OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water is 71. 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
Optimizing Water–Sediment, Ecological, and Socioeconomic Management in Cascade Reservoirs in the Yellow River: A Multi-Target Decision Framework	1086
Studies on the Recovery of Wash Water from Swimming Pool Filters and Their Characteristics—A Case Study	236
A Study on Flood Susceptibility Mapping in the Poyang Lake Basin Based on Machine Learning Model Comparison and SHapley Additive exPlanations Interpretation	215
Enhancing the SDG 6 Index: Implementing New Directions and Trends in Priorities of Integrated Water Resources Management Principles in the Republic of Korea	182
Linking Urban Floods to Citizen Science and Low Impact Development in Poorly Gauged Basins under Climate Changes for Dynamic Resilience Evaluation	165
Toxicological Effects of Mercuric Chloride Exposure on Scenedesmus quadricauda	152
A Digital Twin of a Water Distribution System by Using Graph Convolutional Networks for Pump Speed-Based State Estimation	146
Experimental Study on the Fracture and Failure of the Locking Section of Rock Slopes Caused by Freeze–Thaw of Fracture Water	145
Influence of Terrain Factors on Urban Pluvial Flooding Characteristics: A Case Study of a Small Watershed in Guangzhou, China	134
Impact of Water-Induced Corrosion on the Structural Security of Transmission Line Steel Pile Poles	131
Quasi-Optimized LSTM Approach for River Water Level Forecasting	129
A Review of Water Quality Forecasting and Classification Using Machine Learning Models and Statistical Analysis	122
Does the Water Resource Tax Reform Bring Positive Effects to Green Innovation and Productivity in High Water-Consuming Enterprises?	121
A Novel Halophilic Bacterium for Sustainable Pollution Control: From Pesticides to Industrial Effluents	118
Energy Optimization Techniques in Underwater Internet of Things: Issues, State-of-the-Art, and Future Directions	116
Residential Sustainable Water Usage and Water Management: Systematic Review and Future Research	111
Optimization of Synergistic Water Resources, Water Environment, and Water Ecology Remediation and Restoration Project: Application in the Jinshan Lake Basin	110
Continuous Electrocoagulation Processes for Industrial Inorganic Pollutants Removal: A Critical Review of Performance and Applications	109
Efficient Solar-Powered Bioremediation of Hexavalent Chromium in Contaminated Waters by Chlorella sp. MQ-1	108
Emerging Contaminants: A Rising Threat to Urban Water and a Barrier to Achieving SDG-Aligned Planetary Protection	107
Brown Trout Upstream Passage Performance for a Fishway with Water Drops between Pools beyond Fish Passage Design Recommendations	106
Neural Network and Random Forest-Based Analyses of the Performance of Community Drinking Water Arsenic Treatment Plants	102
Urea Excretion and Arginase Activity as New Biomarkers for Nitrite Stress in Freshwater Aquatic Animals	102
Probabilistic Cascade Modeling for Enhanced Flood and Landslide Hazard Assessment: Integrating Multi-Model Approaches in the La Liboriana River Basin	102
Arsenic Contamination in Indian Groundwater: From Origin to Mitigation Approaches for a Sustainable Future	99

Effect of Temperature on Microorganisms and Nitrogen Removal in a Multi-Stage Surface Flow Constructed Wetland	98
Simulation and Analysis of Real-Time Coupling of Free-Surface Flow and Pressure Flow in Hydropower Station Tailrace Tunnels Based on the Finite Volume Method	97
Visible Light Photocatalyst and Antibacterial Activity of BFO (Bismuth Ferrite) Nanoparticles from Honey	94
Multivariate Time Series Clustering of Groundwater Quality Data to Develop Data-Driven Monitoring Strategies in a Historically Contaminated Urban Area	88
Bioremediation of Sulfamethazine Contaminated Environments by Bacillus cereus J2	87
Watershed-Scale Shallow Groundwater Anthropogenic Nitrate Source, Loading, and Contamination Assessment in a Typical Wheat Production Region: Case Study in Yiluo River Watershed, Middle of China	87
Drinking and Natural Mineral Water: Treatment and Quality–Safety Assurance	87
Sedimentation Behavior of Flocculant-Treated Dredged Slurry under Filtration of Woven Geotextiles	86
A Review on Chlorination of Harvested Rainwater	86
Distribution of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Their Association with Microbes in Wastewater Treatment Plants: A Metagenomics Analysis	85
Runoff of Water and Its Quality under the Combined Impact of Agricultural Activities and Urban Development in a Small River Basin	85
Assessment of Flood Risk Map under Climate Change RCP8.5 Scenarios in Taiwan	84
Building a Smart Water City: IoT Smart Water Technologies, Applications, and Future Directions	83
Recent Advances in Bacterial Degradation of Hydrocarbons	82
Design and Experimental Studies on a Single Slope Solar Still for Water Desalination	81
Removal of Chromium (VI) from Water Using Orange peel as the Biosorbent: Experimental, Modeling, and Kinetic Studies on Adsorption Isotherms and Chemical Structure	81
Water and Salinity Variation along the Soil Profile and Groundwater Dynamics of a Fallow Cropland System in the Hetao Irrigation District, China	80
Impact of Vegetation Differences on Shallow Landslides: A Case Study in Aso, Japan	80
Study on Impoundment Deformation Characteristics and Crack of High Core Rockfill Dam Based on Inversion Parameters	80
A Comprehensive Review on Metallic Trace Elements Toxicity in Fishes and Potential Remedial Measures	80
Temperature Impact on Reverse Osmosis Permeate Flux in the Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium	79
Assessment of Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers by Integrating Statistical and Graphical Techniques: Quaternary Aquifer, West Nile Delta, Egypt	79
Capacity Assessment of a Combined Sewer Network under Different Weather Conditions: Using Nature-Based Solutions to Increase Resilience	79
Assimilation of Sentinel-2 Biophysical Variables into a Digital Twin for the Automated Irrigation Scheduling of a Vineyard	78
Flood Inundation Modeling by Integrating HEC–RAS and Satellite Imagery: A Case Study of the Indus River Basin	78
MinION Nanopore Sequencing Accelerates Progress towards Ubiquitous Genetics in Water Research	77
Total Maximum Daily Load Application Using Biological Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen Demand, and Ammoniacal Nitrogen: A Case Study for Water Quality Assessment in the Perai River Basin, Malaysia	77
Modeling and Validation of Residential Water Demand in Agent-Based Models: A Systematic Literature Review	76
Variation of Local Wind Fields under the Background of Climate Change and Its Impact on Algal Blooms in Lake Taihu, China	76
Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Bio-Insights of Honey-Produced α-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles	76
Pharmaceutical Contaminants in Wastewater and Receiving Water Bodies of South Africa: A Review of Sources, Pathways, Occurrence, Effects, and Geographical Distribution	76
Dynamic Hazard Assessment of Rainfall-Induced Landslides Using Gradient Boosting Decision Tree with Google Earth Engine in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	76
Solvothermal Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange and p-Nitrophenol	76
Bioremediation of Uranium- and Nitrate-Contaminated Groundwater after the In Situ Leach Mining of Uranium	75
Unveiling the Value of Nature: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Ecosystem Services and Ecological Compensation in Wuhan City’s Urban Lake Wetlands	75
The Spiral of Escalating Water Conflict: The Theory of Hydro-Politics	75
Sources, Water Quality, and Potential Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Typical Megacity River: Insights from Monte Carlo Simulation	74
Assessing Water Governance Trends and Challenges at a Local Level—An Application of the OECD Water Governance Framework in Soc Trang Province, Vietnam	73
Historical and Projected Future Hydrological Characteristics of the Mangrove Forest in the Ganges Delta—A Review	73
Synthesis of Mesoporous Ru-ZnO@g-C3N4 Nanoparticles and Their Photocatalytic Activity for Methylene Blue Degradation	73
The Mechanisms Controlling the CO2 Outgassing of a Karst Spring–River–Lake Continuum: Evidence from Baotuquan Spring Drainage Area, Jinan City, Northern China	73
A Study of Precipitation Forecasting for the Pre-Summer Rainy Season in South China Based on a Back-Propagation Neural Network	72
Reservoir Operation Management with New Multi-Objective (MOEPO) and Metaheuristic (EPO) Algorithms	72
Experimental Evaluation of Tubular Flocculator Implemented in the Field for Drinking Water Supply: Application in the Developing World	72
Prediction of Concrete Dam Deformation through the Combination of Machine Learning Models	72
Assessing the Lifecycle Environmental Resilience of Urban Green Infrastructures Coping with Acute Disturbances and Chronic Stresses	71
A Soil Refractive Index (SRI) Model Characterizing the Functional Relationship Between Soil Moisture Content and Permittivity	71