Water resources management and optimization
Water resources management and optimization is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 21.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the optimal operation and management of water resources systems, addressing challenges such as reservoir operation, water demand forecasting, climate change impacts, sustainability, hydro-economic modeling, urbanization effects, system dynamics applications, robust decision making, and groundwater management.
- Water Resources
- Reservoir Operation
- Water Demand
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Hydro-Economic Models
- Urbanization
- System Dynamics
- Robust Decision Making
- Groundwater Management
- Research works
- 38k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +26% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Water resources management and optimization research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.3k and 909 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 India 909 works
- 3 United States 886 works
- 4 Iran 276 works
- 5 Brazil 211 works
- 6 United Kingdom 198 works
- 7 Spain 183 works
- 8 Australia 171 works
- 9 Indonesia 155 works
- 10 Türkiye 141 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 management and optimization research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Hohai University publishes the most Water resources management and optimization research, followed by University of Tehran and China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Hohai UniversityChina 71 works
- 2 University of TehranIran 41 works
- 3 China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchChina 40 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 28 works
- 5 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 27 works
- 6 Wuhan UniversityChina 26 works
- 7 North China University of Water Resources and Electric PowerChina 25 works
- 8 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 25 works
- 9 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 23 works
- 10 Xi'an University of TechnologyChina 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in Water resources management and optimization?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Water resources management and optimization include Kalyanmoy Deb and Johan Rockström.
- 1 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 6.7k citations
- 2 Johan Rockström Germany 3.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Water resources management and optimization research done?
The largest centres of Water resources management and optimization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Tehran (Iran) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wageningen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WageningenNL · 25.1 works9.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Water resources management and optimization than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Water resources management and optimization?
Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, University of Tehran and Tarbiat Modares 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 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 69.0 | 39.4% | 9.8× | 25 | +6.1% |
| 2 | University of TehranIran | 66.0 | 26.3% | 10.0× | 41 | +65.1% |
| 3 | Tarbiat Modares UniversityIran | 64.7 | 32.9% | 9.8× | 20 | +103.0% |
| 4 | IHE Delft Institute for Water EducationNetherlands | 63.1 | 26.1% | 150.0× | 19 | +24.5% |
| 5 | Hohai UniversityChina | 60.6 | 21.3% | 18.5× | 71 | -27.3% |
| 6 | Isfahan University of TechnologyIran | 60.3 | 19.5% | 12.8× | 15 | +321.5% |
| 7 | Shahid Beheshti UniversityIran | 57.4 | 19.9% | 9.1× | 15 | +948.4% |
| 8 | University of CórdobaSpain | 53.0 | 36.0% | 9.3× | 9 | -6.1% |
| 9 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 51.9 | 36.0% | 5.3× | 10 | +232.1% |
| 10 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile | 49.5 | 34.6% | 4.1× | 9 | +174.4% |
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 management and optimization research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Water resources management and optimization.
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.