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Hydrological Research Letters

Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources · Japan · Est. 2008

ISSN1882-3416eISSN1882-3416

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.338

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.361

Total Worksi

356

Total Citationsi

4,580

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications356

Publisher OrgJapan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

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?

Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1882-3416 / 1882-3416

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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

2019

183

2020

2021

2022

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Water Science and TechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementClimate variability and modelsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsCryospheric studies and observationsTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchHydrology and Drought AnalysisPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsPrecipitation Measurement and AnalysisSoil erosion and sediment transport

Frequently asked questions about Hydrological Research Letters

Is Hydrological Research Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hydrological Research Letters: 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 Hydrological Research Letters?

Hydrological Research Letters 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 0.69.

Is Hydrological Research Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hydrological Research Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Hydrological Research Letters?