Water Science is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes original articles on all aspects of water science research.
Water Science is sponsored and managed by the National Water Research Center of Egypt.
The journal aims at faster interdisciplinary and integrative approaches to sustainable water resources development and management at catchment/aquifer level.
Water Science encourages the submission of significant and quality research that leads either to a better understanding of the natural water phenomena processes or propose practical applications of this knowledge. Topics of interest to the journal include but are not limited to:
River basin planning and management
Hydraulic structures and machinery
Surface and ground water hydrology/hydraulics
River morphology and engineering
Coastal zone systems
Water quality and pollution control over water bodies
Climate change and hydro-environmental studies
Water resource socio-economics
Water Science welcomes original research articles covering all issues associated with the above-listed topics.
The journal operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
Journal metrics
Usage
76K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.838 (2023) SNIP
0.363 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
27 days avg. from submission to first
decision
57 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
13 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
37% 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.
Associate Editor Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rami, Hydroinformatics and Advanced Geo-Measurements National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Alaaeldin Abdin, Hydroinformatics and Advanced Geo-Measurements National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Editorial Board Prof. Dr. Maha Tawfik, Surface Hydrology and River Basin Management National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Khater, Groundwater and Hydrogeology National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Dawood, Groundwater and Hydrogeology Environmental Agency (EAD), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Bakr, Irrigation and Drainage Systems National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Yehia Barakat, Geotechnical and Hydraulic Structures National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Yasser Raslan, Coastal Zone Management National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Khaled Abdel-Hai, Hydroinformatics and Advanced Geo-Measurements National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Prof. Dr. Shaaban Salem, Water Socio-economics Agriculture Economic Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Emad Habib, Civil Engineering, Institute for Coastal & Water Research, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Moniem Youssef, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA
Prof. Luis A. Garcia, Engineering & Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, USA
Dr. Ahmed Shaker, Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada
Prof. Dr. Amin Elshorbagy, Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Prof. Dr. Maged Hamed, Environment, Natural Resources & Blue Economy, The World Bank, USA
Prof. Dr. Amit Kumar, School of Hydrology and Water Resource, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), China
Prof. Hussam Fahmy National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt
Abstracting and indexing
Water Science is abstracted / indexed in the following;
Scopus™ Biological Abstracts BIOSIS Previews DOAJ Google Scholar Ulrich's Periodicals Directory WorldCat Local (OCLC) Portico Journal TOC EZB - Electronic Journals Library DTU Findit Microsoft Academic E-lib Breman Publons Zetoc INSPEC® GEOBASE WanFang Data JUFO, Finland NHN - Naver Academic
Open access
Water Science is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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)
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. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.
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