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Water Quality Research Journal

IWA Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2024

ISSN2709-8052

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.851

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.829

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

226

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Water Resources; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2024

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications61

OA Since2020

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

2709-8052

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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?

N/A

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

254

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Water Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentWater Quality Monitoring TechnologiesWater Quality Monitoring and AnalysisHydrological Forecasting Using AIAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsWater resources management and optimizationWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalMarine and coastal ecosystemsHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Frequently asked questions about Water Quality Research Journal

Is Water Quality Research Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water Quality Research Journal: 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 Quality Research Journal?

Water Quality Research Journal 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 3.70.

Is Water Quality Research Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water Quality Research Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Water Quality Research Journal?