OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Fluid Mechanics is 1. 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
Local flushing timescales in the flow separation zone of a T-shaped open-channel confluence	33
Large eddy simulation of thermal stratification effect on natural ventilation performance in a corridor fire with a ceiling-duct	32
A computationally efficient and fully coupled model for sediment-borne contaminant transport	19
RANS model predictions for desalination discharges implemented with a dynamic turbulent Schmidt number approach	18
Dynamics of fingering convection: a numerical study	17
Three-dimensional modeling of diffusion-gravity flows in ice-covered lakes	17
The WATERMAN system for daily beach water quality forecasting: a ten-year retrospective	16
Quadrant analysis of turbulence over a degraded channel-bed of bimodal sediment, with a definition framework for averaging methods	14
Experimental study of the effects of riverbank vegetation conditions on riverbank erosion processes	14
Influence of velocity field on driftwood accumulation at a bridge with a single pier	14
Dynamics of oil slicks on wavy water surfaces	14
A high-order well-balanced weighted compact nonlinear scheme for solving the pollutant transport model	13
Ecological fluid mechanics: interaction between living organisms and environments	12
Reply to "Comments on modeling stratified suspension concentration distribution in turbulent flow using fractional advection-diffusion equation" by R. Absi	12
Analysis of the details of total mechanical energy balance and turbulent flow characteristics in irregular open-channels	12
Numerical experiments of partial-depth colliding gravity currents using LES	12
The entire lifetime of a distinct double-diffusive staircase in crater Lake Nyos, Cameroon	12
Structure of dense plumes from a finite-height cylinder in laminar crossflow	11
Simulation of flow and shear stress distribution on the Oceano Dunes, implications for saltation and dust emissions	11
Self aeration and energy dissipation on a steep stepped chute: how does physical modelling compare to prototype observations?	11
Modelling of spatial variabilities in the flow structure of a heterogeneous mangrove patch through laboratory scale models	10
Shear layer over floodplain vegetation with a view on bending and streamlining effects	10
Uncertainty of propagation and entrainment characteristics of lock-exchange gravity current	9
On the depth-averaged models of ice-covered flows	9
Numerical simulation of flow field characteristics and pollutant transport under different ventilation modes	9

Predicting velocity and turbulent kinetic energy inside an emergent Phragmites australis canopy with real morphology	8
Hydrodynamic forces on emergent cylinders in non-uniform flow	8
Bedload transport through emergent vegetation: current status and its future prospect	8
Fine stock dynamics along an engineered Alpine river system	8
Variation in sediment delivery ratios of grouped sediment in a braided reach owing to channel adjustments	7
A new pH-based tracing method for flow mixing studies in closed-loop experimental flumes: evaluation in an open-channel confluence	7
Vortical structures, entrainment and mixing process in the lateral discharge of the gravity current	7
The characterization of turbulent heat and moisture transport during a gust-front event over the Indian peninsula	7
Wavelet analysis of atmospheric turbulent data	7
Special Issue in Environmental Fluid Mechanics on Jets/Plumes/Thermals	6
Effect of density maximum of water on the stability of gravitactic convective motions in biothermal convection	6
Investigation of the flow structures through heterogeneous vegetation of varying patch configurations in an open channel	6
Convective structures of salt fingers at a neutrally buoyant density interface	6
Discussion of “Abbas, F. M., & Tanaka, N. (2022). Investigation of flow structure with moat acting as a water cushion at the toe of an overflowing levee. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 22(4), 865–	6
Effect of crossflow on trapping depths of particle plumes: laboratory experiments and application to the PLUMEX field experiment	5
Preface: special issue on the hydrodynamic and fluvial instabilities	5
On the performance of generative adversarial network for generating turbulent round jet flow	5
Acknowledgement of Reviewers for 2023	5
Modeling of wind-driven circulation of schistosome larvae in a vegetated side pond	5
Stokes drift through corals	5
Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) investigation of two-dimensional dam break flows	5
Preface: special issue on turbulence and mixing in stratified flows	5
Effect of numerical schemes on advection terms for large eddy simulation of inclined dense jets	5
Numerical simulation of local scour around the pier with and without airfoil collar (AFC) using FLOW-3D	5
