Journal profile · Agronomy
Irrigation and Drainage
ISSN 1531-0353 · eISSN 1531-0361 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly
Irrigation and Drainage: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.91; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,450; median 158 days to acceptance (108 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 163 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Irrigation and Drainage is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Water resources management and optimization and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, together about 43.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS Irrigation and Drainage is the official journal of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). The objectives of the ICID are to advance the science and art of irrigation, drainage and flood management. Published five times a year, the Journal is a prestigious peer-reviewed publication and enables ICID to accomplish its objectives of publishing original papers on scientific, engineering, environmental and socio-economic issues associated with irrigation, drainage and flood management in a clear, concise and uniform style that is easily understood by an international audience. ICID has for sixty years, been the main forum for the global dissemination of experience and new ideas in the quest for the sustainable use and protection of water and land to meet the World's increasing demand for food and fibre. SCOPE Human intervention in the control of water for sustainable agricultural development involves the application of technology and management approaches to: (i) provide the appropriate quantities of water when it is needed by the crops, (ii) prevent salinisation and water-logging of the root zone, (iii) protect land from flooding, and (iv) maximise the beneficial use of water by appropriate allocation, conservation and reuse. All this has to be achieved within a framework of economic, social and environmental constraints. The Journal, therefore, covers a wide range of subjects, advancement in which, through high quality papers in the Journal, will make a significant contribution to the enormous task of satisfying the needs of the world’s ever-increasing population. The Journal also publishes book reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 12%); most named Mainland China 4, United States 4, Italy 3, Netherlands 3, United Kingdom 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
- Water resources management and optimizationEngineering14.2%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering5.7%
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Hydraulic flow and structuresEngineering4.8%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agronomy | 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 ScienceINSPECCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 1.91LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 959OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 149LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 147Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 114,901Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,934 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 143 | 52 | 29 |
| 2025 | 163 | 65 | 252 |
| 2024 | 164 | 88 | 582 |
| 2023 | 133 | 58 | 743 |
| 2022 | 125 | 14 | 1,068 |
| 2021 | 108 | 15 | 967 |
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 Crossref · to
158 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 118 days – 221 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (108 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 173 days
- Sample
- 108 articles with submission and acceptance dates (331 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 161 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,450 / EUR 2,880 / GBP 2,320 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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 prepare10 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1531-0353
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-0361
- Society / sponsor
- International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 75, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Irrigation and Drainage
What CAS zone is Irrigation and Drainage in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Irrigation and Drainage is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agronomy / Water Resources. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Irrigation and Drainage?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.91; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at Irrigation and Drainage?
Based on the dates recorded on 108 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 158 days (interquartile range 118–221 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27% (2025). 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 Irrigation and Drainage?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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 Irrigation and Drainage based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 12%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (4), United States (4) and Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Irrigation and Drainage?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Irrigation and Drainage is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Irrigation and Drainage open access, and what is the APC?
Irrigation and Drainage is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,450.
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: .