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Water and Land Management

Water and Land Management is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 7.2k research works in it since 1970. 4.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to environmental conservation and sustainable development, including soil health, garbage enzyme, zeolites, land reclamation, water management, erosion control, biodiversity, and climate change. The papers explore various aspects of environmental protection and resource management.

  • Environmental Conservation
  • Sustainable Development
  • Soil Health
  • Garbage Enzyme
  • Zeolites
  • Land Reclamation
  • Water Management
  • Erosion Control
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
Research works
7.2k
fractional, since 1970
In the world top 10%
315
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+213%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Water and Land Management research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (3.2k and 72 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 3.2k works
  2. 2 ?? 72 works
  3. 3 United States 26 works
  4. 4 Canada 25 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 17 works
  6. 6 Russia 11 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 10 works
  8. 8 India 10 works
  9. 9 Japan 9 works
  10. 10 Hungary 7 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.

Indonesia: 94.5%??: 2.1%United States: 0.8%Canada: 0.7%6 others listed: 1.9%95%largest
Indonesia3,213 · 94.5%??72 · 2.1%United States26 · 0.8%Canada25 · 0.7%6 others listed64 · 1.9%

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

Which institutions lead Water and Land Management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Brawijaya publishes the most Water and Land Management research, followed by Universitas Gadjah Mada and Lambung Mangkurat University.

Who are the leading researchers in Water and Land Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Water and Land Management include Purwanto Purwanto and Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo.

  1. 1 Purwanto Purwanto Indonesia 243 citations
  2. 2 Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo Japan 168 citations

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

Where is Water and Land Management research done?

The largest centres of Water and Land Management research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Balikpapan, Sleman and Banjarmasin.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 245 works
  2. 2 Malang Indonesia 239 works
  3. 3 Surabaya Indonesia 172 works
  4. 4 Semarang Indonesia 163 works
  5. 5 Yogyakarta Indonesia 153 works
  6. 6 Bandung Indonesia 148 works
  7. 7 Makassar Indonesia 139 works
  8. 8 Bandar Lampung Indonesia 115 works
  9. 9 Padang Indonesia 101 works
  10. 10 Medan Indonesia 88 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BalikpapanID · 31.1 works53×
  2. SlemanID · 57.6 works47×
  3. BanjarmasinID · 79.3 works39×
  4. SamarindaID · 54.5 works32×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Water and Land Management than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Water and Land Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Sebelas Maret University, University of Indonesia and Universitas Gadjah Mada 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%5%10%15%mean 7.25%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sebelas Maret University: 43, 9.9%University of Indonesia: 32, 12.3%Universitas Gadjah Mada: 81, 5.3%University of Pattimura: 32, 8.7%Universitas Jember: 44, 5.6%Bandung Institute of Technology: 49, 6.4%Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology: 37, 4.6%Diponegoro University: 65, 4.1%Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor: 10, 13.6%Lambung Mangkurat University: 72, 2.0%University of Indone…Sebelas Maret Univer…University of Pattim…Universitas Gadjah M…
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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 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 72.89.9%14.1×43 +473.1%
2 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 69.612.3%8.2×32 +1960.0%
3 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 68.85.3%27.1×81 +743.6%
4 University of PattimuraIndonesia 68.18.7%26.0×32 +458.3%
5 Universitas JemberIndonesia 63.85.6%23.5×44 +291.7%
6 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 62.76.4%22.5×49 +133.8%
7 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 61.54.6%26.3×37 +204.0%
8 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 60.84.1%24.9×65 +156.1%
9 Universitas Ibn Khaldun BogorIndonesia 60.713.6%24.0×10
10 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 59.72.0%44.8×72 +2264.8%

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 Water and Land Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 213% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Water and Land 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.