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Journal of Water and Health

IWA Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1477-8920eISSN1996-7829

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.693

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.78

Total Worksi

2,005

Total Citationsi

48,058

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology (medical); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Waste Management and Disposal; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,005

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

CLOCKSSLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

1477-8920 / 1996-7829

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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?

CLOCKSS, LOCKSS

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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

1.6k

2019

105

1.8k

2020

1.3k

2021

128

1.7k

2022

153

1.4k

2023

167

927

2024

104

210

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Microbiology (medical)Q2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Waste Management and DisposalQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalWater Science and TechnologyInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fecal contamination and water qualityChild Nutrition and Water AccessWater Treatment and DisinfectionViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyVibrio bacteria research studiesWastewater Treatment and ReuseParasitic Infections and DiagnosticsLegionella and Acanthamoeba researchPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsWater Quality and Pollution Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Water and Health

Is Journal of Water and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Water and Health: 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 Journal of Water and Health?

Journal of Water and Health 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 2.72.

Is Journal of Water and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Water and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.