Water SA

South African Water Research Commission · South Africa

ISSN1816-7950

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.376

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.624

Total Worksi

2,285

Total Citationsi

48,823

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Waste Management and Disposal; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,285

Publisher OrgWater Research Commission

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

South African Water Research Commission

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1816-7950

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

147

2.5k

2019

777

2020

438

2021

258

2022

152

2023

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.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ3

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Waste Management and DisposalQ3

Water Science and TechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalWater Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water resources management and optimizationHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentWastewater Treatment and ReuseFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementChild Nutrition and Water AccessHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesFish Ecology and Management StudiesHydrology and Drought Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Water SA

Is Water SA a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water SA: 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 Water SA?

Water SA 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 0.88.

Is Water SA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water SA is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Water SA?