Water Resources and Sustainability
Water Resources and Sustainability is a research topic within Water Science and Technology. Science Explorer counts 6.1k research works in it since 1964. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of the Water Poverty Index, carrying capacity assessment, water resources sustainability, urban development, ecological environment evaluation, and system dynamics modeling. The research covers a wide range of topics related to water poverty, resource management, and sustainability assessment at regional and urban scales.
- Water Poverty Index
- Carrying Capacity
- Water Resources
- Sustainability Assessment
- Urban Development
- Ecological Environment
- System Dynamics Model
- Regional Assessment
- Resource Management
- Environmental Capacity
- Research works
- 6.1k fractional, since 1964
- In the world top 10%
- 615 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +1% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Water Resources and Sustainability research?
By volume, China and Vietnam publish the most (948 and 40 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 948 works
- 2 Vietnam 40 works
- 3 India 32 works
- 4 United States 30 works
- 5 Indonesia 30 works
- 6 Iran 21 works
- 7 United Kingdom 15 works
- 8 Brazil 11 works
- 9 Japan 10 works
- 10 ?? 10 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Water Resources and Sustainability research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Hohai University publishes the most Water Resources and Sustainability research, followed by Beijing Normal University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Hohai UniversityChina 27 works
- 2 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 25 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works
- 4 China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchChina 17 works
- 5 North China University of Water Resources and Electric PowerChina 16 works
- 6 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChina 15 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 14 works
- 8 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 11 works
- 9 Wuhan UniversityChina 10 works
- 10 Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic ResearchChina 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in Water Resources and Sustainability?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Water Resources and Sustainability include Sérgio Ulgiati.
- 1 Sérgio Ulgiati Italy 1.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Water Resources and Sustainability research done?
The largest centres of Water Resources and Sustainability research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Zhengzhou (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhengzhou and Lanzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZhengzhouCN · 46.8 works14×
- LanzhouCN · 24.5 works9.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Water Resources and Sustainability than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Water Resources and Sustainability?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Normal University, Northeast Agricultural University and Hohai 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 74.7 | 21.8% | 29.5× | 25 | -39.2% |
| 2 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 70.4 | 31.5% | 26.9× | 9 | -21.3% |
| 3 | Hohai UniversityChina | 60.6 | 16.0% | 40.4× | 27 | -53.2% |
| 4 | North China University of Water Resources and Electric PowerChina | 53.2 | 20.6% | 89.6× | 16 | -59.9% |
| 5 | Zhengzhou UniversityChina | 53.0 | 23.7% | 10.5× | 11 | -50.4% |
| 6 | China University of GeosciencesChina | 39.2 | 12.6% | 15.1× | 8 | -62.4% |
| 7 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 37.5 | 25.2% | 6.8× | 14 | -50.9% |
| 8 | Wuhan UniversityChina | 20.7 | 18.2% | 6.8× | 10 | -64.4% |
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 Resources and Sustainability research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.