Ocean Engineering papers

Pofolia’s corpus holds 62 papers from Ocean Engineering (2012–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.

At a glance

• Most cited: Four billion people facing severe water scarcity (2016, 5,334 citations).
• The 20 papers listed have 35,523 citations between them.
• 17 of the 17 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 8 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: ACS Omega, Advances in Water Resources, Chemical Reviews.
• Published between 2012 and 2021.

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”. How to read the signals

• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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).

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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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Recently added

• Strength, Stiffness, and Poisson’s Ratio Measurements for Cements Used in the Well Completions for the Extended-Duration Gas Production Test on the Alaskan North Slope

  Energy & Fuels · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 13.52 · 4 citations · Open access

  Cements used in Alaskan North Slope gas hydrate well completions reached nominal strength plateau by 120 days, with higher-density "tail" cement used in the main hole, and generally good formation/sensor bond quality indicated despite sensor interference with evaluation logs.

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• Analysis of CO2 pipeline regulations from a safety perspective for offshore carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)

  Journal of Cleaner Production · 2024 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 19.47 · 100 citations

  Offshore CO2 pipeline regulations in the US and Australia inadequately address CO2 impurities, while European guidelines, though acknowledging CCUS hazards, lack sufficient detail for pipeline design and operation.

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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.

  Go to source →

• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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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• Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality

  Nature Communications · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 61.53 · 693 citations · Open access

  A nationwide assessment reveals that inadequate water quality significantly worsens China's water scarcity, affecting over half the population and highlighting regional disparities, with North China facing year-round scarcity and South China experiencing seasonal issues despite sufficient quantity.

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