Journal profile · WATER RESOURCES
Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
ISSN 2379-6111 · ASCE
Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 192 days to acceptance (48 articles, last 24 months); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment is published by ASCE 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 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, together about 54% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment presents activity and research developments in water issues, challenges, and opportunities throughout the developed landscape. The scope covers sustainable stormwater management and broader water systems interactions. Subjects include urban stormwater quantity, quality, hydrology, characterization, treatability, and impacts; water harvesting; urban water ecosystem services; sustainable urban watershed management; urban streams; combined sewer overflow/stormwater interactions; urban energy/water interactions; on-site/decentralized water and wastewater systems, life cycle analysis; and related policy, implementation, and economics. All papers are encouraged to have design or regulatory implications that are applicable to moving the profession forward. ASCE strives to advance research across civil engineering and related disciplines that will help inform, develop, and inspire sustainable action. We therefore encourage authors to categorize their research using at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals identified by the United Nations.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): WATER RESOURCES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Stormwater Management SolutionsEnvironmental Science31.1%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science14%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science9%
- Urban Heat Island MitigationEnvironmental Science8.3%
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater TreatmentEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Smart Materials for ConstructionEnvironmental Science4%
- Water Systems and OptimizationEngineering3.5%
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science2.7%
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 316 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 28 | 8 | 32 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5 | 61 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5 | 171 |
| 2022 | 36 | 13 | 280 |
| 2021 | 40 | 9 | 393 |
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
192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 152 days – 258 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 74 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 270 days
- Sample
- 48 articles with submission and acceptance dates (62 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- ASCE
- ISSN
- 2379-6111
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13 (February 2027)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
What CAS zone is Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 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 Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment?
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 3.4, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment?
Based on the dates recorded on 48 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 192 days (interquartile range 152–258 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.
Which databases index Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .