OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Urban Water Journal is 4. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Unsteady state municipal wastewater treatment: MBR response to organic and hydraulic shock-loads	22
Optimisation of pumping and storage design through iterative hydraulic adjustment for minimum energy consumption	20
An experimental study on the hydraulics of stormwater inlets	19
Evaluating the effects of soil data quality on the SWAT runoff prediction Performance; A case study of Saz-Cayirova catchment, Turkey	18
Which factors determine students’ water-saving behaviors? Evidence from China colleges	18
Integrating spatial clustering with predictive modeling of pipe failures in water distribution systems	16
An initial parameter estimation approach for urban catchment modelling	15
An automated approach to establish relationship between total and effective impervious area for urban Indian catchments	15
A preliminary nitrification model for a Juncus effusus plant biofilter	12
Intraurban spatial configuration, hydrologic similarity areas and their roles in urban drainage dynamics	12
Production of magnetic biochar from the Hazelnut shell and magnetite particles for adsorption of Penicillin-G from the contaminated water	12
Evaluation of Pilot Scale Domestic Wastewater Reuse System in Terms of Irrigation and Industrial Process Waters in Turkey	12
Increasing knowledge and trust to overcome barriers to green infrastructure implementation: a Vancouver case study	12
Modelling the dynamic performance of stormwater drainage systems integrated with infiltration trenches	11
Rambling the headway in redemption of carbon-based nanomaterials for wastewater treatment	11
Financial feasibility of implementing an automated system to save the cold potable water that would be wasted at the beginning of a hot shower	11
Generating zonal hourly water consumption patterns in water distribution networks using end-use data	11
Prediction of Hydraulic Blockage at Culverts using Lab Scale Simulated Hydraulic Data	11
Urban household uptake of water sensitive urban design source control measures: an exploratory comparative survey across Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa	11
Performance of low impact development techniques in flood hazard mitigation in a closed urbanised catchment for extreme precipitation events	11
Performance Assessment Method for Small- and Medium-Sized Urban Water Systems: Development and Implementation	10
Evaluation of fiber compositions, strength indicators, and disintegration patterns of flushable sanitary products in relevance to what is flushable	10
The impact of wastewater-irrigated urban agriculture on microbial quality of drinking water at household level in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	10
An overview on water quality, pollution sources, and associated ecological and human health concerns of the lake water of megacity: a case study on Dhaka city lakes in Bangladesh	10
Willingness to pay for improving water supply continuity in case of climatic extreme natural events: an empirical approach for Chile	10

Evaluating the impact of LID-BMPs on urban runoff reduction in an urban sub-catchment	9
Spatial variability of groundwater quality in four mega-cities of India and impact of land use types on groundwater quality	9
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for urban drainage: a review focused on sustainable stormwater management	9
Designing a greywater treatment system in a highly adaptive urban environment: an ergonomics and human factors observational analysis	9
Maximum pressure of water column separation phenomenon applying the crow search algorithm	9
Development and user testing of the ICT-platform Visual Water supporting sustainable municipal stormwater planning	9
Sustainable urban stormwater management in developing countries: integrating strategies to overcome Brazilian barriers	9
Optimization of booster chlorination for water distribution system under dual uncertainties	9
New institutional theory perspective: water safety plan implementations in Thailand, Australia, Indonesia and Nepal	9
Experiential approaches to sanitation-goal assessment: Sanitation practices in selected informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa	8
Assessing wet season water quality and health risks of Chaobai River: impacts of natural weathering and anthropogenic activities in a small urban watershed	8
Investigating the relations between performance indicators of urban water supply in India	8
Experimental characterization of a self-powered control system for a real-time management of water distribution networks	8
Households’ willingness-to-pay for different strategies aimed at reducing water supply network dysfunctions. A French case-study	8
Hydraulic-hydrological modelling for ecological flow analysis in urbanised basins without monitored flow data	8
Water scarcity and alternative water sources in South Africa: can information provision shift perceptions?	8
Multi-objective optimization of trapezoidal labyrinth weir with a stepped energy dissipator using Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) algorithm	8
Determination of microplastics in drinking water treatment plants and tap water in Kocaeli, Turkey	8
Urban water quality in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in light of the sustainable development goal (SDG) 6 and the new national sanitation policy	8
Water retention by green infrastructure to mitigate urban flooding: a meta-analysis	8
A multi-voiced model for decision-making in water resource management. A case study in the urban area of Mar del Plata city, Argentina	7
A study on the economic loss estimation of industrial wastewater pollution discharges in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration	7
Urban waterlogging early warning model based on particle swarm optimization and deep neural network: a case study of Hefei old city	7
Importance of cost-benefit evaluation in the selection of flood control infrastructures	7
Developing a new methodology for wastewater pipes cleaning prioritization using integrating Induced Ordered Weighted Averaging and fuzzy logic methods	7
Understanding performance change of the water industry: how do size and patterns of output mix associate with efficiency?	7
The role of graph-based methods in urban drainage networks (UDNs): review and directions for future	7
Impact of urban growth on the natural drainage network of the Srinagar city	7
The level of aquatic yeast as a possible indicator of microbiological quality of urban recreational water reservoirs	7
Environmental aspects of trenchless pipe rehabilitation methods	7
High removal efficiency of ammonium from aqueous solution by colloidal silver nanoparticles: batch adsorption	7
Willingness to pay for the outcomes of improved stormwater management	6
The impact of informal settlements on the surface water quality: a baseline analysis of the Kaalspruit in Tembisa township, South Africa	6
An insight on the advancements of biological technologies in the bioremediation of textile effluents	6
A novel device for pressure-based leakage characterisation in water distribution pipes	6
Real-time control of retention basins for stormwater management and Rainwater Reuse	6
Modeling water consumption in multifamily buildings: a case study in Southern Brazil	6
A review of prediction models for E. coli in urban surface waters	6
Droughts in São Paulo: challenges and lessons for a water-adaptive society	6
Correction	6
Components of urban ground water recharge in Bengaluru, India	6
Random forest for the detection of unauthorized consumption in water supply systems: a case study in Southern Brazil	6
Evaluation of a participatory citizen approach to monitor microbial water quality of self-supply in urban Indonesia	6
Assessment of the impact of the rise in Lake Victoria water levels on urban flooding using a GIS-based spatial flood modelling approach	6
Drivers of planned compliance with irrigation restrictions among residents in a rapidly urbanizing region	5
The perception and expectation of WASH technology services in Pointe-Noire Ville and Tandou-Boma, Republic of Congo through novel conventional-SERVQUAL-AHP model	5
Residues of endocrine-disrupting PCBs in drinking water - influence of water and wastewater treatment in Szczecin (Poland)	5
Application of Integrated Urban Water Security Index (IUWSI) in Sana’a, Yemen (Case study)	5
Assessment of flood susceptibility in coastal peri-urban areas: an alternative MCDA approach for ungauged catchments	5
Air entrapment modelling in water supply networks during pipe filling events	5

Organochlorine pesticides in the drinking water of Merida and its Metropolitan Zone, a Karst Region	5
Leak localization in water distribution networks using GIS-Enhanced autoencoders	5
Stress-testing water distribution networks for cyber-physical attacks on water quality	5
Evaluating the uncertainty of urban flood model using glue approach	5
Short-term impacts of the filling transition across elevations in intermittent water supply systems	5
Optimization of injection costs for water distribution systems under double-sided fuzziness	5
Microbial quality and emerging pollutants in freshwater systems of Mega Manila, Philippines: a scoping review	5
Coping with and adapting to urban floods: experiences of flood community-dwelling households in Aboabo, Ghana	5
Testing restorative maintenance technologies for permeable interlocking concrete pavements	5
Shared water resources in decentralized city regions: mixed governance arrangements in Indonesia	5
Service level indicators evaluation of water supply systems: water users’ perspective	5
Multi-period consequence management of contaminations in water distribution networks: application of regret-based optimization model	5
Evaluation of the potential corrosivity of groundwater using an Analytic Hierarchy Process-based index	5
Fractality in water distribution networks: application to criticality analysis and optimal rehabilitation	4
Forecasting land use/cover changes and their influence on groundwater recharge in Chennai, India: Recommendations for sustainable urban development	4
Optimization of water distribution networks using hybrid BBO-IWO algorithm	4
A comparison between multivariate adaptive regression splines and regressive convolution neural network with support vector regression for pipe burst rate prediction on limited dataset	4
Water conservation potential within higher education institutions: lessons from a Brazilian university	4
Multi-driver ensemble to evaluate the water utility business interruption cost induced by hydrological drought risk scenarios in Brazil	4
Investing in the benefits. Exploring the effect of public participation on willingness to pay in China’s Sponge City Program	4
Understanding residential water demand: insights from a survey in a Mediterranean city	4
Sensitivity-based adaptive procedure (SAP) for optimal rehabilitation of sewer systems	4
Characteristics of urban drainage water and its impacts on neighboring rivers	4
Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems	4
The role of socio-economic and property variables in the establishment of flood depth-damage curve for the data-scarce area in Malaysia	4
Uncertainties in different leak localization methods for water distribution networks: a review	4
Application of MLR-PRN model for estimation of arsenic concentration in drinking water: a case study for İzmir City	4
A unified discharge capacity formula of clogged grate inlets	4
Deliberate stakeholder engagement: a framework of considerations for integrated asset management of water utilities	4
Application of hazard analysis and critical control points concept for rural bottled drinking water production process	4
Nature-based solutions for water resilience in thriving European urban areas	4
Implementing green infrastructures to reduce climate change effects on stormwater runoff	4
Informal diffusion of green infrastructure innovations in Indian megacities: perspectives from innovators and potential future adopters	4
Hydrological impacts of urban expansion in a Brazilian metropolis – Case study of the Vargem das Flores reservoir catchment	4
Indicator-based resilience assessment of stormwater infrastructure network structure	4