AGU (American Geophysical Union)

Water Resources Research Template

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About the Water Resources Research format

Water Resources Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by AGU (American Geophysical Union), covering Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Unsaturated Flow. Over its lifetime it has published 23,331 papers, which have received 1,543,289 citations.

PublisherAGU (American Geophysical Union)
Reference styleAuthor–year (APA)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B., & Lee, C. (2023). A representative article title. Water Resources Research, 12(3), 45–58.

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Publishes research inGroundwater flow and contamination studies Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Soil and Unsaturated Flow Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Water resources management and optimization
ISSN0043-1397
Citation impact (2-yr)6.2
h-index424
i10-index17,393
Article processing charge$3,000
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereUnited States Geological Survey
Journal websiteagupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Water Resources Research per year

608
2014
572
2015
609
2016
609
2017
624
2018
630
2019
734
2020
684
2021
669
2022
589
2023
635
2024
735
2025

Citation impact of Water Resources Research by publication year

43.1K
2014
45.4K
2015
33.7K
2016
34.8K
2017
33.9K
2018
34.4K
2019
32.8K
2020
20.8K
2021
16.2K
2022
9.3K
2023
8K
2024
2.7K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Water Resources Research

A new model for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated porous media

Yechezkel Mualem · 1 Jun 1976

A simple analytic model is proposed which predicts the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity curves by using the moisture content‐capillary head curve and the measured value of the hydraulic conductivity at saturation. It is similar to the Childs and Collis‐George (1950) model but uses a modified assumption concerning the hydraulic conductivity of the pore sequence in order…

8,277 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Electromagnetic determination of soil water content: Measurements in coaxial transmission lines

G. C. Topp, J. L. Davis, A. P. Annan · 1 Jun 1980

The dependence of the dielectric constant, at frequencies between 1 MHz and 1 GHz, on the volumetric water content is determined empirically in the laboratory. The effect of varying the texture, bulk density, temperature, and soluble salt content on this relationship was also determined. Time‐domain reflectometry (TDR) was used to measure the dielectric constant of…

5,253 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Evaluating the use of “goodness‐of‐fit” Measures in hydrologic and hydroclimatic model validation

David R. Legates, Gregory J. McCabe · 1 Jan 1999

Correlation and correlation‐based measures (e.g., the coefficient of determination) have been widely used to evaluate the “goodness‐of‐fit” of hydrologic and hydroclimatic models. These measures are oversensitive to extreme values (outliers) and are insensitive to additive and proportional differences between model predictions and observations. Because of these limitations, correlation‐based measures can indicate that a model is…

4,611 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Effective and efficient global optimization for conceptual rainfall‐runoff models

Qingyun Duan, Soroosh Sorooshian, Vijai Kumar Gupta · 1 Apr 1992

The successful application of a conceptual rainfall‐runoff (CRR) model depends on how well it is calibrated. Despite the popularity of CRR models, reports in the literature indicate that it is typically difficult, if not impossible, to obtain unique optimal values for their parameters using automatic calibration methods. Unless the best set of parameters associated with…

3,381 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Techniques of trend analysis for monthly water quality data

Robert M. Hirsch, James Richard Slack, Richard A. Smith · 1 Feb 1982

Some of the characteristics that complicate the analysis of water quality time series are non‐normal distributions, seasonality, flow relatedness, missing values, values below the limit of detection, and serial correlation. Presented here are techniques that are suitable in the face of the complications listed above for the exploratory analysis of monthly water quality data for…

2,949 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Water Resources Research template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Water Resources Research format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Water Resources Research template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official AGU (American Geophysical Union) format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Water Resources Research use?
Water Resources Research uses Author–year (APA) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B., & Lee, C. (2023). A representative article title. Water Resources Research, 12(3), 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Water Resources Research?
No. DocuGuru generates the agujournal2025 LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a AGU (American Geophysical Union)-ready Water Resources Research document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Water Resources Research template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Water Resources Research format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Water Resources Research?
AGU Water Resources Research. It is a earth and environmental sciences journal, published by AGU (American Geophysical Union).
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