Journal profile · ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL SC-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology
ISSN 2053-1400 · eISSN 2053-1419 · Royal Society of Chemistry · ENGLAND
Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.57; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 84 days to acceptance (12 articles, last 24 months); 256 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology is published by Royal Society of Chemistry 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 Water Treatment and Disinfection, Membrane Separation Technologies and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal aims to provide a comprehensive and relevant forum that unites the diverse communities and disciplines conducting water research relevant to engineered systems and the built environment. This includes fundamental science geared toward understanding physical, chemical, and biological phenomena in these systems as well as applied research focused on the development and optimisation of engineered treatment, management, and supply strategies. Papers must report a significant advance in the theory, fundamental understanding, practice or application of water research, management, engineering or technology, within the following areas: Treatment and fate of chemical and microbial contaminants, including emerging contaminantsWater distribution and wastewater collectionGreen infrastructureStormwater management and treatmentPotable reuseResidue managementSustainability analysis and design, including life cycle assessment studiesMunicipal and industrial wastewater treatment and resource recoveryDrinking water treatmentWater policy and regulationApplications of new water technologies* Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)Water-energy nexusSimulation and data science applications to engineered water systemsEnvironmental remediation of soil, sediment, and groundwaterImpacts of climate change on engineered water systems The journal places special focus on issues associated with water sustainability, as well as research that may lead to more secure, resilient and reliable water supplies. And it welcomes inter- and multidisciplinary work contributing to any of the above developments that are likely to be of interest to the broad community that the Journal addresses. Manuscripts should be written to be accessible to scientists and engineers in all disciplines associated with the Journal. All manuscripts must highlight their novel features and explain the significance of the work relative to related studies in their field as well as the likely impact on relevant water communities in the industry, government or academia. More information on scopeMeasurement advances and analysis: these papers are encouraged and must clearly focus on the relevance of the work to engineered water systems and clearly explain the implications of the analysis or observations for sustainable water management. Papers dealing only with analysis, analytical method development or that simply report measured concentrations of target analytes (for example, occurrence and effluent concentrations
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL SC-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Graham GagnonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 25%); most named Mainland China 1, India 1, Spain 1, Australia 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water Treatment and DisinfectionEnvironmental Science11%
- Membrane Separation TechnologiesEnvironmental Science10.7%
- Water Quality Monitoring TechnologiesEnvironmental Science7.7%
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalEnvironmental Science6.3%
- Advanced oxidation water treatmentEnvironmental Science6%
- Membrane-based Ion Separation TechniquesEngineering5.4%
- Water Quality Monitoring and AnalysisEnvironmental Science4.5%
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 | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | 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 | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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
- 3.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,092OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 213LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3,100Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,723 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 213 | 83 | 74 |
| 2025 | 256 | 110 | 655 |
| 2024 | 277 | 121 | 1,427 |
| 2023 | 299 | 110 | 2,228 |
| 2022 | 275 | 54 | 2,757 |
| 2021 | 228 | 46 | 3,348 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
84 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 127 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 5 days (12 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 95 days
- Sample
- 12 articles with submission and acceptance dates (15 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Single anonymous peer review, Open peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | GBP 3,100 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 50–250 words
- Reference style
- ACS
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- comments and repliesEnvironmental Science: Water Research and Technology publishes: Communications Full papers Perspectives Critical reviews Frontier reviews Tutorial reviews Comme…Length not stated
- communicationsCommunications These must report preliminary research findings that are novel and original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact on the En…Length not stated
- critical reviewsCritical reviews must be a critical evaluation of the existing state of knowledge on a particular facet of water research or water technologies as they affect e…Length not stated
- frontier reviewsFrontier reviews These are shorter, more focused versions of Critical reviews on a well-defined, specific topic area covering approximately the last two-three y…Length not stated
- full papersFull papers Original research papers on any of the subjects outlined in the scope section and related areas are encouraged and welcomed.Length not stated
- perspectivesPerspectives These may be articles providing a personal view of part of one discipline associated with Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology or a p…Length not stated
- tutorial reviewsTutorial reviews should provide an introduction and overview of an important topic of relevance to the journal readership.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Include full names and affiliations for all authors. Everyone who made a significant contribution to the conception, design or implementation of the work should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author has the responsibility to include all (and only) co-authors. The corresponding author also signs a copyright licence on behalf of all the authors. If there are more than 10 co-authors on th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest
In accordance with our policy on Conflicts of interest please ensure that a conflicts of interest statement is included in your manuscript. This statement is required for all submitted manuscripts. If no conflicts exist, please state that ‘There are no conflicts to declare’.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data availability statement required Model summary
A data availability statement (DAS) is required to be submitted alongside all articles. Please see the submit section of these guidelines for more details and examples of suitable statements you can use.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Using images and copyright
Any images that are used should be numerically referenced in the figure caption. If your work is solely for your course, and will not be published publicly, you don’t need to obtain copyright permission. If you are preparing an article to be published you will have to obtain copyright permission. The publisher/copyright owner of the image will need to be contacted and asked for their process for r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing options
Gold open access For authors who want to publish their article gold open access, our article processing charge (APC) of £3,100 (+ any applicable tax) is applied. Our APC is all-inclusive and makes your article freely available online immediately, permanently, and includes your choice of Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-NC) at no extra cost. It is not a submission charge, so you only pay if…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Transparent peer review
Transparent peer review opt-in Model summary
In the interest of transparency and open science, transparent peer review is where the editor’s decision letter, reviewers’ comments and authors’ response for all versions of the manuscript are published alongside the article under an Open Access Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) . You can see some examples here: Transparent peer review example oneTransparent peer review example twoTransparent peer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint servers (for example, ChemRxiv, arXiv)
ChemRxiv & bioRxiv: The citation should include the author(s), the name of the preprint server, the year, the word “preprint” and the DOI (including version number). S. Bhattacharjee, S. P. Chaudhary and S. Bhattacharyya, ChemRxiv, 2019, preprint, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.9794270.v1 arXiv: The citation should include the author(s), the name of the preprint server, the year, the article number and th…
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
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2053-1400
- Electronic ISSN
- 2053-1419
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology
What CAS zone is Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Environmental / Environmental Sciences / 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 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.57; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 87.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology?
Based on the dates recorded on 12 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 84 days (interquartile range 58–127 days). 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 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 50–250 words; Reference style: ACS; 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 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (1), India (1) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .