OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Waters From the Third Pole	184
The lead and copper rule: Limitations and lessons learned from Newark, New Jersey	117
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Identifying anthropogenic legacy in freshwater ecosystems	83
Hydrological modeling of the Silala River basin. 1. Model development and long‐term groundwater recharge assessment	80
Multispecies assemblages and multiple stressors: Synthesizing the state of experimental research in freshwaters	75
Revisiting groundwater law through the lenses of earth system law and rights of nature	67
A new flow path: eDNA connecting hydrology and biology	62
Reanimating the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand	61
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The geological evolution of the Silala River basin, Central Andes	49
The effects of drought on biodiversity in UK river ecosystems: Drying rivers in a wet country	48
Interdisciplinary Approaches Improve Understanding of Cryptogenic Species: A Historical Case Study of Crayfish in Montana, USA	45
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Beaver Versus Human: The Big Differences in Small Dams	44
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Water‐IQ matters as water conflicts mount	40
At the Confluence of River and City: Urbanization, Modernity, and the Political Ecology of Urban Rivers	39
Mitigating floods and attenuating surface runoff with temporary storage areas in headwaters	38
Enhancing river floodplain management with nature‐based solutions: Overcoming barriers and harnessing enablers	37
Scientific evidence of the hydrological impacts of nature‐based solutions at the catchment scale	35
Advancing Multiple‐Use Water Services for Development in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries	34
Water and Communal Conflict: A Review of the Literature	33
A call for an accurate presentation of glaciers as water resources	33
Resilient riverine social–ecological systems: A new paradigm to meet global conservation targets	32

Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment	30
MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era	29
Setting a pluralist agenda for water governance: Why power and scale matter	28
Water scarcity in the fast‐growing megacity of Lagos, Nigeria and opportunities for managed aquifer recharge	27
Mapping the landscape of water and society research: Promising combinations of compatible and complementary disciplines	27
A Review of Social and Organizational Barriers to Water Reuse in the United States	27
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Geophysics as a hypothesis‐testing tool for critical zone hydrogeology	27
Theoretical Underpinnings of Snow Interception and Canopy Snow Ablation Parameterisations	26
The Future of Water and Democracy: Assessing and Improving Water Governance in the United States	26
Short to Long Streamflow Droughts: A Process‐Oriented Review	25
Feedbacks Between Climate and Freshwater Ecosystem Engineers	25
Hydropolitics intertwined with geopolitics in the Brahmaputra River Basin	25
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The development of a hydrogeological conceptual model of groundwater and surface water flows in the Silala River Basin	25
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Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts	25
A Review on the Coupled Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Modeling for Watershed Floods	24
An overview of the evolving jurisdictional scope of the U.S. Clean Water Act for hydrologists	24
A review of atmospheric water vapor lidar calibration methods	23
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Delivering global water security: Embedding water justice as a response to increased irrigation efficiency	22
Beyond landscape experience: A systematic literature review on the concept of spatial quality in flood‐risk management	22
Toward a common methodological framework for the sampling, extraction, and isotopic analysis of water in the Critical Zone to study vegetation water use	22
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Multi‐scalar interactions between mismanaged plastic waste and urban flooding in an era of climate change and rapid urbanization	21
Toward a contextualized research agenda: Governance challenges of the wastewater treatment policy in Mexico and the role of subnational governments	20
Causes and Mitigation of Flooding in the Brahmaputra River Basin: A Systematic Review	20
Wastewater surveillance could serve as a pandemic early warning system for COVID‐19 and beyond	20
Bridging the divide between inland water quantity and quality with satellite remote sensing: An interdisciplinary review	19
A Call for a Unified Database to Address Exposure Disparities in the United States	19
Enhancing Climate Resilience Through Dam and Barrier Removal	19
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Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala River watershed	19
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Women in limnology: From a historical perspective to a present‐day evaluation	19
Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?	18
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An interdisciplinary overview of levee setback benefits: Supporting spatial planning and implementation of riverine nature‐based solutions	18
Water Reuse for Cape Town: Investing in Resilience to Avoid Another “Day Zero”	18
Review on model development techniques for dam break flood wave propagation	18
Uncertainties as a Guide for Global Water Model Advancement	17
Land Use‐Land Cover and Hydrological Modeling: A Review	17
Using water walks as a research method to gather data in water‐related social research	17
