Ruth Mathews

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ruth Mathews is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Mathews has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Water Science and Technology, 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ruth Mathews's work include Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (3 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (3 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (3 papers). Ruth Mathews is often cited by papers focused on Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (3 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (3 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (3 papers). Ruth Mathews collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Sweden. Ruth Mathews's co-authors include Brian D. Richter, Arjen Y. Hoekstra, David L. Harrison, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Ashok K. Chapagain, Guoping Zhang, Mikael Malmaeus, Yan Wang and Erik Lindblom and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecological Applications and JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Mathews

9 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability

2012 749 citations Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Mesfin M. Mekonnen et al. PLoS ONE profile →
ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT: MANAGING RIVER FLOWS FOR ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY

2003 648 citations Brian D. Richter, Ruth Mathews et al. Ecological Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruth Mathews United States	7	1.2k	614	513	492	447	9	1.8k
Wietse Franssen Netherlands	14	1.3k 1.1×	397 0.6×	265 0.5×	446 0.9×	359 0.8×	26	2.4k
Theodore E. Grantham United States	27	1.0k 0.8×	904 1.5×	344 0.7×	829 1.7×	152 0.3×	64	2.0k
Amandine Pastor France	14	940 0.8×	413 0.7×	514 1.0×	128 0.3×	594 1.3×	26	1.9k
Mikołaj Piniewski Poland	25	1.2k 1.0×	386 0.6×	163 0.3×	200 0.4×	297 0.7×	93	2.1k
Annette Huber‐Lee United States	18	1.4k 1.1×	198 0.3×	1.0k 2.0×	214 0.4×	208 0.5×	44	1.9k
Anna Maria De Girolamo Italy	26	1.2k 1.0×	696 1.1×	161 0.3×	226 0.5×	335 0.7×	60	1.7k
Stefanie Rost Germany	11	1.2k 1.0×	356 0.6×	588 1.1×	53 0.1×	423 0.9×	16	2.3k
Aavudai Anandhi United States	25	863 0.7×	268 0.4×	147 0.3×	106 0.2×	390 0.9×	89	2.3k
Demétrius David da Silva Brazil	25	1.2k 1.0×	387 0.6×	179 0.3×	84 0.2×	542 1.2×	173	2.0k
Teodoro Estrela Spain	19	795 0.7×	143 0.2×	387 0.8×	63 0.1×	293 0.7×	46	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Mathews

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Mathews

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Mathews

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruth Mathews. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruth Mathews 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 Ruth Mathews. Ruth Mathews is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Wang, Yan, et al.. (2021). Environmental management in the Bohai and Baltic seas from a source-to-sea perspective: challenges and opportunities. Water International. 46(2). 157–175. 8 indexed citations

2.

Mathews, Ruth, et al.. (2021). Building foundations for source-to-sea management: the case of sediment management in the Lake Hawassa sub-basin of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Water International. 46(2). 138–156. 7 indexed citations

3.

Zhang, Guoping, et al.. (2014). Water Footprint Assessment for the Hertfordshire and North London Area. University of Twente Research Information. 6 indexed citations

4.

Hoekstra, Arjen Y., et al.. (2013). Water Footprint Assessment (WFA) for better water governance and sustainable development. Water Resources and Industry. 1-2. 1–6. 56 indexed citations

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Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Ashok K. Chapagain, Ruth Mathews, & Brian D. Richter. (2012). Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e32688–e32688. 749 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mathews, Ruth. (2009). A Six-Step Framework for Ecologically Sustainable Water Management. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education. 131(1). 60–65. 8 indexed citations

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Mathews, Ruth & Brian D. Richter. (2007). Application of the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration Software in Environmental Flow Setting¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 43(6). 1400–1413. 311 indexed citations

8.

Mathews, Ruth. (2006). Instream Flow Protection and Restoration: Setting a New Compass Point. 36(4). 1311. 1 indexed citations

9.

Richter, Brian D., et al.. (2003). ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT: MANAGING RIVER FLOWS FOR ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY. Ecological Applications. 13(1). 206–224. 648 indexed citations breakdown →

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