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Hydrology

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2014

ISSN2306-5338eISSN2306-5338

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.773

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.034

Total Worksi

1,714

Total Citationsi

21,249

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Earth-Surface Processes; Oceanography; Waste Management and Disposal; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,714

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

e-Helvetica (Swiss national library)

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

2306-5338 / 2306-5338

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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?

e-Helvetica (Swiss national library)

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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

2.2k

2019

2.3k

2020

194

3.9k

2021

232

3.9k

2022

232

2023

218

1.3k

2024

350

977

2025

216

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

OceanographyQ2

Waste Management and DisposalQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalOceanographyWater Science and TechnologyEarth-Surface Processes

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementHydrology and Drought AnalysisClimate variability and modelsGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryHydrological Forecasting Using AISoil erosion and sediment transportGroundwater flow and contamination studiesHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesGroundwater and Watershed Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Hydrology

Is Hydrology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hydrology: 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 Hydrology?

Hydrology 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 2.33.

Is Hydrology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hydrology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Hydrology?