OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the American Water Resources Association is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Standardizing No Net Loss Stream Mitigation Assessment Methods: Tradeoffs between Expediency and River Science	161
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Illinois State Water Survey Bulletin 75: New Precipitation Frequency Study for Illinois	61
Improved annual temperature cycle function for stream seasonal thermal regimes	44
Effects of Future Land Use Variability on Nutrient Loads in a Fast‐Urbanizing Landscape	38
Evaluation of Select Velocity Measurement Techniques for Estimating Discharge in Small Streams across the United States	29
Quantifying Replacement Rates From Indoor and Outdoor Urban Water Conservation Incentives in California	29
Application of a Large‐Scale Terrain‐Analysis‐Based Flood Mapping System to Hurricane Harvey	29
Tidal–hydrological dynamics of water temperature across freshwater forested wetlands on the northeastern Pacific coast	28
Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management	24
Water supply, waste assimilation, and low‐flow issues facing the Southeast Piedmont Interstate‐85 urban archipelago	21
Water balance characterization of the early 21st century drought in the western United States	21
Function and watershed‐based stream mitigation: Lessons from a program development and implementation odyssey in the Western United States	18
Spatial pattern and driving forces of regional water use efficiency: From spatial spillover and heterogeneity perspective	18
Comparison of surface resistance‐based models for estimating maize evapotranspiration in a humid region of China	18
Analyzing the impact of polder‐type flood control pattern on river system's regulation and storage capacity under urbanization	17
Using a Multi‐Institutional Ensemble of Watershed Models to Assess Agricultural Conservation Effectiveness in a Future Climate	17
Champions and Traditional Technocrats: The Role of Environmental Value Orientation in Stormwater Management	16
Leveraging High‐Frequency Sensor Data and U.S. National Water Model Output to Forecast Turbidity in a Drinking Water Supply Basin	16
Assessing the Long‐Term Trends and Impacts of Water Resource System Resilience in the Yangtze River Basin	16
The geography and socioeconomic characteristics of U.S. households reliant on private wells and septic systems	15
Rethinking Water Scarcity, Energy, and Agriculture: Coupling Agrivoltaics With Addressing Groundwater Depletion	14
Evaluation of Water‐Energy‐Food (WEF) Nexus Research: Perspectives, Challenges, and Directions for Future Research	14
Nutrients across Time: Relationships with Climate, Hydrology, and Land Use in Four Rivers of the Pacific Northwest	14
Comprehensive evaluation of water quality grades based on improved CRITIC and multidimensional connection cloud combination	12

Machine Learning for a Heterogeneous Water Modeling Framework	12
Process‐based calibration of WRF‐Hydro in a mountainous basin in southwestern U.S.	12
SNOTEL, the Soil Climate Analysis Network, and water supply forecasting at the Natural Resources Conservation Service: Past, present, and future	12
The long iron line: Water resources development at the United States Military Academy, West Point (1802–1943)	12
Predictability and behavior of water transfers across basin boundaries	11
Reviewer Index—2023	11
Enhancing hydrologic LiDAR digital elevation models: Bridging hydrographic gaps at fine scales	11
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Intersection of Hydrologic Change and Hydropower in the United States: Needs for Future Research and Practice	10
Periodic Variability in Baseflow in Headwater Streams of the Upper Colorado River: Implications for Runoff Efficiency	10
Expanding the applications of the standardized streamflow index through regionalization	10
Streamflow response to drought in a managed coast redwood catchment	10
Post‐Processing the National Water Model with Long Short‐Term Memory Networks for Streamflow Predictions and Model Diagnostics	8
Considerations for using alternative technologies in nutrient management on Cape Cod: Beyond cost and performance	8
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Change of stream network connectivity under polder‐type flood control measure	7
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A survey of non‐USGS continuous streamflow gaging networks in the Pacific Northwest	7
Predicting nitrate exposure from groundwater wells using machine learning and meteorological conditions	7
Co‐production of a vulnerability assessment for aquatic and riparian ecosystems in the southwestern United States	7
Sewage Transport Volumes and Physical Degradation Rates of Personal Care Wipes	7
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Impacts of a nutrient trading plan on stream water quality in Sugar Creek, Ohio	6
Mapping Habitat Suitability Rangewide for Headwater Stream‐Associated Torrent Salamanders	6
Mapping stream and floodplain geomorphometry with the Floodplain and Channel Evaluation Tool	6
Near‐term forecasts of stream temperature using deep learning and data assimilation in support of management decisions	6
Risk Matrix and Connection Number Coupling Approach for Water Resources and Socio‐Economy Coordinated Development Evaluation	6
Assessing flood mitigation, management, and enforcement using insurance data, California and the USA	6
Nutrient Retention and Release in Eroding Chesapeake Bay Tidal Wetlands	6
Ephemeral Stream Network Extraction from Lidar‐Derived Elevation and Topographic Attributes in Urban and Forested Landscapes	6
Future Impact of Climate and Land Use Change on Streamflow in the Rokel‐Seli River Basin, Sierra Leone	6
