OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Fluid Mechanics is 2. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
RANS model predictions for desalination discharges implemented with a dynamic turbulent Schmidt number approach	36
The entire lifetime of a distinct double-diffusive staircase in crater Lake Nyos, Cameroon	21
Predicting velocity and turbulent kinetic energy inside an emergent Phragmites australis canopy with real morphology	19
Effect of density maximum of water on the stability of gravitactic convective motions in biothermal convection	19
Hydrodynamic forces on emergent cylinders in non-uniform flow	18
Investigation of the flow structures through heterogeneous vegetation of varying patch configurations in an open channel	17
Preface: special issue on the hydrodynamic and fluvial instabilities	15
Dispersion coefficients analysis by ADCP measurements, tracer test and numerical simulations	14
Correction to: Laboratory study of bed shear stress in gradually varied flow over a sudden change in bed roughness	14
Aerodynamics of ancient egyptian Obelisks and their structural response to Boundary Layer wind	14
Large eddy simulation of flow around semi-conical piers vertically mounted on the bed	14
Revisiting the analysis of self-formed threshold alluvial channels	13
Entrainment in buoyant jets and fountains revisited	13
Interactions between emergent and submerged porous horseshoe elements and open channel flows	11
The geography of near-shelf mixing on the east coast of South Africa	11
Fate of turbid glacial inflows in a hydroelectric reservoir	11
Acknowledgement of reviewers 2021	10
Uncertainty quantification of large-eddy simulation results of riverine flows: a field and numerical study	10
Experimental study on the discharge characteristics of viscous debris flow with grid-type dam	10
Turbulence behaviors underlying the sensible heat and water vapor flux dissimilarity in a stably stratified flow	10
Entrainment dynamics of buoyant jets in a stably stratified environment	9
Bursting phenomenon created by bridge piers group in open channel flow	9
Experimental investigation of the near-surface flow dynamics in downburst-like impinging jets	9
Improved numerical predictions of inclined negatively buoyant jet behaviour	8
Assessment of critical brine disposal operations conditions by CFD modeling and a Kriging metamodel	8

Wave-like motion and secondary currents in arrays of emergent cylinders induced by large scale eddying motion	8
Role of three-dimensional vortex motions on horizontal eddies in an open-channel cavity	7
Response	7
Fog-laden density staircases in the marine atmospheric boundary layer	7
The effects of spanwise canopy heterogeneity on the flow field and evaporation rates	7
Numerical and experimental studies of turbulence in vegetated open-channel flows	7
Sediment management using bandal-like structures as nature-based solution	7
Using automatic model calibration for 3D morphological simulations: a case study of the Bodendorf reservoir flushing	7
Predicting flow resistance in open-channel flows with submerged vegetation	6
Discussion of “Mahmodinia, S., & Javan, M. (2021). Vortical structures, entrainment and mixing process in the lateral discharge of the gravity current. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 21(5), 1035–1	6
Evaluation of the eddy diffusivity in a pollutant dispersion model in the planetary boundary layer	6
Dynamics of oil slicks on wavy water surfaces	6
A new pH-based tracing method for flow mixing studies in closed-loop experimental flumes: evaluation in an open-channel confluence	6
Shear instability in mode-2 internal Kelvin waves	6
Simulation of developing process of forced hydraulic jumps by an explicit incompressible particle method	6
Modelling of spatial variabilities in the flow structure of a heterogeneous mangrove patch through laboratory scale models	6
Numerical experiments of partial-depth colliding gravity currents using LES	6
Fine stock dynamics along an engineered Alpine river system	6
Shallow katabatic flow on a non-uniformly cooled slope	6
Countergradient turbulent transport in a plume with a crossflow	5
Penthouses’ impact on the wind flow structure and pollution distribution in the street canyons with or without balconies on building facades	5
Establishing morpho-dynamic baseline for flow-sediment management of a tidal river in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta system through field measurement	5
On the performance of generative adversarial network for generating turbulent round jet flow	5
A numerical investigation of three-dimensional falling liquid films	5
Numerical investigation of pollutants distribution in a realistic urban environment: A Frankfurt city study	5
Modeling of wind-driven circulation of schistosome larvae in a vegetated side pond	5
Effects of fluvial instability on the bed morphology in vegetated channels	5
Seabed morphodynamics of a coastal lagoon of the Gulf of California	5
The effect of pore geometry in constitutive hysteretic models for unsaturated water flow	5
Simulation of particle resuspension by wind in an urban system	4
Shallow fluid flow over an obstacle: higher-order non-hydrostatic modeling and breaking waves	4
Correction to: Hydraulic jumps with low inflow Froude numbers: air–water surface patterns and transverse distributions of two‑phase flow properties	4
High fidelity simulations of contaminant dispersion in an urban environment with comparison to magnetic resonance imaging measurements	4
Diurnal heating and cooling of a sloping water body with vegetated shallow regions	4
Acknowledgement of Reviewers for 2022	4
Scaling laws of strong convective thermals: comparison with experimental data	4
