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Water (Switzerland)

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

ISSN2073-4441eISSN2073-4441

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.752

H-Index

164

CiteScore

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SNIP

0.967

Total Works

31,302

Total Citations

516,188

2yr Mean Citedness

3.30

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on water resource management, water quality, and hydrological processes. Articles cover topics such as the impact of pollutants on microbial communities, groundwater management and recharge, extreme hydrological events, water quality assessment in relation to industrial activities and mining, precipitation regimes, water treatment technologies, tidal energy assessment, wastewater treatment, dam seepage, flood inundation modeling, precipitation forecasting, river water quality prediction, runoff changes, water-saving landscape design, transboundary river basin management, drought prediction, UV disinfection, seasonal precipitation variability, pipeline hydraulics, lake warming and water quality, landslide classification, urban water resilience, and urban water footprint analysis.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2073-4441 / 2073-4441

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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