OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Fluid Mechanics is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The entire lifetime of a distinct double-diffusive staircase in crater Lake Nyos, Cameroon	37
RANS model predictions for desalination discharges implemented with a dynamic turbulent Schmidt number approach	23
Hydrodynamic forces on emergent cylinders in non-uniform flow	23
Effect of density maximum of water on the stability of gravitactic convective motions in biothermal convection	20
Investigation of the flow structures through heterogeneous vegetation of varying patch configurations in an open channel	17
Predicting velocity and turbulent kinetic energy inside an emergent Phragmites australis canopy with real morphology	16
Preface: special issue on the hydrodynamic and fluvial instabilities	15
Dispersion coefficients analysis by ADCP measurements, tracer test and numerical simulations	14
Large eddy simulation of flow around semi-conical piers vertically mounted on the bed	14
Aerodynamics of ancient egyptian Obelisks and their structural response to Boundary Layer wind	14
Correction to: Laboratory study of bed shear stress in gradually varied flow over a sudden change in bed roughness	14
Revisiting the analysis of self-formed threshold alluvial channels	12
Entrainment in buoyant jets and fountains revisited	12
The geography of near-shelf mixing on the east coast of South Africa	11
Experimental study on the discharge characteristics of viscous debris flow with grid-type dam	11
Acknowledgement of reviewers 2021	11
Interactions between emergent and submerged porous horseshoe elements and open channel flows	11
Turbulence behaviors underlying the sensible heat and water vapor flux dissimilarity in a stably stratified flow	10
Uncertainty quantification of large-eddy simulation results of riverine flows: a field and numerical study	10
Assessment of critical brine disposal operations conditions by CFD modeling and a Kriging metamodel	8
Entrainment dynamics of buoyant jets in a stably stratified environment	8
Wave-like motion and secondary currents in arrays of emergent cylinders induced by large scale eddying motion	8
Bursting phenomenon created by bridge piers group in open channel flow	8
Experimental investigation of the near-surface flow dynamics in downburst-like impinging jets	8
Using automatic model calibration for 3D morphological simulations: a case study of the Bodendorf reservoir flushing	8

Effect of Earth’s rotation on mixing and structure of internal hydraulic jumps in coastal channels	8
Shallow katabatic flow on a non-uniformly cooled slope	7
Fog-laden density staircases in the marine atmospheric boundary layer	7
Simulation of developing process of forced hydraulic jumps by an explicit incompressible particle method	7
Role of three-dimensional vortex motions on horizontal eddies in an open-channel cavity	7
Evaluation of the eddy diffusivity in a pollutant dispersion model in the planetary boundary layer	7
Improved numerical predictions of inclined negatively buoyant jet behaviour	7
Response	7
Countergradient turbulent transport in a plume with a crossflow	6
Numerical experiments of partial-depth colliding gravity currents using LES	6
Dynamics of oil slicks on wavy water surfaces	6
Predicting flow resistance in open-channel flows with submerged vegetation	6
Shear instability in mode-2 internal Kelvin waves	6
Fine stock dynamics along an engineered Alpine river system	6
The effects of spanwise canopy heterogeneity on the flow field and evaporation rates	6
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	6
A new pH-based tracing method for flow mixing studies in closed-loop experimental flumes: evaluation in an open-channel confluence	6
Modelling of spatial variabilities in the flow structure of a heterogeneous mangrove patch through laboratory scale models	6
Sediment management using bandal-like structures as nature-based solution	6
Modeling of wind-driven circulation of schistosome larvae in a vegetated side pond	5
Effects of fluvial instability on the bed morphology in vegetated channels	5
On the performance of generative adversarial network for generating turbulent round jet flow	5
Penthouses’ impact on the wind flow structure and pollution distribution in the street canyons with or without balconies on building facades	5
Numerical investigation of pollutants distribution in a realistic urban environment: A Frankfurt city study	5
Correction to: Hydraulic jumps with low inflow Froude numbers: air–water surface patterns and transverse distributions of two‑phase flow properties	4
Lock-release gravity currents propagating over roughness elements	4
Simulation of inclined dense jets in stagnant environments: an LES and experimental study	4
Laboratory experiments on debris flow processes in sharp channel bends	4
Regional-scale meteorological characteristics of the Vento Norte phenomenon observed in Southern Brazil	4
Establishing morpho-dynamic baseline for flow-sediment management of a tidal river in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta system through field measurement	4
Simulation of particle resuspension by wind in an urban system	4
Performance and flow dynamics of heavy air curtains using experiments and numerical simulations	4
Wave-induced Lagrangian drift in a porous seabed	4
High fidelity simulations of contaminant dispersion in an urban environment with comparison to magnetic resonance imaging measurements	4
Depth averaged velocity and stage-discharge relationships in compound channels with composite roughness	4
A numerical investigation of three-dimensional falling liquid films	4
