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Water management and technologies

Water management and technologies is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 6.2k research works in it since 1950. 11.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution and historical development of water management, wastewater technologies, and urban water supply systems in ancient civilizations. It focuses on the use of qanats, sustainable management practices in arid regions, and the development of hydro-technologies such as irrigation systems. The papers also discuss the challenges and opportunities for sustainable water management in historical contexts.

  • Water Management
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Qanats
  • Wastewater Management
  • Urban Water Supply
  • Historical Development
  • Arid Regions
  • Sustainable Management
  • Hydro-Technologies
  • Irrigation Systems
Research works
6.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
688
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Water management and technologies

Which countries lead Water management and technologies research?

By volume, France and Algeria publish the most (207 and 156 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 207 works
  2. 2 Algeria 156 works
  3. 3 United States 141 works
  4. 4 Morocco 129 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 117 works
  6. 6 Italy 71 works
  7. 7 China 68 works
  8. 8 Iran 66 works
  9. 9 India 65 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 62 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.

France: 19.1%Algeria: 14.5%United States: 13.0%Morocco: 12.0%6 others listed: 41.5%19%largest
France207 · 19.1%Algeria156 · 14.5%United States141 · 13.0%Morocco129 · 12.0%6 others listed449 · 41.5%

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

Which institutions lead Water management and technologies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Water management and technologies research, followed by Université Ibn-Tofail and Islamic Azad University, Tehran.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 96 works
  2. 2 Université Ibn-TofailMorocco 20 works
  3. 3 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 17 works
  4. 4 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 17 works
  5. 5 Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco 10 works
  6. 6 University of BiskraAlgeria 10 works
  7. 7 Université Sultan Moulay SlimaneMorocco 10 works
  8. 8 Badji Mokhtar-Annaba UniversityAlgeria 9 works
  9. 9 Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco 9 works
  10. 10 University of Batna 1Algeria 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Water management and technologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Water management and technologies include ‪Damià Barceló.

  1. 1 ‪Damià Barceló Spain 132k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Water management and technologies?

The most cited paper in Water management and technologies is "Kinematics of the western Mediterranean" (John Frederick Dewey, Mark Helman, Steven D. Knott et al., 1989), with 1,641 citations. Next come "Water management in Iran: what is causing the looming crisis?" (715) and "Wastewater treatment and water reuse" (511).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Kinematics of the western Mediterranean John Frederick Dewey, Mark Helman, Steven D. Knott et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications 1989 1,641
2 Water management in Iran: what is causing the looming crisis? Kaveh Moezzi Madani · Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 21 Aug 2014 715
3 Wastewater treatment and water reuse Miquel Salgot, Montserrat Folch · Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health Review Apr 2018 511
4 Methods and technologies to improve efficiency of water use Robert G. Evans, Edward John Sadler · Water Resources Research Jul 2008 500
5 Effect of lime, cement and Sarooj (artificial pozzolan) on the swelling potential of an expansive soil from Oman Amer Ali Al-Rawas, Abdel Wahid Hago, Hilal Al-Sarmi · Building and Environment 21 Oct 2004 484
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Where is Water management and technologies research done?

The largest centres of Water management and technologies research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Rabat (Morocco), Tehran (Iran) and Algiers (Algeria).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 52 works
  2. 2 RabatMorocco 31 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 27 works
  4. 4 AlgiersAlgeria 27 works
  5. 5 IstanbulTürkiye 23 works
  6. 6 LyonFrance 23 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 21 works
  8. 8 KenitraMorocco 20 works
  9. 9 MontpellierFrance 17 works
  10. 10 CairoEgypt 17 works
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Where is the best place to study Water management and technologies?

Among universities, judged by research, Université Ibn-Tofail, Mohammed V University and Cadi Ayyad 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%10%20%mean 8.78%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université Ibn-TofailCadi Ayyad UniversityUniversité Sultan Mo…Mohammed V University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Université Ibn-TofailMorocco 78.512.3%68.8×20 +42.0%
2Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 71.910.8%29.6×17 +20.5%
3Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco 65.812.1%38.0×10 -8.6%
4Université Sultan Moulay SlimaneMorocco 57.911.0%48.4×10 +15.8%
5University of BiskraAlgeria 54.39.6%114.3×10 +34.5%
6Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco 54.317.6%22.9×9 -7.7%
7Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 43.24.5%7.0×17 +14.7%
8University of Batna 1Algeria 28.91.0%86.9×8 +70.4%
9Badji Mokhtar-Annaba UniversityAlgeria 28.24.8%82.6×9 -12.4%
10University of AnbarIraq 20.04.1%27.8×8 +154.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Water management and technologies, country by country

Is Water management and technologies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Water management and technologies.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Water management and technologies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0063% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Water management and technologies0.0074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Water management and technologies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Water management and technologies10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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