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Water Alternatives

Water Alternatives Association · France · Est. 2000

ISSN1965-0175eISSN1965-0175

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.94

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.411

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

357

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Water Alternatives is an interdisciplinary journal addressing the full range of issues that water raises in contemporary societies. Its ambition is to provide space for alternative and critical thinking on such issues. WaA welcomes contributions that address any dimension of water resources development, governance, policy, management and use in their relations with society and the environment. Our editorial scope is focused on the analysis of institutional or policy issues and processes. We do not publish technical papers.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Frequency3 times per year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications22

Publisher OrgWater Alternatives Association

OA Since2007

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

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?

Water Alternatives Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1965-0175 / 1965-0175

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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

2011

2014

123

2015

2018

2019

2020

2021

2023

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water Governance and InfrastructureWater resources management and optimizationTransboundary Water Resource ManagementWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceInternational Development and AidEnergy and Environment ImpactsPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsPublic-Private Partnership Projects

Frequently asked questions about Water Alternatives

Is Water Alternatives a predatory journal?

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

Water Alternatives 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.

Is Water Alternatives indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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