OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the American Water Resources Association is 3. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Hydraulic Properties of the Riffle Crest and Applications for Stream Ecosystem Management	100
Standardizing No Net Loss Stream Mitigation Assessment Methods: Tradeoffs between Expediency and River Science	43
Illinois State Water Survey Bulletin 75: New Precipitation Frequency Study for Illinois	38
Improved annual temperature cycle function for stream seasonal thermal regimes	34
Evaluation of Select Velocity Measurement Techniques for Estimating Discharge in Small Streams across the United States	33
Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management	26
Application of a Large‐Scale Terrain‐Analysis‐Based Flood Mapping System to Hurricane Harvey	25
Tidal–hydrological dynamics of water temperature across freshwater forested wetlands on the northeastern Pacific coast	23
Quantifying Replacement Rates From Indoor and Outdoor Urban Water Conservation Incentives in California	23
Effects of Future Land Use Variability on Nutrient Loads in a Fast‐Urbanizing Landscape	22
Water supply, waste assimilation, and low‐flow issues facing the Southeast Piedmont Interstate‐85 urban archipelago	21
Water balance characterization of the early 21st century drought in the western United States	21
Spatial pattern and driving forces of regional water use efficiency: From spatial spillover and heterogeneity perspective	19
Using a Multi‐Institutional Ensemble of Watershed Models to Assess Agricultural Conservation Effectiveness in a Future Climate	17
Function and watershed‐based stream mitigation: Lessons from a program development and implementation odyssey in the Western United States	16
Evaluation of Water‐Energy‐Food (WEF) Nexus Research: Perspectives, Challenges, and Directions for Future Research	16
Introduction to the Featured Collection: Water Security — New Technologies, Strategies, Policies, and Institutions	15
Nutrients across Time: Relationships with Climate, Hydrology, and Land Use in Four Rivers of the Pacific Northwest	15
Champions and Traditional Technocrats: The Role of Environmental Value Orientation in Stormwater Management	15
Comparison of surface resistance‐based models for estimating maize evapotranspiration in a humid region of China	15
Leveraging High‐Frequency Sensor Data and U.S. National Water Model Output to Forecast Turbidity in a Drinking Water Supply Basin	14
Analyzing the impact of polder‐type flood control pattern on river system's regulation and storage capacity under urbanization	14
Process‐based calibration of WRF‐Hydro in a mountainous basin in southwestern U.S.	13
The geography and socioeconomic characteristics of U.S. households reliant on private wells and septic systems	13

SNOTEL, the Soil Climate Analysis Network, and water supply forecasting at the Natural Resources Conservation Service: Past, present, and future	12
Rethinking Water Scarcity, Energy, and Agriculture: Coupling Agrivoltaics With Addressing Groundwater Depletion	12
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Comprehensive evaluation of water quality grades based on improved CRITIC and multidimensional connection cloud combination	12
Machine Learning for a Heterogeneous Water Modeling Framework	12
The long iron line: Water resources development at the United States Military Academy, West Point (1802–1943)	11
Multi‐Scale Hydrologic Evaluation of the National Water Model Streamflow Data Assimilation	11
Reviewer Index—2023	11
Streamflow response to drought in a managed coast redwood catchment	10
Enhancing hydrologic LiDAR digital elevation models: Bridging hydrographic gaps at fine scales	10
Intersection of Hydrologic Change and Hydropower in the United States: Needs for Future Research and Practice	10
The Hydrological Urban Heat Island: Determinants of Acute and Chronic Heat Stress in Urban Streams	10
Expanding the applications of the standardized streamflow index through regionalization	10
Considerations for using alternative technologies in nutrient management on Cape Cod: Beyond cost and performance	10
Post‐Processing the National Water Model with Long Short‐Term Memory Networks for Streamflow Predictions and Model Diagnostics	9
Periodic Variability in Baseflow in Headwater Streams of the Upper Colorado River: Implications for Runoff Efficiency	9
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Predictability and behavior of water transfers across basin boundaries	8
Predicting nitrate exposure from groundwater wells using machine learning and meteorological conditions	7
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A survey of non‐USGS continuous streamflow gaging networks in the Pacific Northwest	6
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Drivers of enhanced evaporative demand in U.S. croplands: Determining relative contribution using constrained input scenarios	6
Sewage Transport Volumes and Physical Degradation Rates of Personal Care Wipes	6
Impacts of a nutrient trading plan on stream water quality in Sugar Creek, Ohio	6
Assessing flood mitigation, management, and enforcement using insurance data, California and the USA	6
Change of stream network connectivity under polder‐type flood control measure	6
Effects of Reservoir Levels on Arizona National Recreation Area Visitation, Visitor Spending, and Local Economies	6
Co‐production of a vulnerability assessment for aquatic and riparian ecosystems in the southwestern United States	6
Nutrient Retention and Release in Eroding Chesapeake Bay Tidal Wetlands	5
Near‐term forecasts of stream temperature using deep learning and data assimilation in support of management decisions	5
Simplifying the Groundwater Model Interface to Provide Enhanced Decision Support	5
Simulating socio‐hydrological responses to climatic conditions in Phoenix, Arizona	5
Confronting our Agricultural Nonpoint Source Control Policy Problem	5
Mapping stream and floodplain geomorphometry with the Floodplain and Channel Evaluation Tool	5
Featured Collection Introduction: National Water Model IV	5
Joint operation rules considering the uncertainty of energy available for multiple cascaded hydropower system	5
Household willingness to pay for stream restoration on private and public land: Evidence from the Baltimore metropolitan region	5
Ephemeral Stream Network Extraction from Lidar‐Derived Elevation and Topographic Attributes in Urban and Forested Landscapes	5
Irrigation rates and turfgrass evapotranspiration in cities with contrasting water availability	5
Colloid‐Pollutant Migration through Saturated Vegetative Filter Strips with Various Hydrodynamics Condition under Rainfall	5
The NRCS Peak Rate Factor for Severe Storms	5
Integrated water resources trend assessments: State of the science, challenges, and opportunities for advancement	4
The Effects of Unpaved Roads on Instream Sediment: Patterns and Challenges for Monitoring	4
Issue Information	4
Transforming Institutions to Connect Land and Water for Healthy Communities	4
Assessing the Impacts of Water Diversion Project on Water Resource System Sustainability	4
Featured Collection introduction: Climate change in Chesapeake Bay	4
Flooding and the interannual variability of hydrologic quantities in the Missouri River basin	4

Evaluating California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: The First Five Years of Governance and Planning	4
Irrigation response to drought in the Western United States, 1987–2021	4
Strengthening Cybersecurity of Water Infrastructure through Legislative Actions	4
Interactions of warming and altered nutrient load timing on the phenology of oxygen dynamics in Chesapeake Bay	4
Resilient and Sustainable Water Resources Management in the United States: The Role of Water‐Use Data and Interagency Knowledge Exchange	4
Depressional runoff cascade networks of the Des Moines Lobe of Iowa	4
Impacts and sensitivity analysis of imperviousness area and connectivity on surface runoff under a plot‐scale rainfall simulation experiment	4
Case study of continental‐scale hydrologic modeling's ability to predict daily streamflow percentiles for regulatory application	4
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Streamflow and Groundwater Response to Stream Restoration Using Beaver Dam Analogues in a Semi‐Arid Perennial Stream	4
Development of web‐based hydrograph analysis tool considering seasonality and flow condition	4
From single to multi‐purpose reservoir: A framework for optimizing reservoir efficiency	4
Integrating channel design and assessment methods based on sediment transport capacity in gravel bed streams	4
Measuring geomorphology in river assessment procedures 1: A global overview of current practices	3
Predicting lake chlorophyll from stream phosphorus concentrations	3
Machine Learning Assisted Reservoir Operation Model for Long‐Term Water Management Simulation	3
Predicted uranium and radon concentrations in New Hampshire (USA) groundwater—Using Multi Order Hydrologic Position as predictors	3
NOAA's National Water Model: Advancing operational hydrology through continental‐scale modeling	3
A data‐oriented strategy to support water resource managers and researchers	3
Drivers of future streamflow changes in watersheds across the Northeastern United States	3
Historical patterns of well drilling and groundwater depth in Arizona considering groundwater regulation and surface water access	3
Introduction to Featured Collection on Use of NASA and Other Earth Observations Data, Assets, and Tools to Support Water Management — Part 1	3
Characterization of Hydraulic Properties of the Memphis Aquifer by Conducting Pumping Tests in Active Well Fields in Shelby County, Tennessee	3
Issue Information	3
Contiguous United States hydrologic modeling using the Hillslope Link Model TETIS	3
Impact of Real‐Time Satellite‐Derived Green Vegetation Fraction on National Water Model Fluxes in Humid Alabama Watersheds	3
Remotely sensed imagery reveals animal feeding operations increase downstream dissolved reactive phosphorus	3
Streamflow simulation improvements enabled by a state‐of‐the‐art algorithm for reservoir routing in the U.S. National Water Model	3
The usability gap in water resources open data and actionable science initiatives	3
Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical inputs to emerging wetlands on the shores of the receding Salton Sea, California	3
Can we rely on drought‐ending “miracles” in the Colorado River Basin?	3
Impact of Climate and Land Use Change on Economic Development in the Baoxing River Watershed in Giant Panda National Park	3
The Impacts of Drought on Southwest Tribal Economies	3
The Accumulating Interest in Water Banks: Assessing Their Role in Mitigating Water Insecurities	3
Building resilience to extreme weather and climate events in the rural water and wastewater sectors	3
Re‐examining the water affordability: A comparison of alternative measures	3
Issue Information	3
Distinguishing climate change impacts from development impacts on summer low flows in Puget Sound streams	3
A “WEST” Theory in the East: Decoupling and synergistic evolution of water utilization, economy, and society in China	3
Novel dimensionless index for physically based assessment of thermal refugia characterizes off‐channel habitat on gravel bed river	3