OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The lead and copper rule: Limitations and lessons learned from Newark, New Jersey	98
Reanimating the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand	97
Issue Information	91
Waters From the Third Pole	63
Revisiting groundwater law through the lenses of earth system law and rights of nature	54
A new flow path: eDNA connecting hydrology and biology	50
Hydrological modeling of the Silala River basin. 1. Model development and long‐term groundwater recharge assessment	50
Making ecosystem services flexible: Why a whole new framework is a bad idea for practitioners	49
Identifying anthropogenic legacy in freshwater ecosystems	49
Beaver: The North American freshwater climate action plan	48
Multispecies assemblages and multiple stressors: Synthesizing the state of experimental research in freshwaters	48
The effects of drought on biodiversity in UK river ecosystems: Drying rivers in a wet country	41
The geological evolution of the Silala River basin, Central Andes	39
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Water insecurity in the Global North: A review of experiences in U.S. colonias communities along the Mexico border	36
Beaver Versus Human: The Big Differences in Small Dams	35
Interdisciplinary Approaches Improve Understanding of Cryptogenic Species: A Historical Case Study of Crayfish in Montana, USA	35
Mitigating floods and attenuating surface runoff with temporary storage areas in headwaters	34
Water‐IQ matters as water conflicts mount	34
Enhancing river floodplain management with nature‐based solutions: Overcoming barriers and harnessing enablers	31
Issue Information	31
Scientific evidence of the hydrological impacts of nature‐based solutions at the catchment scale	31
Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment	30
A Review of Social and Organizational Barriers to Water Reuse in the United States	29
Environmental injustice and Escherichia coli in urban streams: Potential for community‐led response	28

A call for an accurate presentation of glaciers as water resources	28
Food web perspectives and methods for riverine fish conservation	28
MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era	26
Geophysics as a hypothesis‐testing tool for critical zone hydrogeology	26
COVID‐19 and water demand: A review of literature and research evidence	26
The waterscape continuum concept: Rethinking boundaries in ecosystems	25
Advancing Multiple‐Use Water Services for Development in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries	25
Water scarcity in the fast‐growing megacity of Lagos, Nigeria and opportunities for managed aquifer recharge	24
Resilient riverine social–ecological systems: A new paradigm to meet global conservation targets	24
Setting a pluralist agenda for water governance: Why power and scale matter	24
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Hydropolitics intertwined with geopolitics in the Brahmaputra River Basin	22
The development of a hydrogeological conceptual model of groundwater and surface water flows in the Silala River Basin	22
Theoretical Underpinnings of Snow Interception and Canopy Snow Ablation Parameterisations	22
Mapping the landscape of water and society research: Promising combinations of compatible and complementary disciplines	21
Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts	21
The Future of Water and Democracy: Assessing and Improving Water Governance in the United States	21
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An overview of the evolving jurisdictional scope of the U.S. Clean Water Act for hydrologists	19
Data availability and sector‐specific frameworks restrict drought impact quantification in the Intermountain West	19
A review of atmospheric water vapor lidar calibration methods	18
Beyond landscape experience: A systematic literature review on the concept of spatial quality in flood‐risk management	18
Recent progress in multi‐scale modeling and simulation of flow and solute transport in porous media	18
Wastewater surveillance could serve as a pandemic early warning system for COVID‐19 and beyond	18
Potential secondary effects of in‐stream wood structures installed for natural flood management: A conceptual model	17
Delivering global water security: Embedding water justice as a response to increased irrigation efficiency	17
Bridging the divide between inland water quantity and quality with satellite remote sensing: An interdisciplinary review	17
Toward a contextualized research agenda: Governance challenges of the wastewater treatment policy in Mexico and the role of subnational governments	17
Multi‐scalar interactions between mismanaged plastic waste and urban flooding in an era of climate change and rapid urbanization	16
The environmental flows implementation challenge: Insights and recommendations across water‐limited systems	16
Toward a common methodological framework for the sampling, extraction, and isotopic analysis of water in the Critical Zone to study vegetation water use	16
Cover Image, Volume 8, Issue 5	16
Issue Information	16
Erratum	15
Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?	15
Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala River watershed	15
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Women in limnology: From a historical perspective to a present‐day evaluation	15
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Why do we have so many different hydrological models? A review based on the case of Switzerland	14
Review on model development techniques for dam break flood wave propagation	14
Water Reuse for Cape Town: Investing in Resilience to Avoid Another “Day Zero”	14
An interdisciplinary overview of levee setback benefits: Supporting spatial planning and implementation of riverine nature‐based solutions	14
Issue Information	14
Cover Image, Volume 9, Issue 2	14
Land Use‐Land Cover and Hydrological Modeling: A Review	14
Water insecurity and gender‐based violence: A global review of the evidence	13
Progress toward resilient and sustainable water management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta	13
Inside‐out: Chinese academic assessments of large‐scale water infrastructure	13

Uncertainties as a Guide for Global Water Model Advancement	13
Natural Flood Risk Management in Tropical Southeast Asia: Prospects in the Biodiverse Archipelagic Nation of the Philippines	12
Streambed migration frequency drives ecology and biogeochemistry across spatial scales	12
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Using water walks as a research method to gather data in water‐related social research	12
Exploring drought‐to‐flood interactions and dynamics: A global case review	12
Issue Information	12
Flood diversions and bypasses: Benefits and challenges	12
Parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis in hydrological modeling	12
Critical review of household water treatment in Southeast Asian countries	12
Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability of Soil and Groundwater Near Estuaries	11
Sustainability impacts of sediments on the estuary, ports, and fishing communities of Cartagena Bay, Colombian Caribbean	11
The Needs, Challenges, and Priorities for Advancing Global Flood Research	11
Ecosystem Services in Drying River Networks: A Meta‐Ecosystem Conceptual Model	11
Forecasting lake‐/sea‐effect snowstorms, advancement, and challenges	11
The geomorphological and ecological functioning of the Silala River	10
From rain to data: A review of the creation of monthly and daily station‐based gridded precipitation datasets	10
How should water affordability be measured in the United States? A critical review	10
Identifying and Approaching Barriers to Environmental Flow Implementation Using Social–Ecological Systems Thinking	10
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Climate and hydrological seasonal effects on household water insecurity: A systematic review	10
A conceptual framework for gender and climate mainstreaming to mitigate water inaccessibility in ruralsub‐SaharanAfrica	10
Gender identities, water insecurity, and risk: Re‐theorizing the connections for a gender‐inclusive toolkit for water insecurity research	10
Recent advancements of landslide hydrology	10
Cover Image, Volume 8, Issue 6	10
Advances in quantifying microbial contamination in potable water: Potential of fluorescence‐based sensor technology	10
Anishinaabek responsibilities and relationships are demonstrated in N'bi (Water) Declarations	9
Reframing Natural in Flood Management	9
Climate stress testing for water systems: Review and guide for applications	9
Issue Information	9
A Practitioner‐Informed Decision Tree for Selecting Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom Control and Mitigation Techniques	9
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Macroplastics in Rivers: A Review	9
Proactive river corridor definition: Recommendations for a process‐based width optimization approach illustrated in the context of the coastal Pacific Northwest	9
Guiding Aquatic Reptile (Chelonian and Crocodylian) Conservation in the Face of Growing Light Pollution: Lessons From Experience	8
Warding off freshwater salinization: Do current criteria measure up?	8
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Interacting effects of climate change and invasions by alien plant species on the morphodynamics of temperate rivers	8
Disparate Groundwater Responses to Wildfire	8
A review of video‐based rainfall measurement methods	8
Linking emerging contaminants to production and consumption practices	8
Changes to water management and declining pastoral resilience in Marsabit County, northern Kenya: The example of Gabra wells	8
Introduction to the Silala River and its hydrology	7
Advances and gaps in the science and practice of impact‐based forecasting of droughts	7
The role of rewilding in mitigating hydrological extremes: State of the evidence	7
Social barriers to open (water) data	7
Catchment concentration–discharge relationships across temporal scales: A review	7
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Reimagining hydropower in the United States	7
A primer on stream temperature processes	7
The role of water in environmental migration	7
Issue Information	7
Review of water scarcity assessments: Highlights of Mexico's water situation	7
Issue Information	7
Beyond engagement: Enhancing equity in collaborative water governance	7
How resilient are waterways of the Asian Himalayas? Finding adaptive measures for future sustainability	7
A Review of Processes and Models for the Export of Microplastics From Terrestrial to Aquatic Systems	7
The effects of household water insecurity on child health and well‐being	7
State‐of‐the‐art review of leak diagnostic experiments: Toward a smart water network	7
Water throughout the green energy transition: Hydrosocial dimensions of coal, natural gas, and lithium	6
Dry landscapes and parched economies: A review of how drought impacts nonagricultural socioeconomic sectors in the US Intermountain West	6
Social practice theory and household water demand: A review of literature and research evidence	6
Transport of persistent organic pollutants: Another effect of microplastic pollution?	6
Amphibitic stoneflies (Plecoptera) are integrators of ecosystem processes in alluvial aquifers of gravel‐bed river floodplains	6
Hydrosocial Territories Research: An Overview	6
Understanding synergies and tradeoffs between forests, water, and climate change	6
Issue Information	6
The application of metacommunity theory to the management of riverine ecosystems	5
Artificial DNA in hydrology	5
On doing hydrology with dragons: Realizing the value of perceptual models and knowledge accumulation	5
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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.	5