International Peer-reviewed Journals

2014

  • Shrestha, S., Adhikari, S., Babel, M.S. (2014). Evaluation of Groundwater-based Irrigation System Using Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach: A case study from Southeast Nepal. Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research. Publisher: Taylor and Francis. [Submitted, Manuscript id: TJAW-2014-0053]
  • Shrestha, S., Manandhar, B, Datta, A., Shrestha, Shankar. (2014). Evaluation of RZWQM and PESTFADE models using field measured data from Tropical Zone, Thailand. Journal of Environmental Management. Publisher: Elsevier. Impact factor: 3.602 (2012). SCOPUS citation: – [Under Revision]
  • Pinto, D.,Shrestha, S., Babel, M.S., Ninsawat, S. (2014). Delineation of groundwater potential zone in the Comoro River Basin, Timor Leste using the GIS, Remote Sensing and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. Water. Publisher: MDPI. [Submitted and under review, Manuscript id: water-61245]
  • Sayasane, R., Kawasaki, A., Shrestha, S., and Takamatsu, M. (2014). Assessment of Potential Impacts of Climate and Land use Changes on Stream flow: A Case Study of the Nam Xong Watershed in Lao PDR. Journal of Water and Climate Change. Publisher: International Water Association (IWA), Impact factor: 2.16 (2011). SCOPUS citation: – [Submitted and under review]
  • Mahmood, R., Babel, M.S.,Shrestha, S., Weesakul, S.,Tripathi, N. (2014). Assessment of temporal and spatial changes of future climate in the Jhelum River Basin, Pakistan and India. Publisher: Wiley, Impact factor:2.886 (2014) [Under review]
  • Babel, M.S., Yadav, S., Shrestha, S. (2014). Spatiotemporal Analysis of Land use Change and River Water Quality in the Mun Basin, Thailand. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Publisher: Springer. Impact Factor: 1.592 (2012). [Under review, Manuscript No. EMAS-D-14-01195]
  • Shrestha, S., Manandhar, B., Datta, A., Shrestha, S.(2014). Evaluation of RZWQM and PESTFADE models using field measured data from Tropical Zone, Thailand. Journal of Environmental Management. Publisher: Elsevier. Impact factor: 3.602 (2012). SCOPUS citation: – [Under Revision]
  • Deb, P., Shrestha S., and Babel, M. S. (2014). Forecasting climate change impacts and evaluation of adaptation options for maize cropping in the hilly terrain of Himalayas: Sikkim, India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Publisher: Springer, Impact Facotr: 1.759 (2012). [Under Revision, Manuscript No. TAAC-D-14-00015]
  • Agarwal, A.,Babel, M.S.,Maskey, S. Shrestha, S.,Kawasaki, A. and Tripathi, NK. (2014). Analysis of temperature projections in a himalayan river basin. International Journal of Climatology, Publisher: Wiley, Impact factor:2.886 (2014) [Under revision]
  • Shrestha, S., Parajuli, K., Babel, M.S., Dhakal, S. (2014). A review of the water-energy-carbon nexus and analysis of energy and carbon footprints of water supply: A case study of Metropolitan Waterworks Authority, Bangkok. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology – AQUA. Publisher: International Water Association (IWA). Impact Factor: 0.573 (2012). SCOPUS citation: – [Revised and Resubmitted]
  • Shrestha, S., Muanthong, S. (2014). Assessment of surface water quality of Songkhram River (Thailand) using environmetric techniques. International Journal of River Basin Management. 12 (3):1-16. Publisher: Taylor and Francis. Impact Factor: -. SCOPUS citation: – [In Press, DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2014.922094]
  • Shrestha, S. (2014) Assessment of Water Availability under Climate Change Scenarios in Thailand. J Earth Sci Clim Change, 5:184. Publisher: OMICS. Impact factor: 0.6 (2012). SCOPUS citation:-
  • Shrestha, S., Deb, P., Trang Bui Thi Thu, (2014). Adaptation strategies for rice cultivation in central Vietnam. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 3:453–465 Publisher: Springer, Impact factor:-1.025 (2012) [In Press, DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9567-2]
  • Shrestha, S., Khatiwada, M.B., Parajuli, K. (2014). Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Hydropower Production in Kulekhani Watershed of Nepal. Environmental Process, X:XXX–XX. Publisher: Springer, Impact factor:- [In press, DOI: 10.1007/s40710-014-0020-z]
  • Shrestha, S., Trang Bui Thi Thu, Deb, P. (2014). Assessment of the climate change impacts and evaluation of adaptation measures for paddy productivity in Quang Nam province, Vietnam. Paddy and Water Environment. Publisher: Springer, Impact factor:-1.025 (2012) [In Press, DOI: 10.1007/s10333-014-0434-2]
  • Shrestha, S. and Udmale P. (2014). Evaluation of Sustainability of Groundwater Resources in Semi-arid Region of Maharashtra State of India. International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. Publisher: Academic Journals [In Press]
  • Shrestha, S and Shankar Shrestha (2014). Evaluation of PESTFADE model using field-measured data in Pathumthani, Thailand. Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research. 2(1): 57-69. Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Impact factor-. SCOPUS citation: –
  • Shrestha, S. and Manandhar, B. (2014). Evaluation of Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) using field measured data from Tropical Zone, Thailand. Water, Air & Soil Pollution. 225: 1958 Publisher: Springer, Impact factor:-1.748 (2012) [In Press, DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-1958-1]
  • Shrestha, S., Thin, N.M.M, and Deb, P. (2014). Assessment of climate change impacts on irrigation water requirement and rice yield in Ngamoeyeik Irrigation Project area of Myanmar. Journal of Water and Climate Change. Publisher: International Water Association (IWA), Impact factor: 2.16 (2011). SCOPUS citation: – [In Press, DOI: doi:10.2166/wcc.2014.114 ]
  • Khadka, D., Babel, M.S., Shrestha, S., and Tripathi, N. (2014). Climate Change Impact on Glacier and Snowmelt and Runoff in Tamakoshi Basin in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region. Journal of Hydrology, 511: 49-60. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 2.433 (2009). SCOPUS citation:-
  • Santikayasa, I.P., Babel, M.S., Shrestha, S., Jourdain, D. Clemente, R.S. (2014). Evaluation of water use sustainability under future climate and irrigation management scenarios in Citarum River Basin, Indonesia. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 21 (2): 181-194. Publisher: Taylor and Francis, Impact Factor: 1.213 (2012). SCOPUS citation: –
  • Parajuli, K., Kang, K. and Shrestha, S. (2014). Application of statistical downscaling in GCMs at constructing the map of precipitation in the Mekong River basin. Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 39 (4):271-282. Publisher: Springer, Impact Factor: 0.268 (2012)
  • Shrestha, S., Aquino, F.Y., Pandey, V.P., (2014). Performance evaluation of Telagasari Irrigation Scheme (TIS) of Karawang Regency, Indonesia. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment (JFAE), 12: (3-4)., Publisher: (WFL), Impact factor: -. [In press, Proof is attached]

2013

  • Shrestha, S. and Manandhar, B. (2013). Evaluation of Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) using field measured data from Tropical Zone, Thailand. Water, Air & Soil Pollution. Publisher: Springer, Impact factor:-1.748 (2012) [Under Revision]
  • Shrestha, S., Nakamura,T.,Yoneyama,Y.,Shrestha,S., and Kazama,F.(2013). Temporal variations in nitrate sources to rainwater in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Geochemical Journal. Publisher: TERRAPUB (Terra Scientific Publishing Company), Impact factor: 1 (2007) [Revised and submitted, Manuscript No. 270113, proof is attached]. SCOPUS citation:-
  • Shrestha, S., N.M.M. Thin, and Deb, P. (2013). Assessment of climate change impacts on irrigation water requirement and rice yield in Ngamoeyeik Irrigation Project area of Myanmar. Journal of Water and Climate Change. Publisher: International Water Association (IWA), Impact factor: 2.16 (2011). SCOPUS citation: – [Under Review, submitted on 2013; Manuscript No. JWC-S-13-00147]
  • Udmale, P.,Shrestha, S., Ichikawa, Y., Manandhar, S. (2013). Assessing groundwater resource and its sustainability in drought prone area of India. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Vol.58. Publisher: Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Impact factor: -. SCOPUS citation: – (Under Revision)
  • Khadka, D., Babel, M.S., Shrestha, S., and Tripathi, N. (2013). Climate Change Impact on Glacier and Snowmelt and Runoff in Tamakoshi Basin in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region. Journal of Hydrology, Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 2.433 (2009). SCOPUS citation: [Revised and Submitted, on 2013; Manuscript No. HYDROL15003]
  • Plangoen, P., Babel, M.S., Clemente, R.S., Shrestha, S., Tripathi, N. K. (2013). Simulating the Impact of Future Land Use and Climate Change on Soil Erosion and Deposition in the Mae Nam Nan Sub-Catchment, Thailand. Sustainability 5, no. 8: 3244-3274.
  • Shrestha, S. and Lohpaisankrit, W. (2013). Assessment of climate change impacts on flood hazard potential in the Yang River Basin, Thailand. Environmental Modelling and Software. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 3.114 (2011). [Under Review, submitted on, 2013; Manuscript No. ENVSOFT-S-13-00440]
  • Shrestha, S., Pandey, V.P., Chanamai, C., Ghosh, D.K. (2013). Green, blue and grey water footprint of primary crop production in Nepal. Water Resources Management. Publisher: Springer, Impact factor: 2.259 (2012). [In Press, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0464-3]
  • Shrestha, S., Pandey, V.P., Aquino, F.Y. and. Clemente, R.S. (2013). Performance evaluation of Telagasari Irrigation Scheme (TIS) of Karawang Regency, Indonesia. Irrigation Science. Publisher: Springer, Impact factor: 1.635 (2011). [Under Review, submitted on, 2013; Manuscript No. IrrSci-2013-0085]
  • Hapuarachchi, P., Kiem , A.S.; Takeuchi, K., Ishidaira, H., Magome, J.,Yoshimura, C.,Wang, G., Shrestha ,S., Sisinggih, D.,Hapsari,R.,Ao, T.Q.,Zhou, M.C., Georgievsk, M.V., (2013). YHyM: A comprehensive distributed hydrological model. Environmental Modelling and Software. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 3.114 (2011). [Under Review, submitted on 2013; Manuscript No. ENVSOFT-S-13-00179]
  • Masud, M. B., Soni, P., Shrestha, S. and Tripathi, N.K. (2013). Changes in temperature extremes over North Thailand during 1960-2099. Climate Research. Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center (IR), Impact Factor: [Under Review, submitted on 2013; Manuscript No. 201304004]
  • Shrestha, S., Pandey, V.P., Yoneyama, Y., Shrestha, S. and Kazama, F. (2013). An evaluation of rainwater quality in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Sustainable Environment Research, 23(5):341-350.Publisher: Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering (CIEnvE), Impact factor: 0.675 (2012).
  • Pandey, V.P., Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. (2013). A GIS-based ARC model to delineate potential areas for groundwater development. Applied Water Science, 3:453–465. Publisher: Springer.
  • Shrestha, S., Nakamura, T., Hiraga, Y., Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. (2013). Identification of nitrate sources in rainwater of the Kathmandu valley: a chemical and stable isotopic approach. Journal of Water and Environmental Technology, Volume 11, No. 5: 377-389, Publisher: Japan Society on Water Environment, Impact factor:-

