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Water Technology (Australia)

In research, Water Technology (Australia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,424 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,465
of 22,385 · #17,796 all time
Rank in Australia
#240
of 270
Research works
214
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.2k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
82%
world 18%
Water Technology (Australia)

What is Water Technology (Australia) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #5,424 of 17,446 15.3%181

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Water Technology (Australia) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Water Technology (Australia) work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Water Technology (Australia) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (37%), Engineering (25%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 78.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 36.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 24.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWater Technology(Australia)73fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2736.6%
    2. Engineering1824.6%
    3. Materials Science46.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.6%
    5. Energy22.5%
    6. Chemistry22.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering22.1%
    8. Computer Science11.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences79.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine23.0%
    2. Nursing11.4%
    3. Health Professions10.8%
    1. Social Sciences11.5%
    2. Decision Sciences00.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Water Technology (Australia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 26.5 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.02× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.92× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.77× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.64× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.36× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.36×26 works
  2. Chemical Engineering5.92×2 works
  3. Nursing2.89×1 works
  4. Energy2.77×2 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.02×7 works
  6. Materials Science1.71×4 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.65×2 works
  8. Engineering1.64×18 works
  9. Chemistry1.43×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.70×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.48×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.32×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.29×0 works
  16. Medicine0.16×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.12×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Water Technology (Australia)?

The most cited paper from Water Technology (Australia) is "Microbial Electrolysis Cells for High Yield Hydrogen Gas Production from Organic Matter" (Bruce E. Logan, Douglas F. Call, Shaoan Cheng et al., 2008), with 1,367 citations. Next come "Chain Elongation with Reactor Microbiomes: Open-Culture Biotechnology To Produce Biochemicals" (705) and "The Relevance of Phosphorus and Iron Chemistry to the Recovery of Phosphorus from Wastewater: A Review" (621).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microbial Electrolysis Cells for High Yield Hydrogen Gas Production from Organic Matter Bruce E. Logan, Douglas F. Call, Shaoan Cheng et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access Nov 2008 1,367
2 Chain Elongation with Reactor Microbiomes: Open-Culture Biotechnology To Produce Biochemicals Largus Theodora Angenent, Hanno Richter, Wolfgang Buckel et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 8 Feb 2016 705
3 The Relevance of Phosphorus and Iron Chemistry to the Recovery of Phosphorus from Wastewater: A Review Philipp K. Wilfert, Prashanth Suresh Kumar, Leon Korving et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 7 May 2015 621
4 Rotifers as indicators of water quality V. Sládeček · Hydrobiologia 1983 533
5 Biological Stability of Drinking Water: Controlling Factors, Methods, and Challenges Emmanuelle I. Prest, Frederik Hammes, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access Feb 2016 522
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Water Technology (Australia)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wastewater Treatment, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Water Treatment, Adsorption, Water Quality, Membrane Distillation and Biochar.

▲ 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-now 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 Change8▲ 4.1×26 topics
  2. Wastewater Treatment6▲ 36×7 topics
  3. Environmental Impact5▲ 3.9×17 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 2.5×14 topics
  5. Water Treatment4▲ 38×5 topics
  6. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.6×12 topics
  7. Adsorption3▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Water Quality3▲ 9.9×9 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications3▲ 3.3×12 topics
  10. Membrane Distillation3▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Biochar3▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Nanomaterials3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  13. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.6×11 topics
  14. Desalination2▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Membrane Technology2▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Nanocomposites2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  17. Wastewater2▲ 43×3 topics
  18. Water Resources2▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Health Effects2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  20. Anammox Bacteria2▲ 93×1 topic
  21. Nitrogen-Cycling Network2▲ 93×1 topic
  22. Microbial Communities2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  23. Global Warming2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  24. Hydrogen Production2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  25. Drought2▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Microbial Community2▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Phosphorus2▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Evapotranspiration2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Microbial Ecology2▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Toxicity2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  32. Monitoring1▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Pollution1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  34. Soil Moisture1▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Biodegradable Polymers1▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Drinking Water1▲ 52×2 topics
  37. Fertilizer1▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Global Distribution1▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Recovery1▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Capacitive Deionization1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Water Technology (Australia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Membrane Separation Technologies, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Phosphorus and nutrient management and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques.

Membrane Separation Technologies: 2 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 2 fractional worksPhosphorus and nutrient management: 1 fractional worksMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques: 1 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 1 fractional worksAdvanced oxidation water treatment: 1 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorpti…1Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 1 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 1 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Managem…1Urban Stormwater Management Solutions: 1 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyPollutionIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  2. 2 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 2 works
  3. 3 Phosphorus and nutrient management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced oxidation water treatment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors82.3%domestic only17.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Water Technology (Australia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher 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 Water Technology (Australia) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Water Technology (Australia)0.00031% in 20251990200020102020

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