Subfield · Water Science and Technology
Most cited papers in Water Science and Technology
What are the most cited papers in Water Science and Technology?
The most cited paper in Water Science and Technology is "River flow forecasting through conceptual models part I — A discussion of principles" (J.E. Nash, John V. Sutcliffe, 1970), with 24,392 citations. Next come "Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases" (23,051) and "ORTEP-3 for Windows - a version ofORTEP-III with a Graphical User Interface (GUI)" (19,952).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 2,877 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River flow forecasting through conceptual models part I — A discussion of principles J.E. Nash, John V. Sutcliffe · Journal of Hydrology | Apr 1970 | 24,392 |
| 2 | Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman | 1975 | 23,051 |
| 3 | ORTEP-3 for Windows - a version ofORTEP-III with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) Louis J. Farrugia · Journal of Applied Crystallography | Oct 1997 | 19,952 |
| 4 | Pseudo-second order model for sorption processes Yuh‐Shan Ho, Gordon McKay · Process Biochemistry | Jul 1999 | 17,540 |
| 5 | Model Evaluation Guidelines for Systematic Quantification of Accuracy in Watershed Simulations Daniel N. Moriasi, Jeffery G. Arnold, Mike W. Van Liew et al. · Transactions of the ASABE | 2007 | 13,590 |
| 6 | Critical Review of rate constants for reactions of hydrated electrons, hydrogen atoms and hydroxyl radicals (⋅OH/⋅O− in Aqueous Solution George V. Buxton, Clive L. Greenstock, W. Phillips Helman et al. · Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data | Apr 1988 | 12,349 |
| 7 | An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control.a sedimentological approach Lars Håkanson · Water Research | 1980 | 9,700 |
| 8 | A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index Sergio Martín Vicente-Serrano, Santiago Beguerı́a, Juan Ignacio López‐Moreno · Journal of Climate | 19 Nov 2009 | 9,596 |
| 9 | Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters: A review Fenglian Fu, Qi Wang · Journal of Environmental Management | 8 Dec 2010 | 8,678 |
| 10 | Solutions for a cultivated planet Jonathan A. Foley et al. · Nature | Oct 2011 | 8,524 |
| 11 | Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades Mark A. Shannon, Paul W. Bohn, Menachem Elimelech et al. · Nature | 19 Mar 2008 | 8,492 |
| 12 | Insights into the modeling of adsorption isotherm systems Keng Yuen Foo, Bassim H. Hameed · Chemical Engineering Journal | 14 Sep 2009 | 8,423 |
| 13 | Controlled Nucleation for the Regulation of the Particle Size in Monodisperse Gold Suspensions Gert Frens · Nature Physical Science | 1973 | 8,342 |
| 14 | LARGE AREA HYDROLOGIC MODELING AND ASSESSMENT PART I: MODEL DEVELOPMENT 1 J. G. Arnold, Raghavan Srinivasan, R. S. Muttiah et al. · JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association | Feb 1998 | 8,054 |
| 15 | The use of the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) in the delineation of open water features Stuart K. McFeeters · International Journal of Remote Sensing | May 1996 | 7,778 |
| 16 | Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity Charles J. Vörösmarty, Peter B. McIntyre, Mark O. Gessner et al. · Nature | 28 Sep 2010 | 7,637 |
| 17 | Decomposition of the mean squared error and NSE performance criteria: Implications for improving hydrological modelling Hoshin V. Gupta, Harald Kling, Koray K. Yılmaz et al. · Journal of Hydrology | 9 Aug 2009 | 7,007 |
| 18 | A physically based, variable contributing area model of basin hydrology / Un modèle à base physique de zone d'appel variable de l'hydrologie du bassin versant Keith John Beven, Mike J. Kirkby · Hydrological Sciences Bulletin | Mar 1979 | 6,834 |
| 19 | The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment Menachem Elimelech, William A. Phillip · Science | 4 Aug 2011 | 6,750 |
| 20 | The Natural Flow Regime N. LeRoy Poff, J. David Allan, Mark B. Bain et al. · BioScience | Dec 1997 | 6,478 |
| 21 | Quantitative analysis of watershed geomorphology Arthur N. Strahler · Transactions American Geophysical Union | Dec 1957 | 6,044 |
| 22 | Four billion people facing severe water scarcity Mesfin Mergia Mekonnen, Arjen Y. Hoekstra · Science Advances | 5 Feb 2016 | 5,528 |
| 23 | High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes Jean‐François Pekel, Andrew Cottam, Noel Gorelick et al. · Nature | 6 Dec 2016 | 5,407 |
| 24 | Recent developments in photocatalytic water treatment technology: A review Meng Nan Chong, Bo Jin, Christopher W.K. Chow et al. · Water Research | 22 Mar 2010 | 5,367 |
| 25 | Statistical Inference George Casella, Roger L. Berger · Biometrics | Mar 1993 | 5,366 |
| 26 | ERA5-Land: a state-of-the-art global reanalysis dataset for land applications Joaquín Muñoz‐Sabater, Emanuel Dutra, Anna Agustí‐Panareda et al. · Earth system science data | 7 Sep 2021 | 5,281 |
| 27 | Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth Charles J Vörösmarty, Pamela Green, Joseph E. Salisbury et al. · Science | 14 Jul 2000 | 5,143 |
| 28 | Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions Tim P. Barnett, J. C. Adam, Dennis P. Lettenmaier · Nature | Nov 2005 | 4,994 |
| 29 | Loss on ignition as a method for estimating organic and carbonate content in sediments: reproducibility and comparability of results Oliver Heiri, André F. Lotter, Gerry Lemcke · Journal of Paleolimnology | 2001 | 4,951 |
| 30 | Generation and Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species in Photocatalysis Yoshio Nosaka, Atsuko Y. Nosaka · Chemical Reviews | 4 Aug 2017 | 4,774 |
| 31 | The future of distributed models: Model calibration and uncertainty prediction Keith Beven, Andrew M. Binley · Hydrological Processes | Jul 1992 | 4,690 |
| 32 | Evaluation of Specific Ultraviolet Absorbance as an Indicator of the Chemical Composition and Reactivity of Dissolved Organic Carbon James L. Weishaar, George R. Aiken, Brian A. Bergamaschi et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 17 Sep 2003 | 4,655 |
| 33 | Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A review Mahtab Ahmad, Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, Jung Eun Lim et al. · Chemosphere | 27 Nov 2013 | 4,623 |
| 34 | A manual of chemical and biological methods for sea water analysis Emma Butler · Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers | Dec 1984 | 4,563 |
| 35 | Environmental science and pollution research O. Hutzinger · Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung | Apr 1993 | 4,517 |
| 36 | Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: A review Grégorio Crini · Bioresource Technology | 30 Jun 2005 | 4,508 |
| 37 | Use of p-nitrophenyl phosphate for assay of soil phosphatase activity Mohammod Ali Tabatabai, John M. Bremner · Soil Biology and Biochemistry | Nov 1969 | 4,492 |
| 38 | Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources Taikan Oki, Shinjiro Kanae · Science | 24 Aug 2006 | 4,472 |
| 39 | Dye and its removal from aqueous solution by adsorption: A review Mustafa T. Yagub, Tushar Kanti Sen, Sharmeen Afroze et al. · Advances in Colloid and Interface Science | 13 Apr 2014 | 4,362 |
| 40 | Climate Change Will Affect the Asian Water Towers Walter Willem Immerzeel, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek, Marc F. P. Bierkens · Science | 10 Jun 2010 | 4,255 |
| 41 | TiO2-assisted photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes in aqueous solution: kinetic and mechanistic investigations Ioannis Konstantinou, Triantafyllos A. Albanis · Applied Catalysis B: Environmental | 10 Feb 2004 | 4,176 |
| 42 | Review of second-order models for adsorption systems Y HO · Journal of Hazardous Materials | 8 Feb 2006 | 4,129 |
| 43 | Activation of persulfate (PS) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and application for the degradation of emerging contaminants Jianlong Wang, Shizong Wang · Chemical Engineering Journal | 20 Nov 2017 | 4,118 |
| 44 | Advanced Oxidation Processes for Organic Contaminant Destruction Based on the Fenton Reaction and Related Chemistry Joseph J. Pignatello, Esther Oliveros, Allison A. MacKay · Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology | 2006 | 4,104 |
| 45 | Sorption of dye from aqueous solution by peat Yuh‐Shan Ho, Gordon McKay · Chemical Engineering Journal | Jun 1998 | 4,101 |
| 46 | Problems in the assessment of heavy-metal levels in estuaries and the formation of a pollution index D. L. Tomlinson, James G. Wilson, C. R. Harris et al. · Helgoland Marine Research | Mar 1980 | 3,996 |
| 47 | Polish journal of environmental studies J. Ryczkowski · Applied Catalysis A General | Nov 1993 | 3,985 |
| 48 | A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment Yunlong Luo, Wenshan Guo, Huu Hao Ngo et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 4 Jan 2014 | 3,980 |
| 49 | Comprehensive Evaluation of Antibiotics Emission and Fate in the River Basins of China: Source Analysis, Multimedia Modeling, and Linkage to Bacterial Resistance Qian-Qian Zhang, Guang‐Guo Ying, Chang‐Gui Pan et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 11 May 2015 | 3,925 |
| 50 | Application of low-cost adsorbents for dye removal – A review Vinod Kumar Gupta, S Suhas · Journal of Environmental Management | 5 Mar 2009 | 3,873 |
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