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Applied Water Science

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2010

ISSN2190-5495

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.197

H-Indexi

127

SNIPi

1.639

Total Worksi

2,773

Total Citationsi

91,709

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 269 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,773

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2190-5495

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, 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

229

12k

2019

209

9.4k

2020

219

7.9k

2021

326

9.4k

2022

197

3.6k

2023

272

3.7k

2024

338

2025

234

170

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Groundwater and Watershed AnalysisGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementGroundwater flow and contamination studiesWater resources management and optimizationHydrological Forecasting Using AIHeavy metals in environment

Frequently asked questions about Applied Water Science

Is Applied Water Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Water Science: 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 Applied Water Science?

Applied Water Science 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 5.56.

Is Applied Water Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Water Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Applied Water Science?