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Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Urban Stormwater Management Solutions is a research topic within Environmental Engineering. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1953. 15.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on urban stormwater management, sustainable drainage systems, and the impact of urbanization on hydrology and water quality. It covers topics such as low impact development practices, bioretention technology, the effects of impervious surfaces, rainwater harvesting, pollutant removal, and the influence of climate change on urban drainage systems.

  • Urban Stormwater Management
  • Sustainable Drainage Systems
  • Low Impact Development Practices
  • Bioretention Technology
  • Urban Hydrology
  • Water Quality
  • Impervious Surfaces
  • Rainwater Harvesting
  • Pollutant Removal
  • Climate Change Impact
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+43%
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Which countries lead Urban Stormwater Management Solutions research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (835 and 561 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 835 works
  2. 2 United States 561 works
  3. 3 India 256 works
  4. 4 Brazil 240 works
  5. 5 Canada 119 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 107 works
  7. 7 Australia 102 works
  8. 8 Italy 93 works
  9. 9 Poland 85 works
  10. 10 France 79 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: 33.7%United States: 22.7%India: 10.3%Brazil: 9.7%6 others listed: 23.6%34%largest
China835 · 33.7%United States561 · 22.7%India256 · 10.3%Brazil240 · 9.7%6 others listed585 · 23.6%

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

Which institutions lead Urban Stormwater Management Solutions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Luleå University of Technology publishes the most Urban Stormwater Management Solutions research, followed by Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Hohai University.

Who are the leading researchers in Urban Stormwater Management Solutions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Urban Stormwater Management Solutions include Philippe Dúbois.

  1. 1 Philippe Dúbois Belgium 2k citations

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

Where is Urban Stormwater Management Solutions research done?

The largest centres of Urban Stormwater Management Solutions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Luleå.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 204 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 76 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 52 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 45 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 44 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 43 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 30 works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 29 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 28 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LuleåSE · 22.5 works48×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban Stormwater Management Solutions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban Stormwater Management Solutions?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Jaffna, Hohai University and Luleå University of Technology 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 16.38%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Jaffna: 14, 27.1%Hohai University: 19, 18.4%Luleå University of Technology: 22, 5.4%Xi'an University of Technology: 18, 6.0%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 10, 36.8%Beijing Normal University: 15, 28.7%Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture: 20, 7.7%Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology: 17, 7.6%Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: 18, 3.6%Tongji University: 18, 22.5%University of JaffnaHohai UniversityXi'an University of …Luleå University of …
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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 JaffnaSri Lanka 66.427.1%105.7×14
2 Hohai UniversityChina 62.418.4%9.4×19 +48.8%
3 Luleå University of TechnologySweden 60.55.4%50.8×22 +37.0%
4 Xi'an University of TechnologyChina 59.86.0%14.9×18 +391.0%
5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 58.136.8%3.1×10 +96.5%
6 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 54.928.7%6.0×15 +9.5%
7 Beijing University of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureChina 49.47.7%38.0×20 -27.2%
8 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 46.27.6%15.1×17 -33.0%
9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 46.03.6%7.9×18 +81.4%
10 Tongji UniversityChina 45.822.5%3.9×18 -3.7%

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 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Urban Stormwater Management Solutions.

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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.