Regional-scale meteorological characteristics of the Vento Norte phenomenon observed in Southern Brazil	4
Critical analysis of turbulence models for simulating positive surge waves in open channels in a RANS-VOF setup	4
Laboratory experiments on debris flow processes in sharp channel bends	4
Simulation of inclined dense jets in stagnant environments: an LES and experimental study	4
Effects of emergent and submerged rigid vegetation configurations on gravity current dynamics	4
Performance and flow dynamics of heavy air curtains using experiments and numerical simulations	4
Review of: a brief history of aqueducts and conduit resistance laws by Michele Mossa	4
Depth averaged velocity and stage-discharge relationships in compound channels with composite roughness	4
Wave-induced Lagrangian drift in a porous seabed	4
Linear stability of sand waves sheared by a turbulent flow	3
Experimental study of the effects of riverbank vegetation conditions on riverbank erosion processes	3
Structure of dense plumes from a finite-height cylinder in laminar crossflow	3
Shear layer over floodplain vegetation with a view on bending and streamlining effects	3
Conservation equations for open-channel flow: effects of bed roughness and secondary currents	3

Turbulent cascading in Buoyant plumes	3
On the depth-averaged models of ice-covered flows	3
A wind tunnel study on flow instability and pollutant dispersion inside an isolated street canyon	3
LES validation of lock-exchange density currents interacting with an emergent bluff obstacle	3
Turbulent structures and local scour around a cylindrical pier under unsteady flows	3
Structural optimization of wind catcher for improving ventilation and traffic pollutant dispersion inside street canyons	3
A comparative study of turbulent stratified shear layers: effect of density gradient distribution	3
Simulation of flow and shear stress distribution on the Oceano Dunes, implications for saltation and dust emissions	3
Lock-release gravity currents propagating over roughness elements	3
Dissolution of oil in water in the viscous-gravity stage of oil spreading	3
Prediction of polydisperse particles deposition and mean flow structures at a bifurcating channel using an Euler–Lagrange approach	3
Spatiotemporal distribution of the upper ocean temperature and salinity in the Bay of Bengal during 1980–2022 and its implications on the mixed layer dynamics	3
Numerical simulation of local scour around the pier with and without airfoil collar (AFC) using FLOW-3D	3
Effects of bedform migration on nutrient fluxes at the sediment–water interface: a theoretical analysis	3
Large eddy simulation of thermal stratification effect on natural ventilation performance in a corridor fire with a ceiling-duct	3
Correction to: Environmental fluid mechanics of minimum energy loss weirs: hydrodynamics and self‑aeration at Chinchilla MEL weir during the November–December 2021 flood event	3
Large Eddy simulation of annular plumes	3
Convective structures of salt fingers at a neutrally buoyant density interface	3
Uncertainty quantification of inflow on passive scalar dispersion in an urban environment	3
Experimental study of the lock-release gravity current propagates on a rough upslope	3
Vegetation effects on radiation-induced natural convection in sloping water bodies	2
Stratification and temporal evolution of mixing regimes in diurnally heated river flows	2
How hydraulic jumps form downstream of a negative step with channel expansion: experimental and numerical investigations of the transitions between wave jumps and submerged jets	2
Uncertainty of propagation and entrainment characteristics of lock-exchange gravity current	2
Numerical simulation of flow field characteristics and pollutant transport under different ventilation modes	2
Three-dimensional modeling of diffusion-gravity flows in ice-covered lakes	2
Correction to: Self aeration and energy dissipation on a steep stepped chute: How does physical modelling compare to prototype observations?	2
Determination of discharge coefficient in non-Boussinesq cases and application in emptying–filling boxes	2
Numerical simulation of pollutants dispersion emitted by a bent chimney	2
An improvement to continuous random walk model for sediment diffusion in inhomogeneous turbulent flows	2
On the origin of forces in the wake of an elliptical cylinder at low Reynolds number	2
Quantification of continuous sand flux time-series downstream of a dam during a flushing event	2
Analysis of the details of total mechanical energy balance and turbulent flow characteristics in irregular open-channels	2
SPH modelling of wave attenuation by an array of submerged resonators and vorticity generation mechanism	2
Particle dynamics in horizontal buoyant jets within linearly stratified environments	2
Reply to "Comments on modeling stratified suspension concentration distribution in turbulent flow using fractional advection-diffusion equation" by R. Absi	2
Peak wind speed modulation by large-scale motions in neutrally stratified atmospheric surface layer	2
Fluvial levees in compound channels: a review on formation processes and the impact of bedforms and vegetation	2
Numerical simulation of overtopping breach processes caused by failure of landslide dams	2
Development of drone-type float for surface-velocity measurement in rivers	2
Topographic effects on buoyancy driven flows along the slope	2
The WATERMAN system for daily beach water quality forecasting: a ten-year retrospective	2
Overfalling impinging jet flow dynamics within scoured holes downstream of a levee	2
Wavelet analysis of atmospheric turbulent data	2
Stability, resonance and role of turbulent stresses in 1D alluvial flows	2