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Irrigation Science

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany

ISSN0342-7188eISSN1432-1319

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.784

H-Indexi

104

SNIPi

1.375

Total Worksi

1,718

Total Citationsi

59,163

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy; Water Resources; Agronomy and Crop Science; Water Science and Technology; Soil Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySix Nos. A Year, 2008-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,718

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0342-7188 / 1432-1319

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

964

2020

2021

1.2k

2022

610

2023

628

2024

195

2025

100

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Soil ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AgronomyWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceWater Science and TechnologySoil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsSoil and Unsaturated FlowHorticultural and Viticultural ResearchGreenhouse Technology and Climate Control

Frequently asked questions about Irrigation Science

Is Irrigation Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Irrigation Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Irrigation Science?

Irrigation Science is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.77.

Is Irrigation Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Irrigation Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Irrigation Science?