OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Canadian Water Resources Journal is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Fitting flood frequency distributions using the annual maximum series and the peak over threshold approaches	25
Comparative analysis of local and large-scale approaches to floodplain mapping: a case study of the Chaudière River	21
Large-scale flood modelling based on LiDAR data: a case study in the Southwest Miramichi watershed, New Brunswick, Canada	16
Are temperature time series measured at hydrometric stations representative of the river’s thermal regime?	12
The state of isotope hydrology research in Canada (2007–2022)	8
Overcoming the challenges of flow forecasting in a data poor region	8
Updating inflow forecasts using empirical statistical matching for real-time prediction of daily net inflows to Okanagan Lake	7
Commentary: Towards a new era of environmental prediction in Canada	6
Design flood estimation in flood hazard studies: a three-decade systematic review of practices in Canada	6
Hydrological behaviour of an unregulated eastern slope river under changing historical climate	6
Performance of automated geoprocessing methods for culvert detection in remote Forest environments	6
Mechanisms of spring freshet generation in southern Quebec, Canada	5
Statistical modeling of ice cover impact on flow conveyance in the Nelson River West Channel	5
Commentary: Prescribed future pathway for Ontario conservation authorities: regulatory impacts and implications	4
Ecological impacts of management practices in agricultural drain networks: a literature synthesis	4
Flood frequency analysis at ungauged catchments with the GAM and MARS approaches in the Montreal region, Canada	4
Elevation-dependent warming of streams in mountainous regions: implications for temperature modeling and headwater climate refugia	3
Photosensitizing properties of dissolved organic carbon in Canadian prairie pothole wetland ponds change in response to sunlight	3
Influences of urban stormwater management ponds on wetlandscape connectivity	3
Ontario conservation authorities – end, evolve, interlude or epiphany?	3
Towards a better understanding of the evaporative cooling of rivers: case study for the Little Southwest Miramichi River (New Brunswick, Canada)	3
Screening and scoping-level assessment of beneficial management practices in a Canadian prairie watershed	3
Seasonal pre-development conditions of a proposed low impact development neighbourhood	3
Augmenting environmental flow information with water temperature: case study in Eastern Canada	3
Impacts des activités minières d’amiante sur l’évolution du lac à la Truite d’Irlande, région de Thetford Mines (Québec, Canada) Impacts of asbestos mining activities on the evolution of Lac à la Trui	3

Editors’ note	3
The importance of groundwater to the upper Columbia River floodplain wetlands	3
Multitechnique approach for characterizing the hydrogeology of aquifer systems: application to the Mauricie region of Québec, Canada	2
Testing a modified environmental flows framework for a Southern Ontario (Canada) river system: assessing hydrological alteration and management recommendations	2
État des connaissances de la gestion des eaux de lavage maraîchères: caractéristiques et traitements	2
Predicting water quality in Canada: mind the (data) gap	2
Phosphorus dynamics in agricultural surface runoff at the edge of the field and in ditches during overbank flooding conditions in the Red River Valley	2
Comparing paleo reconstructions of warm and cool season streamflow (1400–2018) for the North and South Saskatchewan River sub-basins, Western Canada	2
Informational analysis of the Canadian National Hydrometric program monitoring network	2
Regional variability and changing water distributions drive large-scale water resource availability in Alberta, Canada	2
Six decades of research on river temperature in Canada	2
Drivers of hydrologic budgets in small terminal lakes in the Alberta prairies	2
Analysis of Canada’s water use: tracing water flow from source to end use	2
Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) for Canada: assessment of probability distributions	1
Quantifying the evolution of ensemble water temperature forecasts as a function of weather forecast lead-time: case study on the Nechako River watershed	1
Testing household preferences for the importance of the frequency and severity of water quality impairment	1
Managing flows for sockeye salmon emergence using the Fish Water Management Tool	1
Effects of winter water quality conditions on Atlantic Salmon embryo mortality and deformity rates in the Serpentine River (New Brunswick, Canada)	1
Assessing climate change impacts on North American freshwater habitat of wild Atlantic salmon - urgent needs for collaborative research	1
Modelling peatland disruption in bisected bogs and the potential impacts on source water protection	1
Fully integrating probabilistic flood forecasts into the decision-making process across southern Quebec, Canada: some factors to consider	1
The effect of hydrological model structure on spring flow forecasts when assimilating a distributed snow product	1
Climate scenarios of extreme precipitation using a combination of parametric and non-parametric bias correction methods in the province of Québec	1
Summer recreational boating impacts on erosion, turbidity, and phosphorus levels in Canadian freshwater lakes	1
‘That water out there is no damn good for anybody’: Experiences with declining water quality in a First Nation community	1
Flood risk assessment data access and equity in Metro Vancouver	1
Commentary: Personal reflections on the history and development of the Canadian Water Resources Association, Rick Ross, former Executive Director (2005–2017)	1
Spatial and temporal variability of the solar radiation heat flux in streams of a forested catchment	1
Evaluating the effects of climate change on river water temperature downstream of a hydropower reservoir in western Canada	1
Modeling of the thermal regime of rivers subject to seasonal ice cover using data from different sources and temporal resolutions	1
New policy and regulatory reforms for Ontario Conservation Authorities	1
Stream thermalscape scenarios for British Columbia, Canada	1