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Water Resources Research

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN1944-7973
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
75
/ 100
High Trust
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total75
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
1.644
H-Index
420
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.488
Total Works
23,147
Total Citations
1,524,095
2yr Mean Citedness
5.52
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Retractions
5
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on the dynamics of water resources, including the behavior of debris flows, subsurface flow in alpine regions, and fluid dynamics in fractured porous media. It also covers land surface modeling for snow records, satellite remote sensing of lake surface temperature, and hydrodynamics in reservoir confluences. Further topics include the coupling of water and carbon cycles, cation exchange in water-rock interactions, interbasin groundwater flow, and rainfall-runoff modeling for extreme events. The journal also addresses the impact of fire on Amazonian hydrology, nitrous oxide emissions from inland waters, surface energy fluxes, trace organic compound transport in rivers and groundwater, solute transport in urban headwaters, water diversion policies, subterranean estuaries in Arctic regions, shallow water equations for steep slopes, optimization of cascade reservoirs, gravel-bed river morphology, hydrological dynamics in glacierized catchments, and blue and green water resource projections. Finally, it examines groundwater depletion in semi-arid agricultural regions and the interaction of climate change with groundwater management policies.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
38
weeks to review
Slow · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyMonthly
StatusActive
Total Publications23,147
Publisher OrgWiley
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~38 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Wiley-Blackwell
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1944-7973
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Portico, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesLimnologyWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Groundwater flow and contamination studiesHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesSoil and Unsaturated FlowHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesWater resources management and optimizationFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementHydrology and Drought AnalysisGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisSoil erosion and sediment transport
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref