Etienne Umukiza

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2021, latest 2025

Soil Science
Civil and Structural Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Global and Planetary Change
Plant Science
Aquatic Science

Publications: 82021–2025
Citations: 93to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.721.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%3 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 100%8 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Soil Science450%

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

8 in all

Financial viability of centre pivot sprinkler irrigation systems in a semi-arid climate
2025Journal of Water and Land DevelopmentJournalOpen access1 citation10.24425/jwld.2025.154245
A review of model predictive control in precision agriculture
2024Smart Agricultural TechnologyJournal

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Civil and Structural Engineering338%

Water Science and Technology338%

Global and Planetary Change225%

Control and Systems Engineering113%

Environmental Engineering113%

Sociology and Political Science113%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies3
Irrigation Practices and Water Management3
Dam Engineering and Safety2
Flood Risk Assessment and Management2
Advanced Control Systems Optimization1
Engineering and Agricultural Innovations1
Fault Detection and Control Systems1
Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control1
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis1
Hydraulic flow and structures1
Hydrology and Drought Analysis1
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

75% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2233334Home

Most frequent partner countries

Uganda4
Malawi4
South Sudan3
Italy3
Kenya2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMW4 papers
Makerere UniversityUG4 papers
Università degli Studi della TusciaIT3 papers
Malawi University of Business and Applied SciencesMW3 papers
University of MalawiMW3 papers
Upper Nile UniversitySS3 papers
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKE2 papers

Where they publish

Hydrology2
Acta hydrotechnica1
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Formatio Circumiectus1
Geocarto International1
Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Engineering (JIPE)1
Journal of Water and Land Development1
Smart Agricultural Technology1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 3 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 50%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 13%Free to read, no open licence

Who funds it

2 of 8 papers name a funder

Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg1
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

RAINWATER HARVESTING IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID LANDS OF AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Formatio Circumiectus
202326 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on PeakDischarge and Flow Volume in Kakia and Esamburmbur Sub-Catchments of Narok Town, Kenya
Hydrology11
202125 citationsOpen access · Gold
A review of model predictive control in precision agriculture
Smart Agricultural Technology2
202422 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A Review on Significance and Failure Causes of Small-Scale Irrigation Dams in Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASAL)
Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Engineering (JIPE)2
20236 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Characterization of landuse and landcover dynamics and their impact on runoff generation patterns in dam catchments of Northern Ghana
Geocarto International
20245 citationsOpen access · Gold

RAINWATER HARVESTING IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID LANDS OF AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

2023Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Formatio CircumiectusJournalOpen accessFirst author26 citations10.15576/asp.fc/2023.22.2.03

A Review on Significance and Failure Causes of Small-Scale Irrigation Dams in Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASAL)

2023Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Engineering (JIPE)JournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.22225/jipe.2.2.2023.1-9

National Research Fund, Kenya1