OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Water Resources Development is 4. 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
Irrigation subsidy policy in Chile: lessons from the allocation, uneven distribution and water resources implications	28
Seeing beyond negotiations: the impacts of the Belt and Road on Sino-Kazakh transboundary water management	16
Water justice and Europe’s Right2Water movement	16
Reforming for resilience: delivering ‘multipurpose hydropower’ under water and energy risks	15
Adequate, resilient and sustainable: how to run a water utility in a pandemic	14
Water resources of Italy: protection, use and control	14
Comparing China and India’s transboundary water governance: insights from international law	13
Role of knowledge in the management of groundwater-use for irrigation in micro-watersheds of semi-arid India	13
Net positive and its application to water management	13
Weather shocks, irrigation development and poverty: evidence from rural Northeast Thailand and Central Vietnam	12
Mechanization in land preparation and irrigation water productivity: insights from rice production	10
Polycentric governance and agroecological practices in the MENA region: insights from Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia	9
Desalinated drinking-water provision in water-stressed regions: challenges of consumer-perception and environmental impact lessons from Antofagasta, Chile	9
Reviewing the causes of Mekong drought before and during 2019–20	9
The spatiotemporal variability of phytoplankton phenology in the Caspian Sea (an ecoregion-based approach)	8
Structural and institutional arrangements impacting collective actions in WUAs of West Bengal, India	8
Does financial inclusion improve sanitation access? Empirical evidence from low- and middle-income countries	8
Improving connectivity in water governance: the implementation of water cooperation mechanisms in disparate political and social contexts	8
Comparative assessment of alternative water supply contributions across five data-scarce cities	8
What does valuing water mean in practice? A case study from the Ewaso Ng’iro River Basin, Kenya	8
Water security, climate change and COP26	8
Water management practices in Euro-Mediterranean hotels and resorts	8
Water or mirage? Nightmare over dams and hydropower across Iran	7
Towards water regionalism? Examining the linkages between water, infrastructures, and regionalism in Turkey	7
Scenarios for public systems transition using learning alliances: the case of water supply in Uganda	6

United Nations water conferences: reflections and expectations	6
The impact of COVID-19 and capacities of farmers in small-scale irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa	6
Bandung Principles: a path to equitable global water governance?	5
The evolution of the EU drinking water policy towards a source-to-mouth approach	5
Water infrastructure in Asia: financing and policy options	5
Water governance for water security: analysing institutional strengths and challenges in Finland	5
Is policy convergence required to improve women’s empowerment in agriculture? Evidence from West Bengal	5
Legal frameworks and mechanisms for resolving transboundary water disputes in Malaysia: insights from the Kedah-Penang Muda River dispute	5
Exploring the challenges of people’s resettlement in China’s reservoirs: a historical perspective	5
Socio-spatial and seasonal dynamics of small, private water service providers in Khulna district, Bangladesh	5
Hedging the risk of hydrological drought in irrigated agriculture: the role of precautionary savings	5
The effect of information on preferences for improved household water supply in Indonesia and Nepal	5
The dying oasis: a macro analysis of tank irrigation in Andhra Pradesh, India	5
Water right society – a history review from Three-Valley of Hejin County, 1389–1947	5
Explaining the sustained public participation of ENGOs in China’s water governance: a case study of the ‘civilian river chiefs’ under the theoretical framework of ‘double embeddedness’	5
Cooperative water-sharing agreements between highlands and drylands: the Tambo-Santiago-Ica river basin in Peru	4
A perspective on sustainability and environmental challenges in the Caspian Sea	4
Unsettling bureaucratic designs: inter-bureaucratic competition and patrimonialism in the pursuit of Thailand’s hydraulic mission	4
Water safety management during the initial phase of the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, responses and guidance	4
Willingness to pay for fluoride-free water in Tanzania: disentangling the importance of behavioural factors	4
Tanker trucks in Chile: from the normalization of an emergency to the commodification of water	4
A system approach to water, sanitation, and hygiene resilience and sustainability in refugee communities	4
Water’s role in MDB regional development	4
Satellite-based phenology analysis of the Hyrcanian forest in the Alborz mountains and Caspian Sea shores, Iran	4
Tap water consumption choices in out-of-home settings: insights from a survey of German adults	4
Public perceptions of water scarcity in China: insights from an online survey of 3262 responses	4
Cybercrime, cybersecurity and water utilities	4
International capacity building to achieve SDG6: insights from longitudinal analysis of five water operator partnerships	4