Mixing rates in stably stratified flows with respect to the turbulent froude number and turbulent scales	5
Discussion of “Mahmodinia, S., & Javan, M. (2021). Vortical structures, entrainment and mixing process in the lateral discharge of the gravity current. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 21(5), 1035–1	5
Peculiarities of the confluence of rivers in hydrodynamic backwater from the dam	5
River confluences: a review of recent field and numerical studies	5
Density destratification by a single bubble plume in long horizontal fluid layers and in a dam lake	5
Aerodynamics of ancient egyptian Obelisks and their structural response to Boundary Layer wind	4
Dispersion of ultrafine particles in the wake of a square back Ahmed body	4
Effects of fluvial instability on the bed morphology in vegetated channels	4
Explaining multiple patches of aquatic vegetation through linear stability analysis	4
A forecasting and warning system of storm surge events along the Norwegian coast	4
On the rotation of melting ice disks	4
Topographic effects on buoyancy driven flows along the slope	4
Two-dimensional distribution of stream-wise mean velocity in turbulent flow with effect of suspended sediment concentration	4
Asymmetry in the spin-up of a stratified fluid in a sliced, square cylinder	4
The coalescence of adjacent turbulent plumes in a stratified and unstratified environment	4
Scavenging processes in multicomponent medium with first-order reaction kinetics: Lagrangian and Eulerian modeling	4
Characteristics of planar buoyant jets and plumes in a turbulent channel crossflow from direct numerical simulations	4
Correction: Oceanic bottom mixed layer in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: potential influence on deep-seabed mining plume dispersal	4
A fully coupled two-dimensional flow—vegetation routing model in open channel flow	4
A semi-coupled model for determining the distribution of two-dimensional coherent structures in open channel flow	4
The budgets of turbulence kinetic energy and heat in the urban roughness sublayer	3
Large eddy simulation of flow around semi-conical piers vertically mounted on the bed	3
Effects of bedform migration on nutrient fluxes at the sediment–water interface: a theoretical analysis	3
Penthouses’ impact on the wind flow structure and pollution distribution in the street canyons with or without balconies on building facades	3
Countergradient turbulent transport in a plume with a crossflow	3
In search of a unifying criterion for meandering systems: examples from natural and built environments	3

Linear stability of sand waves sheared by a turbulent flow	3
Multifractal framework of partitioned turbulent data in atmospheric surface layer	3
Comments on «Modeling stratified suspension concentration distribution in turbulent flow using fractional advection–diffusion equation» by Snehasis Kundu, environmental fluid mechanics, https://doi.or	3
Entrainment in buoyant jets and fountains revisited	3
On the role of the viscosity ratio on buoyant miscible jet flows	3
Dense pulses formed from fissioning internal waves	3
Shear instability in mode-2 internal Kelvin waves	3
Experimental study on the discharge characteristics of viscous debris flow with grid-type dam	3
Revisiting the analysis of self-formed threshold alluvial channels	3
Near-surface turbulent dissipation at a laboratory-scale confluence: implications on gas transfer	3
Numerical study of the effect of building configurations on tear gas dispersion	3
Hydraulic jumps with low inflow Froude numbers: air–water surface patterns and transverse distributions of two-phase flow properties	3
Dispersion coefficients analysis by ADCP measurements, tracer test and numerical simulations	3
Competing feedback in an idealized tide-influenced delta network	3
Establishing morpho-dynamic baseline for flow-sediment management of a tidal river in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta system through field measurement	3
A numerical investigation of three-dimensional falling liquid films	3
LES validation of lock-exchange density currents interacting with an emergent bluff obstacle	3
Combined integral and particle model for describing the dispersion, dilution, terminal layer formation and influence area from a point source discharge into a water body	2
Behavior of effluents discharged into shallow coastal waters under the influence of spring-neap tidal currents	2
Unsteady two-dimensional distribution of suspended sediment transport in open channels	2
Flow structure, bed morphology and contaminated sediment transport at the confluences of pipe and channel	2
Fate of turbid glacial inflows in a hydroelectric reservoir	2
Turbulent flow around an inline array of blocks	2
Temporal modulation of turbulence structure over progressive erosion boundary under influence of wave current combined flow	2
