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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Standardizing No Net Loss Stream Mitigation Assessment Methods: Tradeoffs between Expediency and River Science	90
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Illinois State Water Survey Bulletin 75: New Precipitation Frequency Study for Illinois	37
Improved annual temperature cycle function for stream seasonal thermal regimes	32
Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management	28
Evaluation of Select Velocity Measurement Techniques for Estimating Discharge in Small Streams across the United States	27
Effects of Future Land Use Variability on Nutrient Loads in a Fast‐Urbanizing Landscape	26
Tidal–hydrological dynamics of water temperature across freshwater forested wetlands on the northeastern Pacific coast	26
Quantifying Replacement Rates From Indoor and Outdoor Urban Water Conservation Incentives in California	25
A Comprehensive Calibration Framework for the Northwest River Forecast Center	21
Geochemical Drivers of Elevated Sulfate in California Coastal Basins: Evolution From Marine Sediments to Watersheds and Aquifers	21
Benefits of Forests for Water: Projected Effects of Land Use Change in the San Jacinto Watershed, Texas	20
Comparison of surface resistance‐based models for estimating maize evapotranspiration in a humid region of China	20
Function and watershed‐based stream mitigation: Lessons from a program development and implementation odyssey in the Western United States	20
Analyzing the impact of polder‐type flood control pattern on river system's regulation and storage capacity under urbanization	18
Champions and Traditional Technocrats: The Role of Environmental Value Orientation in Stormwater Management	18
Spatial pattern and driving forces of regional water use efficiency: From spatial spillover and heterogeneity perspective	17
Assessing the Long‐Term Trends and Impacts of Water Resource System Resilience in the Yangtze River Basin	17
Leveraging High‐Frequency Sensor Data and U.S. National Water Model Output to Forecast Turbidity in a Drinking Water Supply Basin	16
Water supply, waste assimilation, and low‐flow issues facing the Southeast Piedmont Interstate‐85 urban archipelago	16
The geography and socioeconomic characteristics of U.S. households reliant on private wells and septic systems	15
Using a Multi‐Institutional Ensemble of Watershed Models to Assess Agricultural Conservation Effectiveness in a Future Climate	14
Water balance characterization of the early 21st century drought in the western United States	14
Legacy Effects of Forest Changes and Channel Modification on Flood Behavior in the Ozark Highlands, Missouri	13
SNOTEL, the Soil Climate Analysis Network, and water supply forecasting at the Natural Resources Conservation Service: Past, present, and future	12

Ensemble Methods for History Matching and Uncertainty Quantification With a Watershed Model	12
Process‐based calibration of WRF‐Hydro in a mountainous basin in southwestern U.S.	12
Comprehensive evaluation of water quality grades based on improved CRITIC and multidimensional connection cloud combination	10
Evaluation of Flood Forecasting Input Uncertainties in Transitional Inland‐Coastal Low‐Gradient Rivers	9
Reviewer Index—2023	9
Machine Learning for a Heterogeneous Water Modeling Framework	9
Long‐Term Monotonic Trends in Water Budget Components in the Contiguous United States: Insights From Two Hydrologic Models	9
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Rethinking Water Scarcity, Energy, and Agriculture: Coupling Agrivoltaics With Addressing Groundwater Depletion	9
The long iron line: Water resources development at the United States Military Academy, West Point (1802–1943)	9
Streamflow response to drought in a managed coast redwood catchment	8
Enhancing hydrologic LiDAR digital elevation models: Bridging hydrographic gaps at fine scales	8
Intersection of Hydrologic Change and Hydropower in the United States: Needs for Future Research and Practice	8
Predictability and behavior of water transfers across basin boundaries	8
Considerations for using alternative technologies in nutrient management on Cape Cod: Beyond cost and performance	8
Understanding Water System Manager's Motivations for and Their Perceived Benefits of Consolidation	7
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Periodic Variability in Baseflow in Headwater Streams of the Upper Colorado River: Implications for Runoff Efficiency	7
Expanding the applications of the standardized streamflow index through regionalization	7
Issue Information	7
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Groundwater Contributions to Daily Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loads and Implications for Prediction in Watersheds in South Korea	7
Confronting our Agricultural Nonpoint Source Control Policy Problem	6
Change of stream network connectivity under polder‐type flood control measure	6
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A survey of non‐USGS continuous streamflow gaging networks in the Pacific Northwest	6
Future Impact of Climate and Land Use Change on Streamflow in the Rokel‐Seli River Basin, Sierra Leone	6
Drivers of enhanced evaporative demand in U.S. croplands: Determining relative contribution using constrained input scenarios	6
Ephemeral Stream Network Extraction from Lidar‐Derived Elevation and Topographic Attributes in Urban and Forested Landscapes	6
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Impacts of a nutrient trading plan on stream water quality in Sugar Creek, Ohio	6
Mapping Habitat Suitability Rangewide for Headwater Stream‐Associated Torrent Salamanders	6
Irrigation rates and turfgrass evapotranspiration in cities with contrasting water availability	6
Mapping stream and floodplain geomorphometry with the Floodplain and Channel Evaluation Tool	6
Sewage Transport Volumes and Physical Degradation Rates of Personal Care Wipes	6
Co‐production of a vulnerability assessment for aquatic and riparian ecosystems in the southwestern United States	6
Risk Matrix and Connection Number Coupling Approach for Water Resources and Socio‐Economy Coordinated Development Evaluation	6
Predicting nitrate exposure from groundwater wells using machine learning and meteorological conditions	6
