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Water Security

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2468-3124eISSN2468-3124

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.321

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.272

Total Worksi

209

Total Citationsi

4,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Oceanography; Waste Management and Disposal; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications209

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?

2468-3124 / 2468-3124

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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

712

2019

1.3k

2020

487

2021

495

2022

487

2023

178

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.

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

OceanographyQ1

Waste Management and DisposalQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalOceanographyWater Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water resources management and optimizationWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementWater Governance and InfrastructureChild Nutrition and Water AccessTransboundary Water Resource ManagementHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesHydrology and Drought AnalysisDisaster Management and ResilienceWastewater Treatment and Reuse

Frequently asked questions about Water Security

Is Water Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water Security: 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 Security?

Water Security 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 4.94.

Is Water Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water Security is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Water Security?