Natural Flood Risk Management in Tropical Southeast Asia: Prospects in the Biodiverse Archipelagic Nation of the Philippines	16
Water insecurity and gender‐based violence: A global review of the evidence	16
Exploring drought‐to‐flood interactions and dynamics: A global case review	16
Progress toward resilient and sustainable water management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta	16
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Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability of Soil and Groundwater Near Estuaries	14
Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Intersectionality Into Social Vulnerability Assessment for Flood Risk Analysis	14
Ecosystem Services in Drying River Networks: A Meta‐Ecosystem Conceptual Model	14
Streambed migration frequency drives ecology and biogeochemistry across spatial scales	14
Critical review of household water treatment in Southeast Asian countries	14
Issue Information	14
Advances in quantifying microbial contamination in potable water: Potential of fluorescence‐based sensor technology	13
Recent advancements of landslide hydrology	13
The Needs, Challenges, and Priorities for Advancing Global Flood Research	13
Identifying and Approaching Barriers to Environmental Flow Implementation Using Social–Ecological Systems Thinking	13
The Use of Bayesian Mixing Models for Root Water Uptake: A Critical Review	13
Sustainability impacts of sediments on the estuary, ports, and fishing communities of Cartagena Bay, Colombian Caribbean	13
Gender identities, water insecurity, and risk: Re‐theorizing the connections for a gender‐inclusive toolkit for water insecurity research	13
The geomorphological and ecological functioning of the Silala River	12
Reframing Natural in Flood Management	12
Proactive river corridor definition: Recommendations for a process‐based width optimization approach illustrated in the context of the coastal Pacific Northwest	12
Issue Information	12
Climate stress testing for water systems: Review and guide for applications	12
Anishinaabek responsibilities and relationships are demonstrated in N'bi (Water) Declarations	12
A Practitioner‐Informed Decision Tree for Selecting Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom Control and Mitigation Techniques	11
Guiding Aquatic Reptile (Chelonian and Crocodylian) Conservation in the Face of Growing Light Pollution: Lessons From Experience	11
A review of video‐based rainfall measurement methods	11
Warding off freshwater salinization: Do current criteria measure up?	11
Interacting effects of climate change and invasions by alien plant species on the morphodynamics of temperate rivers	11
How resilient are waterways of the Asian Himalayas? Finding adaptive measures for future sustainability	11
Farmworkers, Water Insecurity, and Heat‐Related Illnesses: The Case of Migrant Labor in Arizona	11
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Macroplastics in Rivers: A Review	11
Linking emerging contaminants to production and consumption practices	11
Issue Information	11
Beyond engagement: Enhancing equity in collaborative water governance	10
Disparate Groundwater Responses to Wildfire	10
Reimagining hydropower in the United States	10
Changes to water management and declining pastoral resilience in Marsabit County, northern Kenya: The example of Gabra wells	10
A primer on stream temperature processes	10
The role of rewilding in mitigating hydrological extremes: State of the evidence	9
Introduction to the Silala River and its hydrology	9
Left High and Dry: Deep Soil Water Depletion and Ecohydrological Resilience on China's Loess Plateau	9
Advances and gaps in the science and practice of impact‐based forecasting of droughts	9
Review of water scarcity assessments: Highlights of Mexico's water situation	9
Closing Data Gaps to Improve River Barrier Management in South and Southeast Asia	9
A Review of Processes and Models for the Export of Microplastics From Terrestrial to Aquatic Systems	9
Graphical Evaluation for Catchment Water Quality Modeling: An Overview of Methods With Applications	8
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Water throughout the green energy transition: Hydrosocial dimensions of coal, natural gas, and lithium	8
Understanding synergies and tradeoffs between forests, water, and climate change	8
The effects of household water insecurity on child health and well‐being	8
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Hydrosocial Territories Research: An Overview	8
State‐of‐the‐art review of leak diagnostic experiments: Toward a smart water network	8
Catchment concentration–discharge relationships across temporal scales: A review	8
Amphibitic stoneflies (Plecoptera) are integrators of ecosystem processes in alluvial aquifers of gravel‐bed river floodplains	8
Reviving Europe's rivers: Seven challenges in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law to restore free‐flowing rivers	7
Economic and Legal Pluralistic Approaches to Water Rights: Perspectives From Agricultural Drainage and Irrigation Systems in the United States and India	7
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Making a vicious cycle virtuous: A research and policy agenda for advancing the water security of unregulated users in the Southwestern U.S.	7
Artificial DNA in hydrology	7
Social practice theory and household water demand: A review of literature and research evidence	7
Opportunities and challenges for precipitation forcing data in post‐wildfire hydrologic modeling applications	7
Water Insecurity, Social Perspectives, and Health Impacts in Private Drinking Water Sources in Pennsylvania: Two Systematic Literature Reviews	7
Next‐Generation Stormwater Infrastructures: A Typology of Paradigms for Design and Operation	7
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Closing pit lakes as aquatic ecosystems: Risk, reality, and future uses	6