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Water Policy

IWA Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1366-7017eISSN1996-9759

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.564

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.727

Total Worksi

1,900

Total Citationsi

42,197

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Geography, Planning and Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,900

Publisher OrgUWA Publishing

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IWA Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1366-7017 / 1996-9759

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.4k

2019

1.2k

2020

119

1.4k

2021

863

2022

607

2023

315

2024

131

2025

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water resources management and optimizationWater Governance and InfrastructureWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesChild Nutrition and Water AccessTransboundary Water Resource ManagementHydropower, Displacement, Environmental ImpactFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Systems and OptimizationWater Resources and Sustainability

Frequently asked questions about Water Policy

Is Water Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Policy?

Water Policy 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 1.79.

Is Water Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Water Policy?