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Journal of Water and Climate Change

IWA Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2040-2244eISSN2408-9354

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.85

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.998

Total Worksi

1,933

Total Citationsi

25,774

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Water Science and Technology; Atmospheric Science; Global and Planetary Change; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyEight Issues Per Year, 2021-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,933

Publisher OrgIWA Publishing

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IWA Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2040-2244 / 2408-9354

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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?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

2.4k

2019

138

3.1k

2020

192

3.7k

2021

199

3.1k

2022

280

3.7k

2023

319

2.2k

2024

189

548

2025

116

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 TechnologyQ1

Atmospheric ScienceQ2

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceWater Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesClimate variability and modelsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementHydrology and Drought AnalysisWater resources management and optimizationHydrological Forecasting Using AIClimate change impacts on agricultureWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Water and Climate Change

Is Journal of Water and Climate Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Water and Climate Change: 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 Journal of Water and Climate Change?

Journal of Water and Climate Change 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 3.75.

Is Journal of Water and Climate Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Water and Climate Change is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Water and Climate Change?