Drivers of enhanced evaporative demand in U.S. croplands: Determining relative contribution using constrained input scenarios	6
Irrigation rates and turfgrass evapotranspiration in cities with contrasting water availability	6
Simplifying the Groundwater Model Interface to Provide Enhanced Decision Support	5
Joint operation rules considering the uncertainty of energy available for multiple cascaded hydropower system	5
Streamflow and Groundwater Response to Stream Restoration Using Beaver Dam Analogues in a Semi‐Arid Perennial Stream	5
Irrigation response to drought in the Western United States, 1987–2021	5
Colloid‐Pollutant Migration through Saturated Vegetative Filter Strips with Various Hydrodynamics Condition under Rainfall	5
Impacts and sensitivity analysis of imperviousness area and connectivity on surface runoff under a plot‐scale rainfall simulation experiment	5
Integrated water resources trend assessments: State of the science, challenges, and opportunities for advancement	5
Household willingness to pay for stream restoration on private and public land: Evidence from the Baltimore metropolitan region	5
Confronting our Agricultural Nonpoint Source Control Policy Problem	5
Case study of continental‐scale hydrologic modeling's ability to predict daily streamflow percentiles for regulatory application	5
The NRCS Peak Rate Factor for Severe Storms	5
Evaluating California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: The First Five Years of Governance and Planning	5
The Effects of Unpaved Roads on Instream Sediment: Patterns and Challenges for Monitoring	5
Developing Numeric Chlorophyll a Criteria Through Science, Enhanced Monitoring, and a Collaborative Stakeholder Partnership	4
Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical inputs to emerging wetlands on the shores of the receding Salton Sea, California	4
Featured Collection introduction: Climate change in Chesapeake Bay	4

Issue Information	4
Integrating channel design and assessment methods based on sediment transport capacity in gravel bed streams	4
Flooding and the interannual variability of hydrologic quantities in the Missouri River basin	4
Strengthening Cybersecurity of Water Infrastructure through Legislative Actions	4
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Resilient and Sustainable Water Resources Management in the United States: The Role of Water‐Use Data and Interagency Knowledge Exchange	4
Assessing the Impacts of Water Diversion Project on Water Resource System Sustainability	4
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Simulating socio‐hydrological responses to climatic conditions in Phoenix, Arizona	4
Depressional runoff cascade networks of the Des Moines Lobe of Iowa	4
Development of web‐based hydrograph analysis tool considering seasonality and flow condition	4
The usability gap in water resources open data and actionable science initiatives	4
Featured Collection Introduction: National Water Model IV	4
Transforming Institutions to Connect Land and Water for Healthy Communities	4
From single to multi‐purpose reservoir: A framework for optimizing reservoir efficiency	4
Interactions of warming and altered nutrient load timing on the phenology of oxygen dynamics in Chesapeake Bay	4
Contiguous United States hydrologic modeling using the Hillslope Link Model TETIS	3
Drivers of future streamflow changes in watersheds across the Northeastern United States	3
Likelihood of Irrigation Water Efficiency and Conservation Adoption by Producers in Eastern Arkansas	3
Impact of Climate and Land Use Change on Economic Development in the Baoxing River Watershed in Giant Panda National Park	3
Assessing Evidence of Phosphorus Concentration Trends in North American Freshwaters	3
Can we rely on drought‐ending “miracles” in the Colorado River Basin?	3
Impact of Real‐Time Satellite‐Derived Green Vegetation Fraction on National Water Model Fluxes in Humid Alabama Watersheds	3
NOAA's National Water Model: Advancing operational hydrology through continental‐scale modeling	3
Historical patterns of well drilling and groundwater depth in Arizona considering groundwater regulation and surface water access	3
Distinguishing climate change impacts from development impacts on summer low flows in Puget Sound streams	3
Remotely sensed imagery reveals animal feeding operations increase downstream dissolved reactive phosphorus	3
Characterization of Hydraulic Properties of the Memphis Aquifer by Conducting Pumping Tests in Active Well Fields in Shelby County, Tennessee	3
AI‐based runoff simulation based on remote sensing observations: A case study of two river basins in the United States and Canada	3
Modeling compound hydrologic disturbances in the Rio Grande Headwaters	3
Building resilience to extreme weather and climate events in the rural water and wastewater sectors	3
Re‐examining the water affordability: A comparison of alternative measures	3
A data‐oriented strategy to support water resource managers and researchers	3
Novel dimensionless index for physically based assessment of thermal refugia characterizes off‐channel habitat on gravel bed river	3
Predicting lake chlorophyll from stream phosphorus concentrations	3
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Measuring geomorphology in river assessment procedures 1: A global overview of current practices	3
The Impacts of Drought on Southwest Tribal Economies	3
Machine Learning Assisted Reservoir Operation Model for Long‐Term Water Management Simulation	3
Predicted uranium and radon concentrations in New Hampshire (USA) groundwater—Using Multi Order Hydrologic Position as predictors	3
A “WEST” Theory in the East: Decoupling and synergistic evolution of water utilization, economy, and society in China	3
Streamflow simulation improvements enabled by a state‐of‐the‐art algorithm for reservoir routing in the U.S. National Water Model	3