OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Hydrology Research is 7. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Baseflow index characterization in typical temperate to dry climates: conceptual analysis and simulation experiment to assess the relative role of climate forcing features and catchment geological set	65
Spatio-temporal variation of annual precipitation in China and its response to ENSO	50
Alternative method for determining available winter water volumes from lakes to support small-scale projects	39
Determination of the coefficient of friction in the penstock of a hydro-electric dam: Application of two approaches	34
Modelling non-stationary flood frequency in England and Wales using physical covariates	29
Comparative analysis and risk assessment of dam-break floods: Taking Pingshuijiang Reservoir as an example	27
Role of groundwater discharge in sustaining baseflow balance in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River	26
Analysis of spatiotemporal variations of drought and its correlations with remote sensing-based indices via wavelet analysis and clustering methods	25
Hydrogeochemical and isotopic investigation of the multilayer aquifer system: a case study of the Quaternary and the Campanian aquifers of the Mateur plain, Northern Tunisia	25
Detecting floating litter in freshwater bodies with adaptive feature fusion	24
Spatial and temporal runoff prediction method based on multi-source data	23
Application of machine learning techniques in the evaluation of local groundwater level using field gravity data: Insights from random forest and random tree	21
Water table variations on different land use units in a drained tropical peatland island of Indonesia	21
Frazil ice events: Assessing what to expect in the future	20
Neural network model predictions for phosphorus management strategies on tile-drained organic soils	20
Modified DRASTIC method for groundwater vulnerability assessment in areas with diverse Quaternary deposits	20
Machine learning-driven intelligent water quality assessment for enhanced drinking safety and real-time consumer awareness	19
Evaluation of hydraulic efficiency of lined irrigation channels – A case study from Punjab, Pakistan	19
Ensemble of artificial intelligence and physically based models for rainfall–runoff modeling in the upper Blue Nile Basin	18
Dependence of daily precipitation and wind speed over coastal areas: evidence from China's coastline	17
Analysis of flood streamflow sensitivity to precipitation using the WRF-Hydro model in a humid environment	16
The need for training and benchmark datasets for convolutional neural networks in flood applications	16
Mechanisms of hydrological evolution in human-influenced basins	16
Application of SWAT to assess peatland forestry impacts on water quality	15
Improving real-time operational streamflow simulations using discharge data to update state variables of a distributed hydrological model	15

Design storm parameterisation for urban drainage studies derived from regional rainfall datasets: A case study in the Spanish Mediterranean region	15
Distribution characteristics and influencing factors of water resources in Henan Province	15
Quantifying the contribution of uncertainty sources of artificial neural network models using ANOVA for reservoir power generation	15
Analysis of streamflow and rainfall trends and variability over the Lake Kariba catchment, Upper Zambezi Basin	15
Optimal conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources: a systematic state-of-the-art review with potential application in arid and semi-arid regions	14
The future of flood hydrology in the UK	14
Identifying dominant component of runoff yield processes: a case study in a sub-basin of the middle Yellow River	14
Improved water level forecasting in inland rivers using CEEMDAN and BiDR-xLSTM: a case study on the Xijiang River	14
Hydrodynamics and sediment transport in Poyang Lake under the effects of wind and backflow	14
Comparative analysis of HEC-HMS and machine learning models for rainfall-runoff prediction in the upper Baro watershed, Ethiopia	13
Evaluation of satellite-based precipitation products from GPM IMERG and GSMaP over the three-river headwaters region, China	13
GIS-based application of hydrological modelling in the Borkena Catchment, Ethiopia	13
Regionalization methods for PUB: a comprehensive review of progress after the PUB decade	13
Effects of climate and anthropogenic changes on current and future variability in flows in the So'o River Basin (south of Cameroon)	12
Dramatic growth of hydrological science in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s	11
Evaluating the impact of ponds on flood and drought mitigation in the Bagmati River Basin, Nepal	11
How does the daily regulation hydropower station reduce the hydrological regime impact? A case study in upper Yellow River	11
Runoff time series prediction based on hybrid models of two-stage signal decomposition methods and LSTM for the Pearl River in China	11
Water quality level estimation using IoT sensors and probabilistic machine learning model	11
Quantifying surface water evaporation loss rates in the Manas River Basin using stable isotope tracers	11
An ecological interval two-stage fuzzy shadow price model for environmental flow allocation in the Shaying River Basin	11
Evaluating the long short-term memory (LSTM) network for discharge prediction under changing climate conditions	10
Research on the coupling effect of water security and socio-economy in five economic zones of Sichuan Province, China	10
Enhancing smallholder agricultural production through sustainable use of shallow groundwater in the Borkena catchment, Awash River Basin, Ethiopia	10
A karst runoff generation module based on the near-surface critical zone structure and threshold behaviors	10
Randomized block quasi-Monte Carlo sampling for generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation	10
Study on the calculating method of sediment-carrying capacity during arc collapses	9
Developing synthetic sewer pipe system for data-scarce domains in application for urban flood modeling	9
Unexpected contribution of cloud seeding to NPP increase during drought	9
Corrigendum: Hydrology Research 53 (9), 1129–1149: Multilayer blue-green roofs as nature-based solutions for water and thermal insulation management, Elena Cristiano, Antonio Annis, Ciro Apollo	9
Remote sensing-based statistical modeling for shallow groundwater mapping using a machine learning technique: the case of Borkena sub-basin, Awash River basin, Ethiopia	9
Extension and refinement of a stochastic modelling approach to assess ice-jam flood hazard	9
Particle size characteristics of sediment by sheet erosion and their responses to related parameters on a Loess hillslope: a plot-scale study	9
A comparison of CMIP5 and CMIP6 climate model projections for hydrological impacts in China	9
Enhanced groundwater vulnerability assessment to nitrate contamination in Chongqing, Southwest China: Integrating novel explainable machine learning algorithms with DRASTIC-LU	9
Application of Benfratello's method to estimate the spatio-temporal variability of the irrigation deficit in a Mediterranean semiarid climate	9
A novel deep learning rainfall–runoff model based on Transformer combined with base flow separation	9
Watershed water policy based on a glacier water service perspective in the typical glacier basins, Western China	9
Optimizing stilling pool design for climate-resilient hydrology: insights on water level difference and energy dissipation	9
Applicability of the HBV model to a human-influenced catchment in northern China	8
A comparative assessment of CMIP5 and CMIP6 in hydrological responses of the Yellow River Basin, China	8
Spatial–temporal variability of seasonal daily minimum flows in southern Quebec: synthesis on the impacts of climate, agriculture and wetlands	8
Comparison between two generalized Nash models with a same non-zero initial condition	8
The use of a shuffled complex evolution algorithm for calibration of a dynamic leaf emergence model leads to better spatial ETa predictions	8
Copula-based modeling of hydraulic structures using a nonlinear reservoir model	8
Impact of variability in the hydrological cycle components on vegetation growth in an alpine basin of the southeastern Tibet Plateau, China	8
Hydrology under change: long-term annual and seasonal changes in small agricultural catchments in Norway	8
Green infrastructure and climate change impacts on the flows and water quality of urban catchments: Salmons Brook and Pymmes Brook in north-east London	8
Probabilistic analysis on the influences of heatwaves during the onset of flash droughts over China	8
Quantifying the impact of climate change and human activities on the eco-hydrological regimes of the Weihe River Basin, Northwest China	8

Erratum: Hydrology Research 2025; nh2025021, Rainfall–runoff modelling in a tropical climate (Citarum basin, West Java, Indonesia): Model and climate data intercomparison. Gianni Vesuviano, Sim	7
A multi-hydrological model ensemble prediction uncertainty estimation (e-PRUNE) framework	7
Quantitative accuracy assessment of the revised sparse Gash model using distinct time-step climatic parameters	7
Reconstruction of ESA CCI soil moisture based on DCT-PLS and in situ soil moisture	7
Editorial: Advances in Water Science Research	7
Characterizing the groundwater storage–discharge relationship of small catchments in China	7
Rainfall spatial variability in the application of Catchment Morphing for ungauged catchments	7
Analysis of the climate change impact on the spatiotemporal drought in the Gaza region of the southeastern Mediterranean	7
Flood routing via a copula-based approach	7
Controlled drainage under two climate change scenarios in a flat high-latitude field	7
Ensemble modeling of the hydrological impacts of climate change: A case study of the Baro River sub-basin, Ethiopia	7
A deep learning-based hybrid approach for multi-time-ahead streamflow prediction in an arid region of Northwest China	7
Multi-gauge calibration comparison for simulating streamflow across the Major River Basins in Madagascar: SWAT + Toolbox, R-SWAT, and SWAT + Editor Hard calibration	7