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International Water Management Institute

In research, International Water Management Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,899 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,282
of 28,054 · #9,734 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#10
of 37
Research works
884
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
47.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is International Water Management Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,899 of 12,888 25.7%84 #8176

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Water Management Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 3.81× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.12× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 3.66× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Water Management Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Déborah Bossio, Avinash Kishore and R. Sakthivadivel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Water Management Institute.

  1. 1 Déborah Bossio Sri Lanka · #120,983 worldwide 361 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Avinash Kishore Sri Lanka · #181,701 worldwide 124 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 R. Sakthivadivel Sri Lanka · #181,917 worldwide 147 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Liqa Raschid-Sally Sri Lanka · #233,588 worldwide 149 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Ian W. Makin Sri Lanka · #268,984 worldwide 426 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Douglas J. Merrey Sri Lanka · #285,993 worldwide 62 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 M. G. Bos Sri Lanka · #323,628 worldwide 80 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Tushaar Shah Sri Lanka · #345,628 worldwide 167 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Peter G. McCornick Sri Lanka · #375,433 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Pay Drechsel Sri Lanka · #396,895 worldwide 158 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at International Water Management Institute

Which keywords describe research at International Water Management Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Water Resources, Policy, Global Warming, Hydrological Modeling and Environmental Impact.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change51▲ 14×45 topics
  2. Sustainability31▲ 9.2×31 topics
  3. Remote Sensing16▲ 9.4×18 topics
  4. Water Resources16▲ 46×8 topics
  5. Policy13▲ 42×6 topics
  6. Environmental Impact13▲ 5.4×25 topics
  7. Global Warming12▲ 22×7 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling12▲ 38×5 topics
  9. Food10▲ 116×2 topics
  10. Resource Management10▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Food Security10▲ 13×10 topics
  12. Nexus10▲ 214×1 topic
  13. Water10▲ 125×1 topic
  14. Land Use Change9▲ 22×6 topics
  15. Vulnerability9▲ 30×7 topics
  16. Agriculture9▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Urbanization9▲ 16×5 topics
  18. System Dynamics7▲ 89×2 topics
  19. Reservoir Operation7▲ 151×1 topic
  20. Water Demand7▲ 151×1 topic
  21. Drought7▲ 53×3 topics
  22. Sediment Transport6▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Water Management6▲ 35×5 topics
  24. Adaptation6▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Model Evaluation6▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Social Networks6▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Global Hydrology5▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Uncertainty Assessment5▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Crop Production5▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Evapotranspiration5▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Extreme Weather5▲ 122×1 topic
  32. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Risk Perception5▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Flood Risk4▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Monitoring4▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Satellite Imagery4▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Flood Inundation Modeling4▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does International Water Management Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Water resources management and optimization, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Climate change impacts on agriculture.

Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 10 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 7 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …5Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 5 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…5Climate change impacts on agriculture: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…3Agricultural risk and resilience: 3 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 2 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyOcean EngineeringEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 10 works
  2. 2 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 5 works
  4. 4 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  7. 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 3 works
  8. 8 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.8%domestic only47.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Water Management Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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