Albert Nkwasa

751 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 374 citations indexed

About

Albert Nkwasa is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Nkwasa has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 374 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Water Science and Technology, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Albert Nkwasa's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (17 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (8 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (5 papers). Albert Nkwasa is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (17 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (8 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (5 papers). Albert Nkwasa collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Austria. Albert Nkwasa's co-authors include Ann van Griensven, Celray James Chawanda, Ting Tang, Heloisa Ehalt Macedo, Nynke Hofstra, Josefin Thorslund, Sujay S. Kaushal, Lex Bouwman, Maryna Strokal and Rohini Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Climatic Change and Environmental Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Albert Nkwasa

19 papers receiving 363 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes

2023 194 citations Michelle T. H. van Vliet, Josefin Thorslund et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers

Albert Nkwasa

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GPC

ECOLO

Sananda Sarkar India

Zhuohang Xin China

Hiroaki Somura Japan

Samuel J. Smidt United States

Lindsey Yasarer United States

K. Fleischbein Germany

Bénédicte Augeard France

N. D. K. Dayawansa Sri Lanka

Furat Al-Faraj United Kingdom

Daniel R. Wise United States

Sananda Sarkar India

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194 ×1.5

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98 ×1.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Albert Nkwasa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Waha, Katharina, Christian Folberth, Hester Biemans, et al.. (2025). Land use modelling needs to better account for multiple cropping to inform pathways for sustainable agriculture. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Chawanda, Celray James, Ann van Griensven, Albert Nkwasa, et al.. (2025). CoSWAT Model v1: A high-resolution global SWAT+ hydrological model. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 29(23). 6901–6916.

Gosling, Simon N., Matthew F. Johnson, Matthew D. Jones, et al.. (2025). Cascading droughts: Exploring global propagation of meteorological to hydrological droughts (1971–2001). The Science of The Total Environment. 979. 179486–179486. 2 indexed citations

Bak, Mirjam P., Edward R. Jones, Rohini Kumar, et al.. (2025). Future river exports of nutrients, plastics, and chemicals worldwide under climate-driven hydrological changes. Environmental Research Letters. 20(9). 94033–94033.

Nkwasa, Albert, et al.. (2024). One third of African rivers fail to meet the ’good ambient water quality’ nutrient targets. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112544–112544. 4 indexed citations

Nyenje, Philip M., et al.. (2024). Distinct and combined impacts of future climate and land use change on the flow of river Rwizi in Uganda, East Africa. Journal of Water and Climate Change. 15(4). 1667–1692. 3 indexed citations

Nkwasa, Albert, et al.. (2024). Historical climate impact attribution of changes in river flow and sediment loads at selected gauging stations in the Nile basin. Climatic Change. 177(3). 10 indexed citations

Nkwasa, Albert, et al.. (2024). Linking land use and precipitation changes to water quality changes in Lake Victoria using earth observation data. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196(11). 1104–1104. 3 indexed citations

Nkwasa, Albert, et al.. (2024). Can Turbidity Data from Remote Sensing Explain Modelled Spatial and Temporal Sediment Loading Patterns? An Application in the Lake Tana Basin. Environmental Modeling & Assessment. 29(5). 871–882. 2 indexed citations

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Chawanda, Celray James, Albert Nkwasa, Wim Thiery, & Ann van Griensven. (2024). Combined impacts of climate and land-use change on future water resources in Africa. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 28(1). 117–138. 19 indexed citations

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Castelli, Giulio, Celray James Chawanda, Albert Nkwasa, et al.. (2024). Impacts of climate change and vegetation response on future aridity in a Mediterranean catchment. Agricultural Water Management. 299. 108878–108878. 7 indexed citations

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Malard, Julien, et al.. (2023). Dynamically coupling system dynamics and SWAT+ models using Tinamït: application of modular tools for coupled human–water system models. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(8). 1683–1693. 3 indexed citations

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Vliet, Michelle T. H. van, Josefin Thorslund, Maryna Strokal, et al.. (2023). Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(10). 687–702. 194 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nkwasa, Albert, Celray James Chawanda, Jonas Jägermeyr, & Ann van Griensven. (2022). Improved representation of agricultural land use and crop management for large-scale hydrological impact simulation in Africa using SWAT+. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(1). 71–89. 35 indexed citations

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Chawanda, Celray James, et al.. (2022). Representation of seasonal land use dynamics in SWAT+ for improved assessment of blue and green water consumption. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(16). 4447–4468. 13 indexed citations

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Nkwasa, Albert, Celray James Chawanda, & Ann van Griensven. (2022). Regionalization of the SWAT+ model for projecting climate change impacts on sediment yield: An application in the Nile basin. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 42. 101152–101152. 23 indexed citations

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Nkwasa, Albert, Katharina Waha, & Ann van Griensven. (2022). Can the cropping systems of the Nile basin be adapted to climate change?. Regional Environmental Change. 23(1). 9 indexed citations

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Nkwasa, Albert, Celray James Chawanda, Jonas Jägermeyr, & Ann van Griensven. (2021). Improved Representation of Agricultural Land Use and Crop Management for Large Scale Hydrological Impact Simulation in Africa using SWAT+. 2 indexed citations

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Chawanda, Celray James, et al.. (2021). Representation of seasonal land-use dynamics in SWAT+ for improved assessment of blue and green water consumption. 2 indexed citations

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Nkwasa, Albert, et al.. (2020). How Can We Represent Seasonal Land Use Dynamics in SWAT and SWAT+ Models for African Cultivated Catchments?. Water. 12(6). 1541–1541. 31 indexed citations

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