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Water (Switzerland)

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1972

ISSN2073-4441eISSN2073-4441
SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR
75
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78
✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12
⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15
Total75
Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →
Removed from DOAJ (2024-11-22). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Publication speed: not measurable
publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei
0.807
H-Indexi
164
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.967
Total Worksi
31,302
Total Citationsi
516,188
2yr Mean Citednessi
3.30
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Water Resources; Aquatic Science; Geography, Planning and Development; Water Science and Technology; Biochemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1972
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications31,302
Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Submission Info

Peer Review—
Review Time—
Acceptance Rate—
OA License—
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/12 · 50%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
2073-4441 / 2073-4441
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
❌
Peer review process documented?
N/A
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
❌
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
✅
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
Citations received
2.7k
80k
2019
3.6k
92k
2020
3.6k
71k
2021
4.2k
63k
2022
4.3k
49k
2023
3.6k
24k
2024
3.6k
9.6k
2025
1.5k
286
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.

Aquatic ScienceQ1
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1
Water Science and TechnologyQ1
BiochemistryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryWater Science and TechnologyGeography, Planning and DevelopmentAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementWater resources management and optimizationHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistrySoil erosion and sediment transportUrban Stormwater Management SolutionsHydrology and Drought AnalysisHydrological Forecasting Using AIClimate variability and models

Frequently asked questions about Water (Switzerland)

Is Water (Switzerland) a predatory journal?

Water (Switzerland) was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-11-22). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Water (Switzerland)?

Water (Switzerland) 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 3.30.

Is Water (Switzerland) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water (Switzerland) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Water (Switzerland)?

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Water Resources; Aquatic Science; Geography, Planning and Development; Water Science and Technology; Biochemistry.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref