Journal profile · Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
ISSN 1093-474X · eISSN 1752-1688 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.96; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,200; median 253 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 92 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 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 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Water resources management and optimization and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JAWRA seeks to be the preeminent scholarly publication on multidisciplinary water resources issues. JAWRA papers present ideas derived from multiple disciplines woven together to give insight into a critical water issue, or are based primarily upon a single discipline with important applications to other disciplines. Papers often cover the topics of recent AWRA conferences such as riparian ecology, geographic information systems, adaptive management, and water policy. JAWRA authors present work within their disciplinary fields to a broader audience. Our Associate Editors and reviewers reflect this diversity to ensure a knowledgeable and fair review of a broad range of topics. We particularly encourage submissions of papers which impart a 'take home message' our readers can use.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Momcilo MarkusPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United States 28, Mainland China 3, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2, South Korea 1 (42 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science17.5%
- Water resources management and optimizationEngineering10.5%
- Soil and Water Nutrient DynamicsEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Water Quality and Resources StudiesEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science4.3%
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 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | 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
PubMedINSPECCurrent 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
- 2.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 165OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,320OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 47.66%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 82Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 228,840Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,629 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 83 | 62 | 15 |
| 2025 | 92 | 61 | 152 |
| 2024 | 65 | 44 | 336 |
| 2023 | 102 | 62 | 718 |
| 2022 | 121 | 49 | 1,046 |
| 2021 | 87 | 31 | 1,719 |
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
253 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 168 days – 339 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 274 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (181 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 48%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 246 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,200 / EUR 2,670 / GBP 2,130 | — | — |
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)
- Submission fee
- 1,425
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- case studyArticle Type Description Word Limit Research Article Presents the results of recent research, including case studies, or offers facts-based analysis of a timely…Length not stated
- commentariesCommentaries Provides new insights or concepts relevant to a broad range of multidisciplinary water researchers and practitioners. broad interest 4000main text ≤ 4,000 words
- commentaryArticle Type Description Word Limit Research Article Presents the results of recent research, including case studies, or offers facts-based analysis of a timely…Length not stated
- discussionDiscussion A Discussion is a commentary on a Research Article or Technical Note recently published in JAWRA. It is limited to the material covered in the articl…Length not stated
- literature reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Research Article Presents the results of recent research, including case studies, or offers facts-based analysis of a timely…Length not stated
- replyReply Prepared by authors of a Research Article or Technical Note in response to a Discussion about their article. A timely Reply will be published as the corre…Length not stated
- research articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Research Article Presents the results of recent research, including case studies, or offers facts-based analysis of a timely…Length not stated
- technical noteArticle Type Description Word Limit Research Article Presents the results of recent research, including case studies, or offers facts-based analysis of a timely…main text ≤ 4,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing expected; data must be archived in a public repository (FAIR principles; HydroShare recommended) Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission. JAWRA also expects you to archive all the data from which your published results are derived in a public repository. The repository chosen should offer guaranteed preservation (see the registry of research data repositorie…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, all sources must be credited within the manuscript. At minimum, the title and author should be provided. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source, and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon requ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Article Publication Charge (APC)
JAWRA offers an Open Access option to authors. Publishing Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With Open Access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee (APC) to ensur…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Single-anonymized peer review; at least two anonymous reviewers and an Associate Editor Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made online via the Wiley Authors submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/JAWR.You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please revi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprints considered; submitted version may be posted to preprint server at any time Model summary
JAWRA will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1093-474X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1752-1688
- Society / sponsor
- American Water Resources Association
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Environmental / Geosciences, Multidisciplinary / 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 THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.96; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 165.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 253 days (interquartile range 168–339 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 48% (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 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Reference style: Chicago; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION based?
Of the 42 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (28), Mainland China (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,200.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .