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This research has been supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (Spain) (project no. SECA-SRH, grant no. PID2019-105852RA-I00) and the Universidad Tecnica de Ambato (Ecuador) (grant no. 1886-CU-P-2018).

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Dataset of Georeferenced Dams in South America (DDSA)

Publicated to:Earth System Science Data. 13 (2): 213-229 - 2021-02-02 13(2), DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-213-2021

Authors: Paredes-Beltran, Bolivar; Sordo-Ward, Alvaro; Garrote, Luis;

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‎ Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Civil Engn Hydraul Energy & Environm, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Tecn Ambato, Carrera Ingn Civil, Fac Ingn Civil & Mecan, Ambato 180206, Ecuador - Author

Abstract

Dams and their reservoirs generate major impacts on society and the environment. In general, its relevance relies on facilitating the management of water resources for anthropogenic purposes. However, dams could also generate many potential adverse impacts related to safety, ecology or biodiversity. These factors, as well as the additional effects that climate change could cause in these infrastructures and their surrounding environment, highlight the importance of dams and the necessity for their continuous monitoring and study. There are several studies examining dams both at regional and global scales; however, those that include the South America region focus mainly on the most renowned basins (primarily the Amazon basin), most likely due to the lack of records on the rest of the basins of the region. For this reason, a consistent database of georeferenced dams located in South America is presented: Dataset of Georeferenced Dams in South America (DDSA). It contains 1010 entries of dams with a combined reservoir volume of 1017 km(3), and it is presented in the form of a list describing a total of 24 attributes that include the dams' names, characteristics, purposes and georeferenced locations. Also, hydrological information on the dams' catchments is also included: catchment area, mean precipitation, mean near-surface temperature, mean potential evapotranspiration, mean runoff, catchment population, catchment equipped area for irrigation, aridity index, residence time and degree of regulation. Information was obtained from public records, governments records, existing international databases and extensive internet research. Each register was validated individually and geolocated using public-access online map browsers, and then, hydrological and additional information was derived from a hydrological model computed using the Hy-droSHEDS (Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales) dataset. With this database, we expect to contribute to the development of new research in this region. The database is publicly available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4315647 (Paredes-Beltran et al., 2020).

Keywords

Amazon basinAridityCatchmentClimate changeDamDatabaseEbro riverEnvironmental monitoringFishFlow regulationFragmentationFutureHydrological modelingHydropowerImpactsManagementRegional climateReservoirResidence timeWater availability

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Earth System Science Data due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 2/94, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.3, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 3.68 (source consulted: Dimensions Nov 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-11-03, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 16

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-11-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 60.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 60 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 65.6.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 8 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Ecuador.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (PAREDES BELTRAN, BOLIVAR EDUARDO) and Last Author (GARROTE DE MARCOS, LUIS MARIA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been PAREDES BELTRAN, BOLIVAR EDUARDO.