Modeling arboreal vegetation-induced friction and its influence on river flooding using a two-dimensional model	2
Interactions between emergent and submerged porous horseshoe elements and open channel flows	2
A wind tunnel study on flow instability and pollutant dispersion inside an isolated street canyon	2
Interaction between double diffusion and differential diffusion in a stratified turbulent flow	2
Cooling tower plume abatement and plume modeling: a review	2
The geography of near-shelf mixing on the east coast of South Africa	2
Eddy diffusivity in stratified ocean: a case study in Bay of Bengal	2
Application of high-level Green–Naghdi theory to sill-controlled flows	2
Numerical modeling of air entrainment by turbulent plunging jet and aerated flow in the plunging pool	2
Analysis of the performance of flow field modes around double round-ended piers	2
Conservation equations for open-channel flow: effects of bed roughness and secondary currents	2
Spatiotemporal distribution of the upper ocean temperature and salinity in the Bay of Bengal during 1980–2022 and its implications on the mixed layer dynamics	2
Seabed morphodynamics of a coastal lagoon of the Gulf of California	2
A comparative study of turbulent stratified shear layers: effect of density gradient distribution	2
Experimental study of the lock-release gravity current propagates on a rough upslope	2
The effect of pore geometry in constitutive hysteretic models for unsaturated water flow	1
A mathematical model and mesh-free numerical method for contact-line motion in lubrication theory	1
Simulation of particle resuspension by wind in an urban system	1
Special issue in environmental fluid mechanics on Coastal, Estuarine and Riverine turbulent flows and sediment transport	1
Acknowledgement of reviewers 2021	1
Shallow fluid flow over an obstacle: higher-order non-hydrostatic modeling and breaking waves	1
Experimental and numerical study of unsteady flows in a compound open channel	1
Uncertainty quantification of large-eddy simulation results of riverine flows: a field and numerical study	1
Uncertainty quantification of steady and transient source term estimation in an urban environment	1
Entrainment dynamics of buoyant jets in a stably stratified environment	1
Performance and flow dynamics of heavy air curtains using experiments and numerical simulations	1
Evaluating longitudinal dispersion of scalars in rural channels of agro-urban environments	1
Reynolds flux modeling; new numerical insights into inclined dense jets	1
Uncertainty quantification of inflow on passive scalar dispersion in an urban environment	1
Eddy dissipation rates in the dryline boundary layer	1
Three-dimensional numerical simulation of basin-scale internal waves in a long narrow lake	1
Environmental fluid mechanics of minimum energy loss weirs: hydrodynamics and self-aeration at Chinchilla MEL weir during the November–December 2021 flood event	1
Scaling laws of strong convective thermals: comparison with experimental data	1
Stratification and temporal evolution of mixing regimes in diurnally heated river flows	1
Effects of emergent and submerged rigid vegetation configurations on gravity current dynamics	1
On the origin of forces in the wake of an elliptical cylinder at low Reynolds number	1
On the reef scale hydrodynamics at Sodwana Bay, South Africa	1
Regional-scale meteorological characteristics of the Vento Norte phenomenon observed in Southern Brazil	1
A comparative study of pre-aeration effects on hydraulic jump air–water flow properties at high Froude numbers	1
Revisiting and revising Tatarskii’s formulation for the temperature structure parameter ($$C_T^2$$) in atmospheric flows	1
Experimental investigation and integral simulation of a thermal annular plume	1
Real time instability of flow close to a scour affected abutment	1
Flow through layered vegetation in open channel flows: effect on velocity and discharge distribution	1
Assessment of risks associated with development of river meandering under climate change using a physics-based free-meandering model	1
Three-dimensional perspective on a convective instability and transition to turbulence in an internal solitary wave of depression shoaling over gentle slopes	1
A closed-form solution for the deposition of atmospheric particulate matter on electrical insulators	1
Effect of rotation on mixing efficiency in homogeneous stratified turbulence using unforced direct numerical simulations	1
Acknowledgement of Reviewers for 2022	1
Turbulence behaviors underlying the sensible heat and water vapor flux dissimilarity in a stably stratified flow	1
Numerical simulation of overtopping breach processes caused by failure of landslide dams	1
Semi-analytical study on environmental dispersion of settling particles in a width-independent wetland flow	1