Colloid‐Pollutant Migration through Saturated Vegetative Filter Strips with Various Hydrodynamics Condition under Rainfall	5
Impacts and sensitivity analysis of imperviousness area and connectivity on surface runoff under a plot‐scale rainfall simulation experiment	5
The Effects of Unpaved Roads on Instream Sediment: Patterns and Challenges for Monitoring	5
Irrigation response to drought in the Western United States, 1987–2021	5
Integrated water resources trend assessments: State of the science, challenges, and opportunities for advancement	5
Near‐term forecasts of stream temperature using deep learning and data assimilation in support of management decisions	5
Case study of continental‐scale hydrologic modeling's ability to predict daily streamflow percentiles for regulatory application	5
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Simulating socio‐hydrological responses to climatic conditions in Phoenix, Arizona	5
Deriving Nutrient Concentration Criteria for Rivers: The Model‐Then‐Classify Method Incorporating Under‐Protection Risk	5
Household willingness to pay for stream restoration on private and public land: Evidence from the Baltimore metropolitan region	5
Simplifying the Groundwater Model Interface to Provide Enhanced Decision Support	5

Joint operation rules considering the uncertainty of energy available for multiple cascaded hydropower system	5
Assessing flood mitigation, management, and enforcement using insurance data, California and the USA	5
Streamflow and Groundwater Response to Stream Restoration Using Beaver Dam Analogues in a Semi‐Arid Perennial Stream	5
The NRCS Peak Rate Factor for Severe Storms	5
Interactions of warming and altered nutrient load timing on the phenology of oxygen dynamics in Chesapeake Bay	4
Issue Information	4
Featured Collection introduction: Climate change in Chesapeake Bay	4
Novel dimensionless index for physically based assessment of thermal refugia characterizes off‐channel habitat on gravel bed river	4
Simulation of Runoff and Sediment Yield in Ungauged Small Watersheds Around the Henan Boundary Area of the Sanmenxia Reservoir	4
Distinguishing climate change impacts from development impacts on summer low flows in Puget Sound streams	4
Flooding and the interannual variability of hydrologic quantities in the Missouri River basin	4
Developing Numeric Chlorophyll a Criteria Through Science, Enhanced Monitoring, and a Collaborative Stakeholder Partnership	4
Resilient and Sustainable Water Resources Management in the United States: The Role of Water‐Use Data and Interagency Knowledge Exchange	4
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Depressional runoff cascade networks of the Des Moines Lobe of Iowa	4
Transforming Institutions to Connect Land and Water for Healthy Communities	4
Hydrogeologic and hydrochemical inputs to emerging wetlands on the shores of the receding Salton Sea, California	4
Assessing the Impacts of Water Diversion Project on Water Resource System Sustainability	4
No Groundwater, No Fish: The Critical Role of Groundwater in Supporting Non‐Glacial, Salmon‐Bearing Rivers in South‐Central Alaska	4
From single to multi‐purpose reservoir: A framework for optimizing reservoir efficiency	4
A data‐oriented strategy to support water resource managers and researchers	4
Integrating channel design and assessment methods based on sediment transport capacity in gravel bed streams	4
NOAA's National Water Model: Advancing operational hydrology through continental‐scale modeling	3
Streamflow simulation improvements enabled by a state‐of‐the‐art algorithm for reservoir routing in the U.S. National Water Model	3
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Modeling compound hydrologic disturbances in the Rio Grande Headwaters	3
Drinking water under fire: Water utilities' vulnerability to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest	3
Innovative Source Tracking of Groundwater Contamination: PMF – Geostatistics Fusion in Human‐Dominated Regions	3
Integrating Redundancy Correction and GIS‐Based Spatial Optimization for Enhanced Lake Eutrophication Assessment	3
Likelihood of Irrigation Water Efficiency and Conservation Adoption by Producers in Eastern Arkansas	3
Remotely sensed imagery reveals animal feeding operations increase downstream dissolved reactive phosphorus	3
Machine Learning Assisted Reservoir Operation Model for Long‐Term Water Management Simulation	3
The usability gap in water resources open data and actionable science initiatives	3
Development of web‐based hydrograph analysis tool considering seasonality and flow condition	3
Predicting lake chlorophyll from stream phosphorus concentrations	3
Filling the gap: A comparative analysis of stormwater utility fees and stormwater program budgets in the Puget Sound watershed	3
Nitrate‐Driven Selenium Release From the Monterey Formation in Coastal California Watersheds—A Recycled Water Conundrum	3
Estimating upper percentiles of surface water monitoring data with sparse samples	3
The Impacts of Drought on Southwest Tribal Economies	3
Contiguous United States hydrologic modeling using the Hillslope Link Model TETIS	3
Re‐examining the water affordability: A comparison of alternative measures	3
Historical patterns of well drilling and groundwater depth in Arizona considering groundwater regulation and surface water access	3
Drivers of future streamflow changes in watersheds across the Northeastern United States	3
Building resilience to extreme weather and climate events in the rural water and wastewater sectors	3
Measuring geomorphology in river assessment procedures 1: A global overview of current practices	3
Can we rely on drought‐ending “miracles” in the Colorado River Basin?	3
Data‐driven artificial intelligence‐based streamflow forecasting, a review of methods, applications, and tools	3
Untangling the Factors Governing the Catchment‐Scale Impacts of On‐Site Stormwater Infiltration in Shallow Groundwater Contexts	3
Impact of Climate and Land Use Change on Economic Development in the Baoxing River Watershed in Giant Panda National Park	3
A “WEST” Theory in the East: Decoupling and synergistic evolution of water utilization, economy, and society in China	3
Predicted uranium and radon concentrations in New Hampshire (USA) groundwater—Using Multi Order Hydrologic Position as predictors	3