Journal profile · WATER RESOURCES
Journal of Water Management Modeling
ISSN 2292-6062 · Computational Hydraulics Int.
Journal of Water Management Modeling: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4 (journal website); fully open access; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Water Management Modeling is published by Computational Hydraulics Int. 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, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Flood Risk Assessment and Management, together about 48.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Submissions are welcome in the following areas: Urban drainage Stormwater Sanitary sewers Watershed modeling Surface water quality Flooding Water supply Water infrastructure Water management Water systems planning Water systems design Water systems operation Numerical analysis in hydraulics and hydrology Computer programming in hydraulics and hydrology
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 Science21.3%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science15%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science12.3%
- Water Systems and OptimizationEngineering9.4%
- Hydraulic flow and structuresEngineering6.2%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEnvironmental Science3.3%
- Hydrological Forecasting Using AIEnvironmental Science3.3%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science3.1%
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)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2022
- 2,022Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 744 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 16 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 87 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 27 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 82 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 60 |
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
- Peer review
- Double 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
We ask reviewers to recognise potential competing interests that could lead them to be positively or negatively disposed towards an article. Reviewers should inform the editors or journal staff if they are close competitors or collaborators of the authors. They should reveal whether they have a personal relationship with an author and whether they have reviewed the authors’ articles in the past. R…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Paper Copyright and Publication Rights
Submission of your paper (for inclusion in the Journal of Water Management Modeling) constitutes: The understanding that authors retain copyright of their paper. The author's confirmation that the paper has not been published previously, is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and is not a violation of copyright or prior ownership. The understanding that if parts of the material (i.e., …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
The Journal of Water Management Modeling has been an open-access (OA) publication since it was established in February 2014. Open access means that articles and papers are available without barriers to all who could benefit from them. Practically speaking, all published works will be available to a worldwide audience, free, immediately on publication. In addition, authors retain copyright of their…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-anonymized Peer Review process
The review process in brief When received, each submission is reviewed for suitability and then submitted to Crossref Similarity Check to identify any plagiarism. Once the paper is determined to be an original submission, a formal decision to proceed is made. The paper is redacted at this stage and then sent to review and assigned to an Editor. Upon receiving the full submission, the Editor will u…
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
- Computational Hydraulics Int.
- ISSN
- 2292-6062
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Water Management Modeling
What CAS zone is Journal of Water Management Modeling in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Water Management Modeling 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 Water Management Modeling?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 22.
Which databases index Journal of Water Management Modeling?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Water Management Modeling is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Water Management Modeling open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Water Management Modeling is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .