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Environmental Science and Water Management

Environmental Science and Water Management is a research topic within Water Science and Technology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 3.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the integrated management of water resources under diverse hydrological, climatic, and socio-economic conditions. It addresses challenges such as water quality monitoring, climate change impact, and the implementation of environmental policies. The cluster also explores the global distribution and demand for water resources and emphasizes the importance of geospatial public health research in this context.

  • Water Resources Management
  • Integrated Management
  • Hydrological Analysis
  • Water Quality Monitoring
  • Environmental Policy
  • Climate Change Impact
  • Socio-economic Factors
  • Global Water Resources
  • Community Action Framework
  • Geospatial Public Health Research
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
396
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental Science and Water Management research?

By volume, Croatia and Ukraine publish the most (459 and 334 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Croatia 459 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 334 works
  3. 3 Russia 147 works
  4. 4 United States 111 works
  5. 5 Serbia 110 works
  6. 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 107 works
  7. 7 China 69 works
  8. 8 Slovenia 60 works
  9. 9 Germany 60 works
  10. 10 Poland 35 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Croatia: 30.8%Ukraine: 22.4%Russia: 9.9%United States: 7.5%6 others listed: 29.5%31%largest
Croatia459 · 30.8%Ukraine334 · 22.4%Russia147 · 9.9%United States111 · 7.5%6 others listed440 · 29.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Environmental Science and Water Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Zagreb publishes the most Environmental Science and Water Management research, followed by Institut za filozofiju and University of Osijek.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of ZagrebCroatia 89 works
  2. 2 Institut za filozofijuCroatia 47 works
  3. 3 University of OsijekCroatia 42 works
  4. 4 University of SplitCroatia 32 works
  5. 5 University of Novi SadSerbia 29 works
  6. 6 University of SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina 26 works
  7. 7 University of RijekaCroatia 25 works
  8. 8 University of Banja LukaBosnia and Herzegovina 24 works
  9. 9 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 22 works
  10. 10 University of BelgradeSerbia 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Science and Water Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Science and Water Management include John P. Giesy.

  1. 1 John P. Giesy United States 1.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Environmental Science and Water Management research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Science and Water Management research in 2022–2025 are Zagreb (Croatia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Osijek (Croatia) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zadar, Osijek and Donji grad.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Zagreb Croatia 215 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 121 works
  3. 3 Osijek Croatia 48 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 44 works
  5. 5 Belgrade Serbia 43 works
  6. 6 Split Croatia 36 works
  7. 7 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 works
  8. 8 Novi Sad Serbia 33 works
  9. 9 Donji grad Croatia 33 works
  10. 10 Zadar Croatia 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZadarHR · 31.6 works258×
  2. OsijekHR · 47.6 works159×
  3. Donji gradHR · 32.6 works157×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental Science and Water Management than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Environmental Science and Water Management?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Maribor, University of Novi Sad and University of Zagreb score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 6.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Maribor: 13, 27.7%University of Novi Sad: 29, 2.6%University of Zagreb: 89, 2.6%University of Mostar: 13, 2.5%University of Banja Luka: 24, 0.7%University of Sarajevo: 26, 2.3%University of Zadar: 17, 3.9%Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: 15, 4.3%University of Belgrade: 22, 0.0%National University of Water and Environmental Engineering: 9, 15.1%University of MariborUniversity of Novi SadUniversity of ZagrebUniversity of Mostar
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of MariborSlovenia 62.327.7%35.2×13 -46.1%
2 University of Novi SadSerbia 56.62.6%47.6×29 +171.4%
3 University of ZagrebCroatia 53.72.6%81.6×89 -14.8%
4 University of MostarBosnia and Herzegovina 53.72.5%223.6×13 +175.5%
5 University of Banja LukaBosnia and Herzegovina 52.80.7%167.8×24 +112.6%
6 University of SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina 52.12.3%83.6×26 +149.1%
7 University of ZadarCroatia 52.13.9%194.3×17 +394.8%
8 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 52.04.3%28.0×15 +1099.0%
9 University of BelgradeSerbia 50.10.0%18.6×22 +122.4%
10 National University of Water and Environmental EngineeringUkraine 49.315.1%108.7×9

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Environmental Science and Water Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Science and Water Management.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.