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Ground Water

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1949

ISSN1745-6584

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

204

days submission → published

measured · last 14 articles · accept 189d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.815

H-Indexi

155

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.021

Total Worksi

7,752

Total Citationsi

163,897

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Water Resources; Water Science and Technology; Computers in Earth Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

FrequencyBimonthly, <, Sept./Oct. 1975->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,752

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1745-6584

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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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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?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

134

2.5k

2019

102

983

2020

104

1.1k

2021

117

815

2022

121

649

2023

205

2024

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.

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Computers in Earth SciencesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyComputers in Earth Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Groundwater flow and contamination studiesGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisGeophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesSoil and Unsaturated FlowReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsWater Quality and Resources StudiesGeoscience and Mining TechnologyGeophysical Methods and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Ground Water

Is Ground Water a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ground Water: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Ground Water?

Ground Water 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 1.04.

Is Ground Water indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ground Water is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ground Water?