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Water Economics and Policy

World Scientific · Singapore · Est. 2014

ISSN2382-6258

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ 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

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.474

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.557

Total Worksi

446

Total Citationsi

2,366

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Environmental Studies; Water Resources; Business and International Management; Economics and Econometrics; Water Science and Technology; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications446

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

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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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

World Scientific

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2382-6258

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

163

2019

147

2020

168

2021

185

2022

155

2023

2024

2025

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.

Business and International ManagementQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsEnvironmental StudiesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEconomics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water resources management and optimizationWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesEconomic and Environmental ValuationChild Nutrition and Water AccessClimate Change Policy and EconomicsWater Governance and InfrastructureHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesTransboundary Water Resource ManagementFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Water Economics and Policy

Is Water Economics and Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water Economics and Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Water Economics and Policy?

Water Economics and Policy 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 0.80.

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

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