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International Water Management Institute

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World rank, all time
#24,869
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#92
of 154
Research works
161
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

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: 4.32× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.60× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 5.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Water Management Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Hilmy Sally, Karen G. Villholth and D. Peden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Water Management Institute.

  1. 1 Hilmy Sally South Africa · #373,309 worldwide 74 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Karen G. Villholth South Africa · #686,883 worldwide 61 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 D. Peden South Africa · #765,439 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Barbara van Koppen South Africa · #1,041,261 worldwide 46 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Nicole Lefore South Africa · #1,042,017 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Everisto Mapedza South Africa · #1,447,183 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jonathan Lautze South Africa · #1,531,278 worldwide 4 citations · 17 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, Water Resources, Urbanization, Remote Sensing, Social Networks, Reservoir Operation and Water Demand.

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change12▲ 14×28 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 9.9×14 topics
  3. Water Resources4▲ 55×5 topics
  4. Urbanization3▲ 23×3 topics
  5. Remote Sensing3▲ 6.7×9 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 20×8 topics
  7. Land Use Change2▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Reservoir Operation2▲ 224×1 topic
  9. Social Networks2▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Water Demand2▲ 224×1 topic
  11. Vulnerability2▲ 31×5 topics
  12. Policy2▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Global Warming2▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Adaptation2▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  16. Food Security2▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Nexus2▲ 176×1 topic
  18. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 25×3 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Water2▲ 103×1 topic
  21. Agriculture2▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  24. Drought1▲ 47×3 topics
  25. Rural Development1▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services1▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Model Evaluation1▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Agricultural Innovation1▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Biomass Estimation1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Livelihood Diversification1▲ 125×1 topic
  31. Global Hydrology1▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Globalization1▲ 1.69×5 topics
  33. Machine Learning1◆ 1.06×3 topics
  34. Uncertainty Assessment1▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Social Capital1▲ 6.0×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Water resources management and optimization, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Water resources manageme…2Water resources management and optimization: 2 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 1 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPollution5 others

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

  1. 1 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  6. 6 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 1 works
  10. 10 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.0%domestic only44.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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