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Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

IWA Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2043-9083eISSN2408-9362

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.491

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.707

Total Worksi

1,153

Total Citationsi

13,388

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Development; Water Science and Technology; Pollution; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Waste Management and Disposal.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,153

Publisher OrgIWA Publishing

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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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?

2043-9083 / 2408-9362

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

1.2k

2019

111

1.4k

2020

1.3k

2021

663

2022

551

2023

120

470

2024

115

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

PollutionQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Waste Management and DisposalQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalWater Science and TechnologyDevelopmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Nutrition and Water AccessWastewater Treatment and ReuseWater resources management and optimizationFecal contamination and water qualityPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareGlobal Maternal and Child HealthWater Governance and InfrastructureUrban and Rural Development ChallengesWater Systems and OptimizationUrban Stormwater Management Solutions

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Is Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Sanitation and Hygiene for Development?

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 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 1.92.

Is Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development?