Journal profile · Environmental Science-Water Science and Technology
Drinking Water Engineering and Science
ISSN 1996-9457 · eISSN 1996-9465 · Copernicus · Germany
Drinking Water Engineering and Science: fully open access; no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Drinking Water Engineering and Science is published by Copernicus. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Water Systems and Optimization, Water Treatment and Disinfection and Water resources management and optimization, together about 37.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Drinking Water Engineering and Science (DWES) aimed to be the leading scientific open-access journal for the publication of original research in drinking water treatment. The focus was on fundamental and applied research in water sources, substances, drinking water treatment processes, distribution systems, and residual management. DWES served scientists from universities and research institutes and engineers from water supply companies and engineering consulting firms.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Water Science and Technology
Editor-in-chief Luuk RietveldPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water Systems and OptimizationEngineering16.7%
- Water Treatment and DisinfectionEnvironmental Science12.1%
- Water resources management and optimizationEngineering9.1%
- Water Quality Monitoring and AnalysisEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Coagulation and Flocculation StudiesEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Membrane Separation TechnologiesEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Optimal Power Flow DistributionEngineering4.6%
- Advanced oxidation water treatmentEnvironmental Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil and Structural Engineering | Q2 | 148/379 | 61st |
| Water Science and Technology | Q2 | 116/261 | 55th |
| Pollution | Q2 | 83/167 | 50th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 90OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 212 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 344 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 340 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Copernicus
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1996-9457
- Electronic ISSN
- 1996-9465
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Drinking Water Engineering and Science
How long does peer review take at Drinking Water Engineering and Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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.
Which databases index Drinking Water Engineering and Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Drinking Water Engineering and Science is indexed in Scopus.
Is Drinking Water Engineering and Science open access, and what is the APC?
Drinking Water Engineering and Science is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .