Key papers in Ocean Engineering
Pofolia’s corpus holds 60 papers from the Ocean Engineering subfield (2012–2021). The list below starts with the most cited.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”.
Four billion people facing severe water scarcity
Science Advances · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 259.17 · 5,334 citations · Open access
Two-thirds of the global population, or 4.0 billion people, experience severe water scarcity for at least one month annually, a figure significantly underestimated by previous annual assessments.
Guidance on Conducting a Systematic Literature Review
Journal of Planning Education and Research · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 15.51 · 3,275 citations
This article introduces a typology and step-by-step methodology for conducting rigorous systematic literature reviews specifically for the planning field, where they are currently lacking.
Road Extraction by Deep Residual U-Net
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 158.55 · 3,079 citations
A novel deep neural network, combining residual learning with U-Net architecture, significantly improves road extraction from aerial images.
Reassessing the projections of the World Water Development Report
npj Clean Water · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 137.73 · 2,511 citations · Open access
The UN's projection of 6 billion people facing water scarcity by 2050 may be an underestimate, as current models inadequately account for population and economic growth, pollution, and unequal resource distribution.
Pore-scale imaging and modelling
Advances in Water Resources · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 109.30 · 1,959 citations
Pore-scale imaging and modelling, a digital core analysis technique, is becoming standard in oil and gas, with emerging uses in contaminant transport and CO2 storage.
Water for Food Water for Life
2013 · FWCI 88.08 · 1,899 citations
This abstract provides an overview of the relationship between water resources and human needs, focusing on the critical balance required for both food production and sustaining life.
Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions
Nature Communications · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 124.34 · 1,760 citations · Open access
The global urban population facing water scarcity is projected to nearly double from 933 million in 2016 to 1.7-2.4 billion by 2050, with India disproportionately affected.
AUV Navigation and Localization: A Review
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 102.22 · 1,471 citations
This review surveys current methods for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) navigation and localization, highlighting limitations of past approaches and emerging possibilities.
Global water resources affected by human interventions and climate change
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 83.30 · 1,452 citations · Open access
Human activities like dam construction and water withdrawals significantly alter water cycles, with impacts in some regions matching or exceeding those expected from moderate global warming (+2 K).
The Mapillary Vistas Dataset for Semantic Understanding of Street Scenes
2017 · 1,389 citations
A new, large-scale street-level image dataset, Mapillary Vistas, has been released, featuring 25,000 high-resolution images with dense, fine-grained annotations for 66 object categories and instance-specific labels for 37 classes.
Underwater Optical Wireless Communication
IEEE Access · 2016 · Q1 · FWCI 88.77 · 1,384 citations · Open access
Underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC) offers a promising alternative to acoustic systems, providing higher data rates and lower power consumption for short-range links.
Water management: Current and future challenges and research directions
Water Resources Research · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 21.78 · 1,338 citations
Despite a globally adequate freshwater supply, uneven spatial and temporal distribution creates regional shortages impacting human health, economic development, and ecosystems. Addressing these challenges requires significant research in water management.
A Survey of Underwater Optical Wireless Communications
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 14.00 · FWCI 77.65 · 1,259 citations
This paper surveys the state-of-the-art in underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC), highlighting its potential for high-bandwidth data transmission in aquatic environments.
Fouling Release Coatings: A Nontoxic Alternative to Biocidal Antifouling Coatings
Chemical Reviews · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 16.00 · FWCI 87.40 · 1,247 citations
Nontoxic fouling release coatings offer a sustainable alternative to traditional biocidal antifouling paints, reducing environmental impact and maintenance costs.
Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future
Earth s Future · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 51.27 · 1,118 citations · Open access
This review synthesizes indicators for water scarcity, highlighting progress in quantifying water availability and use with spatially explicit models since the late 1980s.
Surfactant Adsorption Isotherms: A Review
ACS Omega · 2021 · Q1 · FWCI 74.43 · 1,043 citations
This review consolidates theories and models for surfactant adsorption on rock surfaces, crucial for optimizing chemical-enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). It details common isotherm models like Langmuir and Freundlich, and more complex ones such as Redlich-Peterson and Sips.
Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability
PLoS ONE · 2012 · Q1 · FWCI 110.50 · 1,039 citations · Open access
A new analysis reveals severe water scarcity in at least one month per year for 201 river basins, home to 2.67 billion people, by using blue water footprints (including ecological needs) and monthly data, a significant improvement over previous annual withdrawal-based methods.
Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery
2014 · FWCI 29.05 · 1,035 citations
This revised textbook updates a classic on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), retaining its focus on fractional flow theory and phase behavior while adding new chapters on low-salinity EOR, steam-assisted gravity drainage, and foam EOR.
The paradox of irrigation efficiency
Science · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 79.84 · 978 citations
Increasing irrigation efficiency often fails to reduce overall water consumption, and can even increase it.
The world’s road to water scarcity: shortage and stress in the 20th century and pathways towards sustainability
Scientific Reports · 2016 · Q1 · FWCI 48.39 · 953 citations · Open access
Global water scarcity dramatically increased in the 20th century, affecting 58% of the world's population by the 2000s, up from 14% in the 1900s, driven by a fourfold rise in water consumption.
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Surfactant Adsorption Isotherms: A Review
ACS Omega · 2021 · Q1 · FWCI 74.43 · 1,043 citations
This review consolidates theories and models for surfactant adsorption on rock surfaces, crucial for optimizing chemical-enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). It details common isotherm models like Langmuir and Freundlich, and more complex ones such as Redlich-Peterson and Sips.
Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions
Nature Communications · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 124.34 · 1,760 citations · Open access
The global urban population facing water scarcity is projected to nearly double from 933 million in 2016 to 1.7-2.4 billion by 2050, with India disproportionately affected.
Turbulence modelling for CFD
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2020 · 655 citations
This course provides foundational knowledge of turbulence modelling techniques used in industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes, focusing on RANS modelling and future research strategies.
An Overview of Recent Advances in Coordinated Control of Multiple Autonomous Surface Vehicles
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 48.12 · 710 citations
This review surveys recent advances in coordinated motion control for fleets of Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs), highlighting challenges and solutions for complex marine operations.
Recent Developments and Practical Feasibility of Polymer‐Based Antifouling Coatings
Advanced Functional Materials · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 61.53 · 704 citations · Open access
Polymer-based antifouling coatings offer a promising, ecofriendly alternative to older metal-based paints, with strategies including fouling-resistant, fouling-release, and fouling-degrading types.
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