Newsha Ajami

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Newsha Ajami is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Newsha Ajami has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Water Science and Technology, 22 papers in Ocean Engineering and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Newsha Ajami's work include Water resources management and optimization (21 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (17 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers). Newsha Ajami is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (21 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (17 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers). Newsha Ajami collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Newsha Ajami's co-authors include Soroosh Sorooshian, Qingyun Duan, Xiaogang Gao, Kimberly J. Quesnel, Thorsten Wagener, Hoshin V. Gupta, David L. Sunding, George M. Hornberger, Kristie J. Franz and Carla Cherchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Resources Research and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Newsha Ajami

45 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Multi-model ensemble hydrologic prediction using Bayesian... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Multi-model ensemble hydrologic prediction using Bayesian model averaging
    2007 533 citations Qingyun Duan, Newsha Ajami et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Newsha Ajami United States 19 1.5k 1.3k 763 491 416 46 2.3k
Andreas Efstratiadis Greece 26 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 499 0.7× 424 0.9× 314 0.8× 93 2.2k
Yangwen Jia China 24 1.2k 0.8× 893 0.7× 535 0.7× 275 0.6× 302 0.7× 96 1.8k
B. J. C. Perera Australia 33 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 492 1.0× 567 1.4× 80 3.6k
Zening Wu China 28 886 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 738 1.0× 373 0.8× 344 0.8× 124 2.4k
Andreas Schumann Germany 21 1.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 384 0.5× 383 0.8× 390 0.9× 91 2.1k
Hyun‐Han Kwon South Korea 35 1.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.9× 741 1.0× 316 0.6× 916 2.2× 238 3.7k
Jorge Gironás Chile 26 794 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 934 1.2× 213 0.4× 346 0.8× 90 2.0k
Scott Steinschneider United States 26 1.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 354 0.5× 624 1.3× 536 1.3× 120 2.3k
Gerrit Schoups Netherlands 28 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 470 1.0× 379 0.9× 59 3.0k
Dedi Liu China 28 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 453 0.6× 719 1.5× 301 0.7× 99 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Newsha Ajami

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Fields of papers citing papers by Newsha Ajami

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Newsha Ajami

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Newsha Ajami. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Newsha Ajami based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Newsha Ajami. Newsha Ajami is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koebele, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2024). Adaptable and comprehensive vulnerability assessments for water resources systems in a rapidly changing world. Journal of Environmental Management. 352. 119958–119958. 3 indexed citations
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Boisramé, Gabrielle, Rosemary Carroll, Newsha Ajami, et al.. (2024). The Essential Role of Local Context in Shaping Risk and Risk Reduction Strategies for Snowmelt‐Dependent Irrigated Agriculture. Earth s Future. 12(6). 4 indexed citations
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Wagner, Courtney Hammond, et al.. (2023). Building water resilience in the face of cascading wildfire risks. Science Advances. 9(37). eadf9534–eadf9534. 22 indexed citations
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Ajami, Newsha, et al.. (2023). A survey of water utilities’ digital transformation: drivers, impacts, and enabling technologies. npj Clean Water. 6(1). 30 indexed citations
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Rajagopal, Ram, et al.. (2022). Do water savings persist? Using survival models to plan for long-term responses to extreme drought. Environmental Research Letters. 17(9). 94032–94032. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfand, Jordyn M., et al.. (2020). Satellites to Sprinklers: Assessing the Role of Climate and Land Cover Change on Patterns of Urban Outdoor Water Use. Water Resources Research. 57(1). 9 indexed citations
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Quesnel, Kimberly J., Newsha Ajami, & Andrew Marx. (2019). Shifting landscapes: decoupled urban irrigation and greenness patterns during severe drought. Environmental Research Letters. 14(6). 64012–64012. 22 indexed citations
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Ajami, Newsha, et al.. (2019). Goal-based water trading expands and diversifies supplies for enhanced resilience. Nature Sustainability. 2(2). 138–147. 18 indexed citations
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Quesnel, Kimberly J., et al.. (2018). A case-study based framework for assessing the multi-sector performance of green infrastructure. Journal of Environmental Management. 223. 371–384. 40 indexed citations
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Quesnel, Kimberly J., et al.. (2018). A novel search algorithm for quantifying news media coverage as a measure of environmental issue salience. Environmental Modelling & Software. 101. 249–255. 10 indexed citations
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Quesnel, Kimberly J., et al.. (2017). Combining high resolution water use data from smart meters with remote sensing and geospatial datasets to investigate outdoor water demand and greenness changes during drought. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Ajami, Newsha, et al.. (2017). Social and Structural Patterns of Drought‐Related Water Conservation and Rebound. Water Resources Research. 53(12). 10619–10634. 87 indexed citations
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Ajami, Newsha, et al.. (2017). An integrative regional resilience framework for the changing urban water paradigm. Sustainable Cities and Society. 30. 128–138. 41 indexed citations
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Quesnel, Kimberly J., et al.. (2017). Accelerating the Integration of Distributed Water Solutions: A Conceptual Financing Model from the Electricity Sector. Environmental Management. 60(5). 867–881. 7 indexed citations
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Nasseri, Mohsen, Banafsheh Zahraie, Newsha Ajami, & D. P. Solomatine. (2014). Monthly water balance modeling: Probabilistic, possibilistic and hybrid methods for model combination and ensemble simulation. Journal of Hydrology. 511. 675–691. 24 indexed citations
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Ajami, Newsha, Qingyun Duan, & Soroosh Sorooshian. (2005). An Integrated Bayesian Uncertainty Estimator: fusion of Input, Parameter and Model Structural Uncertainty Estimation in Hydrologic Prediction System. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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