Best Paper Award

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The Hydrology Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members will choose three papers of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prize:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a certificate.

Hydrology Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 30 June 2026

Eligibility and Requirements:

– All papers published in Hydrology will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria:

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Past Winners

Winner

Feature Paper
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27 Citations
7,522 Views
19 Pages
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Urban Flood Modelling under Extreme Rainfall Conditions for Building-Level Flood Exposure Analysis
Christos Iliadis,
Panagiota Galiatsatou,
Vassilis Glenis,
Panagiotis Prinos and
Chris Kilsby
Hydrology2023, 10(8), 172;https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10080172
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17 August 2023
The expansion of urban areas and the increasing frequency and magnitude of intense rainfall events are anticipated to contribute to the widespread escalation of urban flood risk across the globe. To effectively mitigate future flood risks, it is cruc...
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20 Citations
7,183 Views
27 Pages
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Spatiotemporal Variability in Total Dissolved Solids and Total Suspended Solids along the Colorado River
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu,
Haroon Stephen and
Sajjad Ahmad
Hydrology2023, 10(6), 125;https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10060125
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2 June 2023
The Colorado River is a principal source of water for 40 million people and farmlands in seven states in the western US and the Republic of Mexico. The river has been under intense pressure from the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activit...
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15 Citations
10,617 Views
14 Pages
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Probabilistic Approach to Tank Design in Rainwater Harvesting Systems
Maria Gloria Di Chiano,
Mariana Marchioni,
Anita Raimondi,
Umberto Sanfilippo and
Gianfranco Becciu
Hydrology2023, 10(3), 59;https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10030059
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27 February 2023
Storage tanks from rainwater harvesting systems (RWHs) are designed to provide flow equalization between rainfall and water demand. The minimum storage capacity required to take into account the maximum variations of stored water volumes, i.e., the a...
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