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Journal overview

Hydrological Sciences Journal is an international journal for the exchange of information and views on significant developments in hydrology worldwide.

Hydrological Sciences Journal is the official journal of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS).

The scope of the journal includes:

  • The hydrological cycle
  • Surface water, groundwater, snow and ice, in all their physical, chemical and biological processes, their interrelationships, and their relationships to geographical factors, atmospheric processes and climate, and Earth processes including erosion and sedimentation
  • Hydrological extremes and their impact
  • Measurement, mathematical representation and computational aspects of hydrological processes
  • Hydrological aspects of the use and management of water resources and their change under the influence of human activity
  • Water resources systems, including the planning, engineering, management and economic aspects of applied hydrology


Hydrological Sciences Journal
offers a variety of formats for paper submission: research article, technical note, rapid communication, opinion paper, discussion and reply to discussion, and review article.

The co-editors of Hydrological Science Journal select a featured article to highlight in each issue. This 'featured article' is made free-to-view for a limited time.

Hydrological Sciences Journal operates a single anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

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