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


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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

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?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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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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