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Delta Water Management Research Unit

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Research works
37
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
828
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Delta Water Management Research Unit

Not ranked overall: Delta Water Management Research Unit is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Delta Water Management Research Unit work in?

In all years, 54% of research at Delta Water Management Research Unit is in Physical Sciences, 41% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (41%), Engineering (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 54.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 44.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 14.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 41.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 40.6% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 23.6% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDelta WaterManagement…37fractional works, all years
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1744.1%
    2. Engineering24.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.7%
    4. Materials Science01.2%
    5. Chemistry00.7%
    6. Computer Science00.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1540.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    1. Medicine11.4%
    2. Nursing00.8%
    3. Health Professions00.7%
    1. Social Sciences11.5%
    2. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8.77× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.30× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.77×6 works
  2. Environmental Science8.30×6 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.75×1 works
  4. Nursing0.64×0 works
  5. Materials Science0.53×0 works
  6. Chemistry0.48×0 works
  7. Engineering0.39×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.21×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Delta Water Management Research Unit?

Ranked on the quality score, Maria Arlene Adviento‐Borbe, Michele L. Reba and Joseph Harry Massey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Delta Water Management Research Unit.

  1. 1 Maria Arlene Adviento‐Borbe United States · #359,424 worldwide 4.4k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Michele L. Reba United States · #2,842,554 worldwide 3.3k citations · 227 works
  3. 3 Joseph Harry Massey United States · #2,954,706 worldwide 1.4k citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Delta Water Management Research Unit

What are the most cited papers from Delta Water Management Research Unit?

The most cited paper from Delta Water Management Research Unit is "The Association of Child and Household Food Insecurity With Childhood Overweight Status" (Patrick H. Casey, Pippa Margaret Simpson, Jeffrey M. Gossett et al., 2006), with 368 citations. Next come "FLUXNET-CH4 Synthesis Activity: Objectives, Observations, and Future Directions" (279) and "FLUXNET-CH 4 : a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands" (213).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Association of Child and Household Food Insecurity With Childhood Overweight Status Patrick H. Casey, Pippa Margaret Simpson, Jeffrey M. Gossett et al. · PEDIATRICS Nov 2006 368
2 FLUXNET-CH4 Synthesis Activity: Objectives, Observations, and Future Directions Sara Knox et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 17 Jul 2019 279
3 FLUXNET-CH 4 : a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands Kyle Delwiche et al. · Earth system science data Open access112 authors 29 Jul 2021 213
4 Removal of non-point source pollutants from domestic sewage and agricultural runoff by vegetated drainage ditches (VDDs): Design, mechanism, management strategies, and future directions Mathieu Nsenga Kumwimba, Fangang Meng, Oluwayinka Iseyemi et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 25 May 2018 209
5 Alternate wetting and drying in high yielding direct-seeded rice systems accomplishes multiple environmental and agronomic objectives Gabriel T. LaHue, Rufus L. Chaney, Maria Arlene Adviento‐Borbe et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment Jun 2016 191
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Delta Water Management Research Unit?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Water Management, QTL Mapping, Drought Resistance, Rice, Yield Potential and Aerobic Rice Systems.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change10▲ 10×23 topics
  2. Water Quality5▲ 31×7 topics
  3. QTL Mapping5▲ 103×4 topics
  4. Water Management5▲ 125×2 topics
  5. Drought Resistance4▲ 127×2 topics
  6. Rice4▲ 254×2 topics
  7. Yield Potential4▲ 222×2 topics
  8. Aerobic Rice Systems4▲ 419×1 topic
  9. Root Traits4▲ 419×1 topic
  10. Land Use Change3▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Water Resources3▲ 40×5 topics
  12. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 43×3 topics
  13. Sediment Transport3▲ 47×3 topics
  14. Global Hydrology3▲ 115×1 topic
  15. Model Evaluation3▲ 64×1 topic
  16. Remote Sensing3▲ 6.4×12 topics
  17. Water Use Efficiency2▲ 178×2 topics
  18. Horticultural Crops2▲ 95×2 topics
  19. Soil Moisture2▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Water Scarcity2▲ 101×2 topics
  21. Deficit Irrigation2▲ 251×1 topic
  22. Mulching2▲ 251×1 topic
  23. Sustainability2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  24. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  26. Eutrophication2▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Groundwater2▲ 61×3 topics
  28. Drought2▲ 55×3 topics
  29. Hyporheic Zone2▲ 158×1 topic
  30. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Evapotranspiration2▲ 62×2 topics
  32. Carbon Balance2▲ 87×1 topic
  33. Monitoring2▲ 36×3 topics
  34. Tree Mortality2▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Chemical Analysis1▲ 52×2 topics
  36. Hydrogeology1▲ 91×2 topics
  37. Microbial Communities1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Sediment Analysis1▲ 481×1 topic
  39. Surface Water1▲ 481×1 topic
  40. Nitrogen Cycle1▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Delta Water Management Research Unit publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Irrigation Practices and Water Management and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies.

Rice Cultivation and Yie…2Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 1 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant responses to water stress: 1 fractional worksWater Quality and Resources Studies: 1 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope …0Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 0 fractional worksResearch in Cotton Cultivation: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 0 fractional worksGroundwater flow and con…0Groundwater flow and contamination studies: 0 fractional works
Plant ScienceWater Science and TechnologySoil ScienceGeochemistry and Petrology2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 2 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 1 works
  4. 4 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Plant responses to water stress Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  8. 8 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available51.4%not open48.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Delta Water Management Research Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Delta Water Management Research Unit as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Delta Water Management Research Unit0.000081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Delta Water Management Research Unit over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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