USask water expert named to list of world’s most highly-cited researchers

A Global Water Futures researcher has been named to Clarivate’s 2021 Highly-Cited Researchers list. Researcher honoured on this list has published multiple academic papers that rank in the top 1% of citations in his field that year from the global Web of Science.

Predicting waterflows for global communities

Dr. Martyn Clark (PhD), associate director of the Centre for Hydrology and Coldwater Laboratory and a professor in the USask College of Arts and Science Department of Geography and Planning, is a leading hydrologist who has recently served as the Editor-in-Chief of Water Resources Research. His research focuses on developing hydrological models and understanding the sensitivity of water resources to climate change. Recent work includes developing computer models to predict changes in streamflow – including the occurrences of floods and droughts – with the USask Centre for Hydrology Computational Hydrology research group as part of the Global Water Futures project. 

His work has been published in 189 publications and cited approximately 15,558 times in academic journals including Nature Climate Change.  

Learn more about the Highly-Cited Researchers list and see other recipients here: https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/