The mission of the International Journal of Water Resources Development is to improve the access and use of water globally by publishing the latest developments in planning, policy-making and management from all over the word. The journal is policy and practice focussed and read by academia, industry, policy-makers and legal teams globally because of high-quality papers published that can contribute to solving real world water problems.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers which are policy and application oriented that explore:
Technical, economic, financial, social, environmental, legal and institutional aspects of water;
interdependences and inter-linkages between the water and the agricultural, energy, industry, health, environment and other sectors;
specific case studies of water resources management and policy-making in developed and developing countries, past, present and future.
The International Journal of Water Resources Development is abstracted and indexed in several prestigious databases including the ISI Science Citation Index, Scopus, Science Citation Rankings and more.
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Journal metrics
Usage
228K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.0 (2023) Impact Factor
3.1 (2023) 5 year IF
8.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.256 (2023) SNIP
0.814 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
10 days avg. from submission to first
decision
85 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
36 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
11% 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.
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.
Dr Emmanuel Akpabio -University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria Professor Anamika Barua- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India Dr David Brooks - International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Canada Dr Srinivas Chokkakula- Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India Professor Francisco González-Gómez -University of Granada, Granada, Spain ProfessorNeil S. Grigg - Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA ProfessorAli Torabi Haghighi - Oulu University, Oulu, Finland Dr Naim Haie- University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal Dr Kristopher Hartley- City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Dr James Horne- James Horne and Associates, Canberra, Australia Professor Shaofeng Jia - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Professor Edith Kauffer- Centre of Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology, Chiapas, Mexico Professor Elcin Kentel- Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Dr M. Dinesh Kumar- Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, India Dr David Molden- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal Dr Judith Plummer- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Dr John Radcliffe - CSIRO Environment, Adelaide, Australia Dr Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman- University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr Sandra Ricart- Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Dr Klaas Schwartz- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands Professor Dajun Shen- Renmin University of China, Beijing, China Dr Barbara van Koppen- International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa Professor Olli Varis- Aalto University, Espoo, Finland Dr Navarun Varma - National University of Singapore, Singapore Professor Raymond Yu Wang - Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China Professor Jeroen Warner -Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Professor Stefanos Xenarios- CSIRO, Canberra, Australia Dr Hongzhou Zhang - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Professor Changsen Zhao - Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Abstracting and indexing
The International Journal of Water Resources Development is noted in the following Aqualine Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Current Contents, Ei Compendex, Environment Abstracts, GeoArchive, GEO Abstracts, Hydrotitles, IBZ/IBR, International Civil Engineering Abstracts (ICEA), ISI Science Citation Index, Science Citation Rankings and SCOPUS.
Open access
International Journal of Water Resources Development 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Sustainability and Environmental Challenges in the Caspian Sea Guest Editors: Stefanos Xenarios, Serik Orazgaliyev, Ali Torabi Haghighi and Björn Klöve
Post-Water Economies: How to Manage Future Political, Economic and Environmental Transformations Across Water-Scarce Societies? Guest Editors: Martin Keulertz, Hussam Hussein, Andreas Thiel and Musa McKee
Geopolitics of Tibet's Rivers Guest Editors: Amit Ranjan and Hongzhou Zhang
Transforming small-scale irrigation systems from dysfunctional to functional climate smart agricultural systems Guest Editors: Henning Bjornlund, Jamie Pittock and André F. van Rooyen
Navigating the Principles of the Circular Economy in Water Resources Management Guest Editors: Nassim Ait-Mouheb, Noémie Neverre, Marcel Kuper, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Jean-Philippe Venot
International Journal of Water Resources Development publishes regular special issues covering themes and key topics of research in the field. If you have an idea for a future special issue that you would like to discuss please contact the Editor-in-Chief Cecilia Tortajada
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