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Journal of Water and Land Development

Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming · Poland · Est. 1997

ISSN1429-7426

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total51

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Removed from DOAJ (2022-04-27). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.29

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.513

Total Worksi

1,282

Total Citationsi

8,620

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Development; Environmental Engineering; Geography, Planning and Development; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 110 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,282

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1429-7426

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

741

2019

689

2020

585

2021

181

943

2022

325

2023

132

217

2024

109

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

DevelopmentQ3

Environmental EngineeringQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Water Science and TechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Water Science and TechnologyDevelopmentGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEnvironmental Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Integrated Water Resources ManagementHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesHydrology and Drought AnalysisFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentSoil erosion and sediment transportGroundwater and Watershed AnalysisWater resources management and optimizationGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Water and Land Development

Is Journal of Water and Land Development a predatory journal?

Journal of Water and Land Development was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2022-04-27). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Water and Land Development?

Journal of Water and Land Development is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.29.

Is Journal of Water and Land Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Water and Land Development is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Water and Land Development?