2012

  • Shrestha, S., Gyawali, B and Bhattarai, U. (2012). Impacts of Climate Change on Irrigation Water Requirements for Rice-Wheat Cultivation in Bagmati River Basin, Nepal. Journal of Climate Change and Water. Publisher: International Water Association (IWA), Impact factor: 2.16 (2011). SCOPUS citation: – [Under Review, Manuscript Number: JWC-D-12-00050]
  • Pandey, V.P., Shrestha, S., and Kazama, F. (2012).  Groundwater in Kathmandu Valley: development dynamics, consequences and prospects for sustainable management, European Water, 37. Publisher: European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Impact factor: – . SCOPUS citation:- [In Press]
  • Pandey, V.P., Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. (2012). A GIS-based ARC model to delineate potential areas for groundwater development. Hydrological Processes, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Impact factor: 2.488 (2011) [Under Review, submitted on, 2012].
  • Shrestha, S., Nakamura, T., Hiraga, Y., Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. (2012). Identification of nitrate sources in rainwater of the Kathmandu valley: a chemical and stable isotopic approach. Journal of Water and Environmental Technology, Publisher: Japan Society on Water Environment, Impact factor:-[Revised, resubmitted, Under Review, Dec, 2012]
  • Shrestha, S., Pandey, V.P., Hiraga, Y., Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. (2012). An evaluation of rainwater quality in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Publisher: Springer, Impact factor:1.4 (2011)  [Under Review, submitted on, 2012]
  • Plangoen, P., Clemente, R.S., Babel, M.S., and Shrestha, S. (2012). Estimation of Rainfall Erosivity under Climate Change in the Upper Nan Watershed, Thailand. Climate Research, Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center., Impact factor: 1.99 (2011) [Under Review]
  • Agarwal, A., Babel, M.S., Maskey, S., Shrestha, S., Kawasaki, A., Tripathi, N.K. (2012). Quantifying uncertainty in temperature predictions using multi model ensembles in a Himalayan River Basin. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Publisher: Springer. Impact Factor: 1.942 (2011). [Under Review, submitted in, October 2012]
  • Parajuli, K., Kang, K. and Shrestha, S. (2012). Statistical GCM Downscaling and its Precipitation Map Development in Mekong region. Hydrological Processes, Publisher: Wiley. Impact Factor: 2.48 (2011) [Submitted in December, 2012]

2011

  • Pandey, V.P., Babel, M.S., Shrestha, S. and Kazama, F. (2011). A framework to assess adaptive capacity of water resources system in Nepalese river basins, Ecological Indicators, 11 (2), pp.480-488. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 3.102 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 1
  • Pandey, V.P., Shrestha, S., Chapagain, S.K. and Kazama, F. (2011). A framework for measuring groundwater sustainability, Environmental Science and Policy, 14 (4), pp. 396-407. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 2.322 (2009). SCOPUS citation: –

2010

  • Shrestha, S., Kataoka, Y. and Kuyama, T. (2010). No-Regret Adaptation Strategies to Cope with Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources of Asian Cities. In: Sustainability in Food and Water: An Asian Perspective (K. Fukushi, K.M. Hassan, R. Honda and A. Sumi eds.), Springer, New York. ISBN: 978-90-481-9913-6
  • Kataoka, Y. and Shrestha, S. (2010). Promoting Wise Use of Water: Application of Economic Instruments. In: Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Asia-Pacific Region: Effective Responses in a Resource Constrained World, Vol III, 2010. p149-170. Publisher: IGES (Hayama, Japan)
  • Chapagain, S.K., Pandey, V.P., Shrestha, S., Nakamura, T., and Kazama, F. (2010). Assessment of Deep Ground water Quality in Kathmandu Valley Using Multivariate Techniques. Water Air & Soil Pollution, 210 (1-4). pp. 277-288. Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Impact factor: 1.676 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 2
  • Pandey, V.P., Babel, M.S., Shrestha, S. and Kazama, F. (2010). Vulnerability of freshwater resources in large and medium Nepalese river basins to environmental change, Water Science and Technology, 61 (6), pp. 1525-1534. Publisher: IWA Publishing, Impact factor: 1.094 (2009). SCOPUS citation:-

2009

  • Wang, G. J. Yu, Shrestha, S., Ishidaira, H. and. Takeuchi, K. (2009). Application of a distributed erosion model for the assessment of spatial erosion patterns in the Lushi catchment, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 61(4). pp. 787-797. Publisher: Springer, Impact factor: -. SCOPUS citation:-
  • Chapagain, S.K., Shrestha, S., Du Laing, G.,Verloo, M.G., and Kazama, F. (2009). Spatial distribution of arsenic in the intertidal sediments of River Scheldt, Belgium, Environment International, 35(3):461-465. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 4.786 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 3
  • Chapagain, S.K., Shrestha, S., Nakamura, T., Pandey, V.P., and Kazama, F. (2009). Arsenic occurrence in groundwater of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Desalination and Water Treatment, 4:248-254. Publisher: Balaban Publishers, Impact factor: – (2009).SCOPUS citation: 2

