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Water Resources and Economics

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2013

ISSN2212-4284eISSN2212-4284

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.81

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.925

Total Worksi

288

Total Citationsi

4,665

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Water Resources; Geography, Planning and Development; Water Science and Technology; Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications288

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2212-4284 / 2212-4284

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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

442

2018

471

2019

222

2020

293

2021

295

2022

162

2023

105

2024

2025

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsEnvironmental SciencesEnvironmental StudiesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEconomics and EconometricsGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water resources management and optimizationEconomic and Environmental ValuationWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesClimate Change Policy and EconomicsHousing Market and EconomicsChild Nutrition and Water AccessEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Systems and OptimizationFiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Water Resources and Economics

Is Water Resources and Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water Resources and Economics: 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 Water Resources and Economics?

Water Resources and Economics 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 3.29.

Is Water Resources and Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water Resources and Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Water Resources and Economics?