About this journal
Aims and scope
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
Journal metrics
Usage
- 881K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 6.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.905 (2023) SNIP
- 0.778 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 45 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 98 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 32 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 24% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors
Attilio Castellarin, Department DICAM, University of Bologna, Italy (Editor-in-Chief)
Stacey Archfield, US Geological Survey, USA
Aldo Fiori, Department of Engineering, University of Roma Tre, Italy
Riddhi Singh, Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), India
Konstantinos Soulis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Associate Editors
A. Agarwal, IIT Roorkee, India
M. Batalini de Macedo , University of São Paulo, Brazil
M. Bianchi, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK
B. Bonaccorso, University of Messina, Italy
P. Chaffe, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
F-J. Chang, National Taiwan University, Republic of China
G. Chiogna, Technical University Munich, Germany
S. Conevski, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
E. Davies, University of Alberta, Canada
M.C. Demirel, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
A. Domeneghetti, University of Bologna, Italy
Z. Duan, Lund University, Sweden
S. Fischer, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
A. Gires, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France
M. Grodzka-Łukaszewska, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
E. Hassanzadeh, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
T. Heckmann, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany
S. Huang, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway
M. Hutchins, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
N. Ilich, Optimal Solutions Ltd, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
M. Ionita, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, German
G. Jeelani, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
S. Kampf, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
D. Kingston, University of Otago, New Zealand
O. Kisi, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
K. Kochanek, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
T. Krueger, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
O. Link, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
S. Lyon, Stockholm University, Sweden
O. Makarieva, St Petersburg State University, Russian Federation
G. Mascaro, Arizona State University, USA
A. Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
F. Nardi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
M. Newcomer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
B. Nlend, University of Douala, Cameroon
M. Nones, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
A. Owusu, IWMI, Accra, Ghana
Y. Panagopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
C. Papadaki, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece
D. Peng, Beijing Normal University, China
D. Penna, University of Florence, Italy
S. Persiano, UnipolSai Assicurazioni, Bologna, Italy
A. Petroselli, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
S.M. Pingale, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India
I. Prosdocimi, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy
D. Rivera, University of Concepción, Chillan, Chile
L. Ruiz, Agrocampus Rennes, France
M. C. Rulli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
K. Ryberg, US Geological Survey, Bismark, North Dakota, USA
K. Schröter, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
X. Sun, Global Center on Adaptation, Rotterdam, Netherlands
F. Tauro, University of Tuscia, Italy
R. van Nooijen, TU Delft, The Netherlands
E. Volpi, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
M. Wens, Institute for Envrionmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
L. Yang, Nanjing University, China
T. Zhao, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Y. Zhou, Wuhan University, China
Editorial Office
Lottie Rundall and Kate Hill IAHS, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK
Open access
Hydrological Sciences Journal is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
Calls for papers
Society information
The International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) is a non-profit, non-governmental scientific organization that supports and advances hydrology and related sciences globally. It runs under the global umbrella of the International Science Council (ISC) and The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics ( IUGG). The society promotes the understanding of water-cycle processes, sustainable use of water resources and risk mitigation.
Members of IAHS receive a discount for an online subscription to Hydrological Sciences Journal. Members of IAHS in financially disadvantaged countries receive free online subscription to the journal and 80% discount on book prices.
Membership is free; information including benefits, discounts, and how to join are available on the IAHS website.
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16 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Hydrological Sciences Journal (1982 - current)
Formerly known as
- Hydrological Sciences Bulletin (1972 - 1981)
- International Association of Scientific Hydrology. Bulletin (1956 - 1971)
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