Home›Search›Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United States · Est. 1965

ISSN1752-1688

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.025

H-Indexi

164

SNIPi

0.841

Total Worksi

8,580

Total Citationsi

185,459

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Environmental; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Water Resources; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,580

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1752-1688

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

109

1.7k

2019

1.1k

2020

1.7k

2021

121

2022

102

694

2023

322

2024

137

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

EcologyQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, EnvironmentalGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEarth-Surface ProcessesEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater resources management and optimizationSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementSoil erosion and sediment transportWater Quality and Resources StudiesFish Ecology and Management StudiesHydrology and Drought AnalysisWater Quality and Pollution Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Is Journal of the American Water Resources Association a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the American Water Resources Association: 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 Journal of the American Water Resources Association?

Journal of the American Water Resources Association 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 1.86.

Is Journal of the American Water Resources Association indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the American Water Resources Association is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the American Water Resources Association?