A bibliometric review on the Water Framework Directive twenty years after its birth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14556453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diego Copetti (0000-0003-0998-9524, Water Research Institute, corresponding author), Stefania Erba (0000-0002-2371-0369, Water Research Institute) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-108 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AMBIO (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7447 • E-ISSN: 1654-7209 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13280-023-01918-0 |
| PMID | 37684553 |
| OpenAlex | W4386558294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 41 |
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is one of the most studied environmental legislations and recently turned twenty. The paper deals with a literature search and analysis of 4120 references related to this Directive. After a period of strong increase in article production (2002–2012) WFD scientific productivity is currently still high (~ 260 papers year −1 ), suggesting a persistent interest of the scientific community on this issue. Most research supporting the WFD was on water sciences, but contributions were also from governance and socio-economic disciplines. Studies on biological quality elements and rivers were prominent. The WFD implementation has seen a strong participation of scientists from all EU countries, and partially also from outside-EU nations. To improve the EU water policy and management, the paper suggests a greater interconnection between WFD and other EU Directives and indicates some emerging environmental issues to which the Directive should address
Biology · Business · Corporate governance · Directive · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Productivity · Regional science · Water Framework Directive · Water quality · Computer Science · Ecology · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics · Transboundary Water Resource Management
A comparison of two techniques for bibliometric mapping
A unified approach to mapping and clustering of bibliometric networks
Visualizing Bibliometric Networks
A review on cost-effectiveness analysis of agri-environmental measures related to the EU WFD
Intercalibration of aquatic ecological assessment methods in the European Union
A simple procedure to harmonize class boundaries of assessment systems at the pan-European scale
Eutrophication
Studying the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Europe
Software survey
The societal relevance of river restoration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |