Water Research Thrives as New Report Highlights Spiralling Growth Year on Year

Water Research Thrives as New Report Highlights Spiralling Growth Year on Year PR Newswire STOCKHOLM, August 27, 2012 STOCKHOLM, August 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New analysis on water research highlights the role interdisciplinary and international collaboration plays in the production of high impact research Research into water is growing faster than the average 4% annual growth rate for all research disciplines, claims a new report presented by Elsevier and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) during the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm. The report, "The Water and Food Nexus: Trends and Development of the Research Landscape" analysed the major trends in water and food-related article output at international, national and institutional levels. Elsevier and SIWI worked closely together on creating the report, which is based on the analysis of Scopus citation data by Elsevier's SciVal Analytics team. The growing discrepancy between supply and demand for water is becoming more challenging each year. Developments in water research have the potential to help solve this issue. The report examined the dynamics of global water research between 2007 and 2011, focusing on two strands of research; water resources research, referring to natural and social science studies on water use, and food and water research focusing on the study of water consumption and recycling to produce food.