OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Sediment Research is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
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Flow fields around tandem and staggered piers on a mobile bed	59
Prediction of suspended sediment concentration in fluvial flows using novel hybrid deep learning algorithms	49
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Geobag stepped spillway for check dams: A pilot study	35
Shoreline spatial and temporal response to natural and human effects in Boujagh National Park, Iran	34
Experimental investigation of density current patterns using dynamic fractal analysis	32
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Experimental study on flocculation and sedimentation characteristics of cohesive fine sediment measured using ultrasound in the Pearl River Estuary	26
Temporal and spatial evolution characteristics of the current tail channel of the Yellow River: Processes and mechanisms	25
Influences of sedimentation on overflow properties of sharp-crested weir	23
Interpreting machine learning models based on SHAP values in predicting suspended sediment concentration	23
Experimental study of reservoir flushing through a bottom tunnel initially covered by cohesive sediment	22
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Improved estimation of critical bed shear stress downstream of low-head weirs in streams with coarse bed material	22
A high-resolution water quality model coupled sediment and suspended sediment module	21
Changes in runoff and sediment discharge along with their driving factors in the Pearl River basin from 1961 to 2018	20
Soil erosion risk assessment of the Lakhmess watershed (northwestern Tunisia) via the SEAGIS model: Inferred prioritization of risky sub-watersheds	20
Key drivers of changes in the sediment loads of Chinese rivers discharging to the oceans	19
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Ensemble and optimized hybrid algorithms through Runge Kutta optimizer for sewer sediment transport modeling using a data pre-processing approach	19
Sorption and desorption behavior of residual antidepressants and caffeine in freshwater sediment and sewage sludge	19

Swimming behavior of juvenile silver carp near the separation zone of a channel confluence	18
Non-equilibrium concentration profile formulas of suspended sediment and their preliminary applications	18
Towards an understanding of southern peri-Pannonian lacustrine depositional cycles: Interplay of sediment delivery and shifting intrabasinal height, a case study of drilled Neogene sediments from nort	18
Characterization of the micro-interfacial interactions of heterogeneous particulate matter (fine-grained sediment and microplastics) with copper ions	17
Experimental study on the settling of irregularly shaped sediment particles from the source region of the Yangtze River	17
Long-term experimental study on gravitational sedimentation of water aluminum oxide nanofluid at different volumetric concentrations	17
Response of Reynolds stresses and scaling behavior of high-order structure functions to a water-worked gravel-bed surface and its implication on sediment transport	17
Tracing sediment transport history using mineralogical fingerprinting in a river basin with dams utilizing sediment sluicing	17
Inhibitability of soil loss and sediment concentration during consecutive rainfalls from experimental plots treated by endemic microorganisms	16
Preliminary assessment of the suspended sediment dynamics in the Sikkim–Darjeeling Himalayan river	16
Application of Hausdorff fractal derivative to the determination of the vertical sediment concentration distribution	15
The effects of adsorptive materials on microbial community composition and PAH degradation at the sediment cap–water interface	15
Multi-scale analysis for transport of fine settling particles through an ice-covered channel in a laminar flow condition	14
Coupled modeling of rainfall-induced floods and sediment transport at the catchment scale	14
Book Review	14
General velocity formula of boundary layer above mobile sediment bed induced by asymmetric waves	14
Predictability performance enhancement for suspended sediment in rivers: Inspection of newly developed hybrid adaptive neuro-fuzzy system model	13
Sediment nitrogen form occurrence associated with its ecological risk in the Yangtze River Delta plain-river network	13
Composition, environment, and economic value of the Permian to Cretaceous coated grains from Zagros and the Persian Gulf	13
Reducing bed scour in meandering channel bends using spur dikes	12
Modelling the long-term geomorphic response to check dam failures in an alpine channel with CAESAR-Lisflood	12
A comparison between artificial neural network algorithms and empirical equations applied to submerged weir scour evolution prediction	12
Experimental study on the effect of hydrodynamic conditions on flocculation and settling properties of fine-grain sediment	12
Grain size characteristics of surface sediment and its response to the dynamic sedimentary environment in Qiantang Estuary, China	11
Evaluating nutrient distribution and eutrophication pattern in a shallow impounded lake: Exploring the influence of floods	11
Ability of soil bacterial composition as an indicator of levels of soil erosion in a badland	11
Soil and water conservation measures improve soil carbon sequestration and soil quality under cashews	11
Geochemical indices and sedimentation rates in the Pardo River basin, São Paulo state, Brazil	11
A grain-size correction for metal pollution indexes in river sediments	11
Assessment of heavy metal contamination in the surficial sediments from the lower Meghna River estuary, Noakhali coast, Bangladesh	11
Particle size and settling velocity of bed and suspended sediments for mud-sand beds	11
Experimental investigation and prediction of free fall jet scouring using machine learning models	11
Sediment transport simulation and design optimization of a novel marsh shoreline protection technology using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling	10
Contributions of flow discharge, slope gradient, and scouring time on rill erosion: A quantitative study of exposed slopes in the loess region	10
Porosity of bimodal and trimodal sediment mixtures	10
Assessment of infiltration and erosion rates in Mediterranean reservoirs’ catchments through rainfall simulation	10
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Sustainable systems engineering by CFD modeling of lateral intake flow with flexible gate operations to improve efficient water supply	10
Hybrid neuro fuzzy inference systems for simulating catchment sediment yield	10
Unravelling the mesoscale saltmarsh accretion on the tropical barrier estuarine regime: A case study from the Chandipur Saltmarsh, India	9
Effect of extracellular polymeric substances on the phosphorus adsorption characteristics of sediment particles	9
Near-wall flow characteristics in pipe bend dense slurries: Optimizing the maximum sliding frictional power	9
Diagenetic signatures in the deltaic and fluvial-estuarine Messinian sandstone reservoirs in the Nile Delta as a tool for high-resolution stratigraphic correlations	9
Historical variations in autochthonous and allochthonous sediment supplies to the largest freshwater lake in Central India	9
Assessment of equilibrium pressure-flow scour depth using jet flow theory	9
Analytical approach for predicting local scour downstream of submerged sluice gate with an apron	8
Dry-season sources of riverine sediment from the tropical mixed urban-agricultural watershed of the Mun River Basin in northeastern Thailand	8
Interfacial instability of sand patterns induced by turbulent shear flow	8
Characteristic analysis of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) in typical nutrient polluted lake sediment in Wuhan	8
Phosphate mineral accumulation in lake sediment to form a secondary phosphate source: A case study in lake sediment around Eppawala Phosphate Deposit (EPD) in Sri Lanka	8

Developing a Lagrangian sediment transport model for open channel flows	8
Effect of combining biogeotextile and vegetation cover on the protection of steep slope of highway in northern China: A runoff plot experiment	8
Real-time probabilistic sediment concentration forecasting using integrated dynamic network and error distribution heterogeneity	8
Biogenic “phosphorus” effect of terrestrial lakes and its significance to oil shale during the Carnian period in the late Triassic	8
Spatial distribution and comparative evaluation of phosphorus release rate in benthic sediments of an estuary dam	8
River system sediment flow modeling using artificial neural networks	8
A new portable in situ flume for measuring critical shear stress on river beds	8
Efficient detection of ephemeral gully trajectories using topographic index-based approach: Calibration-free for large-scale applications	8
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Invisible face of COVID-19 pandemic on the freshwater environment: An impact assessment on the sediment quality of a cross boundary river basin in Turkey	7
Effects of land management practices on runoff and soil and nutrient losses in the rainfed agroecosystem of the Beles River Basin, Ethiopia	7
Mineral composition and particle size distribution of river sediment and loess in the middle and lower Yellow River	7
Rapid magnetic susceptibility measurement as a tracer to assess the erosion–deposition process using tillage homogenization and simple proportional models: A case study in northern of Morocco	7
Short-term phosphorus transformation in shallow-lake sediments mediated by nitrogen and iron under anoxic conditions	7
Characteristics of river discharge and its indirect effect on the tidal bore in the Qiantang River, China	7
Hybrid meta-heuristic machine learning methods applied to landslide susceptibility mapping in the Sahel-Algiers	7
Nutrients and organic matter in the surface sediment of a submerged macrophyte zone in a eutrophic lake: Implications for lake management	7
A new approach to simulate watershed sediment graphs	7
Key morphological changes and their linkages with stream power and land-use changes in the Upper Tapi River basin, India	7
Sediment dynamics in the mudbank of the Yangtze River Estuary under regime shift of source and sink	7