Seabed morphodynamics of a coastal lagoon of the Gulf of California	4
Shallow fluid flow over an obstacle: higher-order non-hydrostatic modeling and breaking waves	4
Acknowledgement of Reviewers for 2022	4
Turbulent structures and local scour around a cylindrical pier under unsteady flows	4
Review of: a brief history of aqueducts and conduit resistance laws by Michele Mossa	4
Critical analysis of turbulence models for simulating positive surge waves in open channels in a RANS-VOF setup	4
The effect of pore geometry in constitutive hysteretic models for unsaturated water flow	4
Scaling laws of strong convective thermals: comparison with experimental data	4
Correction to: Fluvial hydrodynamics: hydrodynamic and sediment transport phenomena by Subhasish Dey and Fluvial hydrodynamics—solutions manual by Subhasish Dey and Sk Zeeshan Ali	4
Experimental study of the effects of riverbank vegetation conditions on riverbank erosion processes	3
A comparative study of turbulent stratified shear layers: effect of density gradient distribution	3
Experimental study of the lock-release gravity current propagates on a rough upslope	3
Uncertainty quantification of inflow on passive scalar dispersion in an urban environment	3
Numerical simulation of local scour around the pier with and without airfoil collar (AFC) using FLOW-3D	3

Stratification and temporal evolution of mixing regimes in diurnally heated river flows	3
Simulation of flow and shear stress distribution on the Oceano Dunes, implications for saltation and dust emissions	3
A wind tunnel study on flow instability and pollutant dispersion inside an isolated street canyon	3
Structure of dense plumes from a finite-height cylinder in laminar crossflow	3
Large Eddy simulation of annular plumes	3
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	3
Shear layer over floodplain vegetation with a view on bending and streamlining effects	3
Correction to: Environmental fluid mechanics of minimum energy loss weirs: hydrodynamics and self‑aeration at Chinchilla MEL weir during the November–December 2021 flood event	3
On the depth-averaged models of ice-covered flows	3
Dissolution of oil in water in the viscous-gravity stage of oil spreading	3
Diurnal heating and cooling of a sloping water body with vegetated shallow regions	3
Conservation equations for open-channel flow: effects of bed roughness and secondary currents	3
Convective structures of salt fingers at a neutrally buoyant density interface	3
LES validation of lock-exchange density currents interacting with an emergent bluff obstacle	3
Numerical simulation of overtopping breach processes caused by failure of landslide dams	3
Structural optimization of wind catcher for improving ventilation and traffic pollutant dispersion inside street canyons	3
Turbulent cascading in Buoyant plumes	3
Large eddy simulation of thermal stratification effect on natural ventilation performance in a corridor fire with a ceiling-duct	3
Prediction of polydisperse particles deposition and mean flow structures at a bifurcating channel using an Euler–Lagrange approach	3
On the origin of forces in the wake of an elliptical cylinder at low Reynolds number	3
Explaining multiple patches of aquatic vegetation through linear stability analysis	2
Wavelet analysis of atmospheric turbulent data	2
Uncertainty of propagation and entrainment characteristics of lock-exchange gravity current	2
Topographic effects on buoyancy driven flows along the slope	2
Overfalling impinging jet flow dynamics within scoured holes downstream of a levee	2
Development of drone-type float for surface-velocity measurement in rivers	2
Vegetation effects on radiation-induced natural convection in sloping water bodies	2
Numerical simulation of pollutants dispersion emitted by a bent chimney	2
Stability, resonance and role of turbulent stresses in 1D alluvial flows	2
The WATERMAN system for daily beach water quality forecasting: a ten-year retrospective	2
On the rotation of melting ice disks	2
Acknowledgement of Reviewers for 2023	2
Numerical simulation of flow field characteristics and pollutant transport under different ventilation modes	2
SPH modelling of wave attenuation by an array of submerged resonators and vorticity generation mechanism	2
Determination of discharge coefficient in non-Boussinesq cases and application in emptying–filling boxes	2
Fluvial levees in compound channels: a review on formation processes and the impact of bedforms and vegetation	2
An improvement to continuous random walk model for sediment diffusion in inhomogeneous turbulent flows	2
Analysis of the details of total mechanical energy balance and turbulent flow characteristics in irregular open-channels	2
Multifractal framework of partitioned turbulent data in atmospheric surface layer	2
Characteristics of planar buoyant jets and plumes in a turbulent channel crossflow from direct numerical simulations	2
Particle dynamics in horizontal buoyant jets within linearly stratified environments	2
Correction to: Self aeration and energy dissipation on a steep stepped chute: How does physical modelling compare to prototype observations?	2
Quantification of continuous sand flux time-series downstream of a dam during a flushing event	2
How hydraulic jumps form downstream of a negative step with channel expansion: experimental and numerical investigations of the transitions between wave jumps and submerged jets	2
Peak wind speed modulation by large-scale motions in neutrally stratified atmospheric surface layer	2
Three-dimensional modeling of diffusion-gravity flows in ice-covered lakes	2
A semi-coupled model for determining the distribution of two-dimensional coherent structures in open channel flow	2