81	36
82	34
83	34
84	24
85	19
86	18
87	26
88	30
89	17
90	21
91	19
92	15
93	14
94	20
95	9
96	10
97	15
98	13
99	3
100	13
101	3
102	9
103	4
104	6
105	6
106+	98

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hugo A. Loáiciga is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans environmental science and engineering, with a particular focus on water-related topics.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Environmental Science
Engineering

Within these broader fields, their work concentrates on several subfields:

Water Science and Technology
Ocean Engineering
Global and Planetary Change
Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering

Key topics addressed in their research cover:

Water resources management and optimization
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
Water Systems and Optimization
Transboundary Water Resource Management
Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Loáiciga has contributed to multiple publication venues, with repeated appearances in:

Scientific Reports
Water Resources Management
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Journal of Hydrology
Environment Development and Sustainability

Some of their recent papers include:

Application of particle swarm optimization to water management: an introduction and overview (2020, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment)
Long short-term memory neural network (LSTM-NN) for aquifer level time series forecasting using in-situ piezometric observations (2021, Journal of Hydrology)
Machine-learning algorithms for forecast-informed reservoir operation (FIRO) to reduce flood damages (2021, Scientific Reports)
Integrated strategic planning and multi-criteria decision-making framework with its application to agricultural water management (2022, Scientific Reports)
Optimal Water Allocation of Surface and Ground Water Resources Under Climate Change with WEAP and IWOA Modeling (2022, Water Resources Management)

Their frequent co-authors include:

Omid Bozorg-Haddad
Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh
Parvin Golfam
Ryan Solgi
Mohammad Delpasand

Hugo A. Loáiciga was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

Global warming and the hydrologic cycle

Hugo A. Loaiciga;Juan B. Valdes;Richard Vogel;Jeff Garvey

409
Citations
Groundwater fluxes in the global hydrologic cycle: past, present and future

I.S. Zektser;Hugo A. Loaiciga

356
Citations
Review of Ground‐Water Quality Monitoring Network Design

Hugo A. Loaiciga;Randall J. Charbeneau;Lorne G. Everett;Graham E. Fogg

319
Citations
Environmental impacts of groundwater overdraft: selected case studies in the southwestern United States

S. Zektser;H. A. Loáiciga;J. T. Wolf

314
Citations
Climate-change impacts in a regional karst aquifer, Texas, USA

H. A. Loáiciga;David R Maidment;J. B. Valdes

300
Citations
An optimization approach for groundwater quality monitoring network design

Hugo A. Loaiciga

208
Citations
Distributed hydrological modelling in California semi-arid shrublands: MIKE SHE model calibration and uncertainty estimation

Christine E. McMichael;Allen S. Hope;Hugo A. Loaiciga

191
Citations
Climate Change and Ground Water

Hugo A. Loáiciga

176
Citations
Application of the Water Cycle Algorithm to the Optimal Operation of Reservoir Systems

Omid Bozorg Haddad;Mojtaba Moravej;Hugo A. Loáiciga

164
Citations
dendrohydrology and long‐term hydrologic phenomena

Hugo A. Loaiciga;Laura Haston;Joel Michaelsen

147
Citations
Evaluation of Climatic-Change Impacts on Multiobjective Reservoir Operation with Multiobjective Genetic Programming

Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh;Omid Bozorg Haddad;Hugo A. Loáiciga

141
Citations
Sea Water Intrusion by Sea-Level Rise: Scenarios for the 21st Century

Hugo A. Loáiciga;Thomas J. Pingel;Elizabeth S. Garcia

141
Citations
Development and Application of the Bat Algorithm for Optimizing the Operation of Reservoir Systems

Omid Bozorg-Haddad;Iman Karimirad;Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni;Hugo A. Loáiciga

131
Citations
Analytic game—theoretic approach to ground-water extraction

Hugo A. Loáiciga

128
Citations
Application of particle swarm optimization to water management: an introduction and overview.

Mahsa Jahandideh-Tehrani;Omid Bozorg-Haddad;Hugo A Loáiciga

121
Citations
Adaptive Reservoir Operation Rules Under Climatic Change

Mohsen Ahmadi;Omid Bozorg Haddad;Hugo A. Loáiciga

117
Citations
Long short-term memory neural network (LSTM-NN) for aquifer level time series forecasting using in-situ piezometric observations

Ryan Solgi;Hugo A. Loáiciga;Mark Kram

111
Citations
Air Permeability of Porous Materials Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions

David S. Springer;Hugo A. Loaiciga;Stephen J. Cullen;Lome G. Everett

110
Citations
Optimal Monthly Reservoir Operation Rules for Hydropower Generation Derived with SVR-NSGAII

Mahyar Aboutalebi;Omid Bozorg Haddad;Hugo A. Loáiciga

108
Citations
Evaluation of water shortage crisis in the Middle East and possible remedies

Omid Bozorg-Haddad;Babak Zolghadr-Asli;Parisa Sarzaeim;Mahyar Aboutalebi

105
Citations
Biogeography-Based Optimization Algorithm for Optimal Operation of Reservoir Systems

Omid Bozorg Haddad;Seyed-Mohammad Hosseini-Moghari;Hugo A. Loáiciga

93
Citations
A Location Modeling Approach for Groundwater Monitoring Network Augmentation

Paul F. Hudak;Hugo A. Loaiciga

91
Citations
Implementation of GIS for Water Resources Planning and Management

Mark R. Leipnik;Karen K. Kemp;Hugo A. Loaiciga

91
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. Mariño University of California, Davis

Omid Bozorg Haddad University of Tehran

William W.-G. Yeh University of California, Los Angeles

Joel Michaelsen University of California, Santa Barbara

Vijay P. Singh Texas A&M University

Dragan Savic University of Exeter

Graham E. Fogg University of California, Davis

Benjamin F. Hobbs Johns Hopkins University

Juan B. Valdés University of Arizona

Jordan F. Clark University of California, Santa Barbara

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