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Water Environment Research

WILEY · United States

ISSN1061-4303eISSN1554-7531

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.651

H-Indexi

109

SNIPi

0.591

Total Worksi

5,928

Total Citationsi

92,705

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Limnology; Water Resources; Ecological Modeling; Environmental Chemistry; Pollution; Waste Management and Disposal; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, 2006-

StatusActive

Total Publications5,928

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

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?

WILEY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1061-4303 / 1554-7531

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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

272

5.9k

2019

237

4.6k

2020

189

2.4k

2021

154

1.4k

2022

140

807

2023

204

1.4k

2024

277

857

2025

301

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.

Ecological ModelingQ2

Environmental ChemistryQ2

PollutionQ2

Waste Management and DisposalQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, EnvironmentalEnvironmental SciencesLimnologyWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalWater Science and TechnologyEcological ModelingPollutionEnvironmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater TreatmentMembrane Separation TechnologiesWater Treatment and DisinfectionWater Quality and Pollution Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Water Environment Research

Is Water Environment Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water Environment Research: 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 Water Environment Research?

Water Environment Research 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 2.51.

Is Water Environment Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water Environment Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.