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Frontiers in Water

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2019

ISSN2624-9375eISSN2624-9375

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.943

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.901

Total Worksi

1,150

Total Citationsi

12,582

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Water is an open-access journal that publishes rigorous and high-quality research on all aspects of water science and technology. The journal aims to provide a platform for researchers to share their findings and contribute to the advancement of water-related knowledge. We welcome submissions on topics such as water resources management, water quality and treatment, hydrological processes, water-environment interactions, and water-energy nexus.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencyContinuously Updated

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,150

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

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

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2624-9375 / 2624-9375

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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?

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

101

2019

1.9k

2020

197

4.5k

2021

252

3.7k

2022

170

1.9k

2023

186

1.6k

2024

204

767

2025

204

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementWater resources management and optimizationWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesGroundwater flow and contamination studiesGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryHydrology and Drought AnalysisSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsWater Governance and InfrastructureHydrological Forecasting Using AI

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Water

Is Frontiers in Water a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Water: 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 Frontiers in Water?

Frontiers in Water 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 3.38.

Is Frontiers in Water indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Water is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.