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Blue-Green Systems

IWA Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2019

ISSN2617-4782eISSN2617-4782

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.801

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.856

Total Worksi

158

Total Citationsi

2,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Water Resources; Water Science and Technology; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencySemiannual, 2022-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications158

Publisher OrgUWA Publishing

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IWA Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2617-4782 / 2617-4782

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

538

2019

982

2020

420

2021

363

2022

199

2023

167

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.

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Water Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Stormwater Management SolutionsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementUrban Heat Island MitigationLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Green Space and HealthHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater TreatmentWastewater Treatment and ReuseWater resources management and optimizationWater Systems and Optimization

Frequently asked questions about Blue-Green Systems

Is Blue-Green Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Blue-Green Systems: 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 Blue-Green Systems?

Blue-Green Systems 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 2.23.

Is Blue-Green Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Blue-Green Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Blue-Green Systems?