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Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies is a research topic within Water Science and Technology. Science Explorer counts 67k research works in it since 1950. 22.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on hydrological modeling, water resource management, and the impact of climate change on global hydrology. It covers topics such as model evaluation guidelines, watershed simulations, sediment transport, land use change, and uncertainty assessment in hydrological modeling. The papers also discuss the effects of human interventions and climate change on water resources, as well as the evaluation of streamflow trends and the implications for water availability.

  • Hydrological Modeling
  • Water Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Model Evaluation
  • Global Hydrology
  • Uncertainty Assessment
  • Watershed Simulation
  • Sediment Transport
  • Land Use Change
  • Streamflow Trends
Research works
67k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
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Which countries lead Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.8k and 1.9k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.8k works
  2. 2 United States 1.9k works
  3. 3 India 1.3k works
  4. 4 Iran 411 works
  5. 5 Germany 389 works
  6. 6 Canada 383 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 334 works
  8. 8 France 329 works
  9. 9 Brazil 306 works
  10. 10 Australia 303 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.

China: 40.0%United States: 20.4%India: 13.8%Iran: 4.3%6 others listed: 21.5%40%largest
China3,810 · 40.0%United States1,947 · 20.4%India1,319 · 13.8%Iran411 · 4.3%6 others listed2,045 · 21.5%

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

Which institutions lead Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies research, followed by Hohai University and China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 189 works
  2. 2 Hohai UniversityChina 149 works
  3. 3 China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchChina 117 works
  4. 4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 112 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 101 works
  6. 6 Wuhan UniversityChina 97 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of ChinaChina 74 works
  8. 8 North China University of Water Resources and Electric PowerChina 74 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 69 works
  10. 10 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 66 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies include J. Tóth, Guangming Zeng and Josep Peñuelas.

  1. 1 J. Tóth France 7.2k citations
  2. 2 Guangming Zeng China 5.6k citations
  3. 3 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
  4. 4 Philippe Ciais France 4k citations
  5. 5 Johan Rockström Germany 3.9k citations
  6. 6 Vipin Kumar United States 3.9k citations
  7. 7 Dennis Baldocchi United States 3.5k citations
  8. 8 Gianpaolo Balsamo United Kingdom 3.5k citations

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

Where is Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies research done?

The largest centres of Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Zhengzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yangling, Arba Minch and Reston.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1.2k works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 388 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 284 works
  4. 4 Zhengzhou China 188 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 162 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 154 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 121 works
  8. 8 Paris France 102 works
  9. 9 Lanzhou China 94 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 92 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YanglingCN · 35.5 works60×
  2. Arba MinchET · 41.4 works44×
  3. RestonUS · 66.6 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Normal University, Northwest A&F University and Vidyasagar University 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%20%40%mean 23.85%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Beijing Normal University: 112, 28.7%Northwest A&F University: 53, 33.4%Vidyasagar University: 10, 36.3%Hohai University: 149, 20.2%Arba Minch University: 41, 11.6%Bahir Dar University: 18, 22.7%Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee: 56, 24.1%North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power: 74, 25.2%Addis Ababa University: 30, 20.4%Thuyloi University: 16, 15.9%Vidyasagar UniversityNorthwest A&F Univer…Beijing Normal Unive…Hohai University
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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 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 64.628.7%11.8×112 +3.4%
2 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 64.333.4%9.9×53 +41.4%
3 Vidyasagar UniversityIndia 61.736.3%9.0×10 +315.7%
4 Hohai UniversityChina 60.120.2%19.8×149 -7.7%
5 Arba Minch UniversityEthiopia 60.011.6%44.2×41 +378.4%
6 Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia 59.622.7%9.3×18 +362.8%
7 Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia 57.224.1%9.1×56 +60.8%
8 North China University of Water Resources and Electric PowerChina 57.025.2%35.6×74 -17.0%
9 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 56.820.4%9.3×30 +108.7%
10 Thuyloi UniversityVietnam 56.715.9%38.1×16 +214.8%

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 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

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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.