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Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2053-1400eISSN2053-1419

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.8

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.7

Total Worksi

2,591

Total Citationsi

43,413

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Water Resources; Water Science and Technology; Environmental Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencySix No. A Year.

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,591

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2053-1400 / 2053-1419

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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

264

7.7k

2019

292

7.6k

2020

228

3.3k

2021

275

2.7k

2022

299

2.2k

2023

277

1.4k

2024

256

579

2025

188

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

Environmental EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, EnvironmentalEnvironmental SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water Treatment and DisinfectionMembrane Separation TechnologiesWater Quality Monitoring TechnologiesWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalAdvanced oxidation water treatmentMembrane-based Ion Separation TechniquesWater Quality Monitoring and AnalysisPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology

Is Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology: 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 Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology?

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology 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 2.20.

Is Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology?