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Waterlines

Practical Action Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN1756-3488

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.119

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,921

Total Citationsi

6,764

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,921

Publisher OrgPractical Action Publishing

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Practical Action Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1756-3488

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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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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

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

206

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

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 TechnologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Water Science and Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Nutrition and Water AccessWater resources management and optimizationWater Governance and InfrastructureUrban and Rural Development ChallengesHuman auditory perception and evaluationWastewater Treatment and ReusePoverty, Education, and Child WelfareWater Systems and OptimizationEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Waterlines

Is Waterlines a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Waterlines: it is indexed in 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 Waterlines?

Waterlines is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.119.

Is Waterlines indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Waterlines is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Waterlines?