2008

  • Shrestha, S. and Kataoka, Y. (2008). Groundwater and climate change: No longer the hidden resource. In: IGES White Paper, Climate Change Policies in the Asia-Pacific: Re-uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development, pp 159-183. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
  • Shrestha, S., Kazama F., Newham, L.T.H., Babel, M.S., Clemente, R.S., Ishidaira H., Nishida, K. and Sakamoto, Y. (2008). Catchment scale modelling of point and non-point source pollution loads using pollutant export coefficients determined from long-term in-stream monitoring data, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Elsevier Publication, 2 (3):134-147. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor:-. SCOPUS citation: 5
  • Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. and Nakamura, T. (2008). Multivariate statistical techniques to evaluate spatial and temporal variations in water quality of the Mekong River. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 10 (1):43-56. Publisher: IWA Publishing, Impact factor: 0.979 (2009). SCOPUS citation:-
  • Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. and Newham, L. (2008). A framework for estimating pollutant export coefficients from long-term in-stream water quality monitoring data. Environmental Modelling and Software, 23 (2):182-194. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 3.085 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 17

2007

  • Shrestha, S., Bastola, S., Babel, M.S., Dulal, K.N., Magome, J., Hapuarchchi, H.A.P, Ishidaira, H., Kazama, F. and Takeuchi, K. (2007). The assessment of spatial and temporal transferability of a physically based distributed hydrological model parameters in different physiographic regions of Nepal. Journal of Hydrology, 347 (1-2):153-172. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 2.433 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 3
  • Shrestha, S., Dulal, K.N., Bastola, S. Kazama, F., Ishidaira, H. and Takeuchi, K. (2007). Temporal transferability of physically based distributed hydrological model parameters in Bagmati River Basin, Nepal. Journal of Hydrological Sciences and Technology, 22 (1-4):173-184. Publisher: American Institute of Hydrology, Impact factor: -. SCOPUS citation: –
  • Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. (2007). Assessment of surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques: a case study of the Fuji River basin, Japan. Environmental Modelling and Software, 22 (4):464-475. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 3.085 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 110 [Top 1 in Top 25 Hottest Articles in Environmental Modelling and Software in 2006 and continued to be in Top 25 Hottest Articles since then]
  • Shrestha, S., Dulal, K.N., Bastola, S., Ishidaira, H., Kazama, F. and Takeuchi, K. (2007). The assessment of spatial a distributed hydrological model parameters in different physiographic regions of Nepal. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 51:37-42. Publisher: Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Impact factor: -. SCOPUS citation:-
  • Nakamura, T., Shrestha, S., Satake, H. and Kazama, F. (2007). Effects of groundwater recharge on nitrate loadings. Journal of Water and Environmental Technology, 5 (2):87-93. Publisher: Japan Society of Water Environment, Impact factor: -. SCOPUS citation: –
  • Nakamura, T., Shrestha, S., Satake H., Kazama, F. (2007). Tracing Nitrate Transport in the Groundwater Aquifers using Isotope Techniques- a case study in Western Kofu Basin, Japan. In H. Furumai, F. Kurisu, H. Katayama, H. Satoh, S. Ohgaki and N. C. Thanh (Eds), Southeast Asian Water Environment 2, pp. 173-180, ISBN: 1-84339-124-4. International Water Association (IWA).

2006

  • Shrestha, S., Babel, M.S. Das Gupta, A and Kazama, F. (2006). Evaluation of Annualized Agricultural Non Point Source model for a Watershed in the Siwalik Hills of Nepal. Environmental Modelling and Software, Elsevier Publication, 21(7):961-975. Publisher: Elsevier, Impact factor: 3.085 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 18
  • Shrestha, S., Kazama, F. (2006). Multivariate statistical techniques for the assessment of surface water quality of Fuji River Basin, Japan. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, International Water Association, 6 (5):59–67. Publisher: IWA Publishing, Impact factor: 1.094 (2009). SCOPUS citation: 1

2005

  • Shrestha, S., Kazama F., Sakamoto, Y. and Bastola, S. (2005). Statistical Modeling of Pollutant Load in Sub-basins of the Fuji River Basin, Japan. Agricultural Engineering International: the CIGR Journal of Scientific Research and Development. Vol. VII. Manuscript LW 05 001. Publisher: CIGR Official Publication, Impact factor:-. SCOPUS citation:-