Journal profile · WATER RESOURCES
Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater
ISSN 1828-454X · eISSN 2280-6458 · PAGEPress Publications · Italy
Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 90 days (submission to final decision, publisher); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater is published by PAGEPress Publications and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry and Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, together about 39.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Focus, Scope and Objectives Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater is one of the oldest European journal dealing with groundwater. Papers on today widespread subjects, such as groundwater remediation and ground source heat pumps, were already published back in 1984. Since June 2012 the former Acque Sotterranee is named Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater (AS/IT JGW), with a new editorial form, publishing peer-reviewed scientific and technical papers in English or Italian. The journal deals with the multiple aspects of groundwater resources, from drilling technologies to contamination, groundwater/surface water interaction, hydrogeochemistry, numerical modelling, etc. A special attention is devoted to the Italian regional and socio-economic context, as well as to the Mediterranean countries ad more in general to the EU area and its border countries. Its goal is to link together the academic world, professionals, authorities, private and public companies by presenting up to date scientific and technical papers. Notwithstanding, contributions of authors from other continents have a key role in the spread of common experiences. The published papers concern description of hydrogeological systems, water resource management, natural system dependence on groundwater, climate change, drilling and abstraction, contamination hydrogeology, groundwater remediation technologies, hydrogeophysics, agrohydrology, geothermal energy production, socio-economical dependence and anthropogenic impact on groundwater systems, groundwater monitoring, just to name a few. The online Journal is Open Access and it is published four times per year (March, June, September and December). Each number presents: 4/6 scientific papers or technical report in English and/or Italian; technical and historical invited news column (legislation, hydrogeophisics, hydrogeochemistry, modeling, etc.); technical notes on drilling techniques and water wells. The journal accepts original papers (peer reviewed), technical reports (peer reviewed), technical notes (not peer reviewed). Submitted papers undergo a double blind review and the Editors in Chief guarantee a short-time response on the editorial decision (60 days) since the date of receipt. Publication of accepted contributions is free of charge. Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater obtained the patronage of the National Association of Hydrogeology and Water Wells (ANIPA), of the Italian Chapter of the Internat
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): WATER RESOURCES
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 7, Tunisia 1, Algeria 1, Jordan 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Groundwater flow and contamination studiesEnvironmental Science15%
- Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences14.8%
- Karst Systems and HydrogeologyEarth and Planetary Sciences9.7%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Groundwater and Watershed AnalysisEnvironmental Science6.6%
- Geothermal Energy Systems and ApplicationsEnergy5.1%
- Urban Planning and ValuationEnvironmental Science3.8%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref, OpenAlex, ResearchGate
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 89.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 588 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 69 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 96 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 124 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 107 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
90 dayssubmission to final decision · community reports about 8 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision
- 90 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 4
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- column essayThe Column essay is a not peer-reviewed contribution (and as such not-indexed in SCOPUS database) by invitation only.Length not stated
- editorialAcque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater publishes open-access and no-fee contributions (papers and technical reports, technical notes, news, column e…Length not stated
- reviewAcque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater publishes open-access and no-fee contributions (papers and technical reports, technical notes, news, column e…Length not stated
- review articleAcque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater publishes open-access and no-fee contributions (papers and technical reports, technical notes, news, column e…Length not stated
- review articlesThe Scientific Papers and the Review articles are blind peer-reviewed original contributions.Length not stated
- scientific papersThe Scientific Papers and the Review articles are blind peer-reviewed original contributions.Length not stated
- technical noteAcque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater publishes open-access and no-fee contributions (papers and technical reports, technical notes, news, column e…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship 1.2 Authorship and Contributorship
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should only be based on substantial contributions to: i) conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data, and to ii) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual con…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest FILE 4: Declaration of competing interests
The corresponding author, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) the submitted work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Misconduct
False or misleading information, such as identity theft and suggesting fake peer-reviewers, will result in the manuscript being rejected, further investigation in accordance with PAGEPress' misconduct policy (https://www.pagepress.org/#ethics), and notification to the authors' institutions/employers. PAGEPress journals follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance about peer reviewer …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access, no-fee publication in English or Italian. Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1.1 Peer-review policy
Double blind peer review for papers and technical reports, assessed by external and/or in-house experts. Model summary
All manuscripts submitted to our journal as paper or technical report undergo a deep double blind review and are critically assessed by external and/or in-house experts in accordance with the principles of peer review, which are fundamental to the scientific publication process and the dissemination of sound science. Each paper is first assigned by the Editors-in-Chief to an Editor. The Editor has…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- PAGEPress Publications
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 1828-454X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2280-6458
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater
What CAS zone is Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Water Resources. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater?
The publisher reports about 90 days (submission to final decision); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 4; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (7), Tunisia (1) and Algeria (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater open access, and what is the APC?
Acque Sotterranee-Italian Journal of Groundwater is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .