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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Water Science and Technology (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Water Science and Technology published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q2Water Resourcesrank 40 of 138 journals
- Q2Environmental Sciencesrank 145 of 398 journals
- Q3Engineering, Environmentalrank 44 of 86 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ).
02Indexing
Indexing of Water Science and Technology
- ISSN
- 0273-1223
- eISSN
- 1996-9732
- Publisher
- IWA Publishing
- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Engineering, Environmental, Environmental Sciences, Water Resources
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Water Science and Technology publishes: real papers
04Papers by our mentors
Papers by ScholarsColab mentors in Water Science and Technology
- Solar desalination system for fresh water production performance estimation in net-zero energy consumption building: A comparative study on various machine learning models202410 citationsAAhmed Osman Osman Ibrahim Mohamed
05Reviewer comments
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Water Science and Technology
Journals where our mentors published the closest work to the papers above:
- Environmental ResearchSCIEScopusJCR 202414 mentor papers
- Energy ReportsSCIEScopusJCR 202427 mentor papers
- DesalinationSCIEScopusJCR 20247 mentor papers
- Desalination and Water TreatmentSCIEScopusJCR 202422 mentor papers
- Journal of Toxicological SciencesSCIEScopusJCR 20241 mentor paper
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologySCIEScopusJCR 20248 mentor papers
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How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published papers by our mentors; journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Water Science and Technology?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Water Science and Technology is 4.28: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 4.28 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Water Science and Technology?
The h-index of Water Science and Technology is 192 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 192 of its papers have each been cited at least 192 times. Its i10-index is 16,647.
Is Water Science and Technology a Q2 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Water Science and Technology ranks 40 of 138 journals in Water Resources, which places it in Q2 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Water Science and Technology indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Water Science and Technology appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Water Science and Technology an SCIE journal?
Yes. Water Science and Technology is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Water Science and Technology in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Water Science and Technology is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Have ScholarsColab mentors published in Water Science and Technology?
Yes. 1 paper by 1 mentor was published in Water Science and Technology in 2024, with 10 citations in total.
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