Journal profile · Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations
Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development
ISSN 1965-0175 · Water Alternatives Association · FRANCE
Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.55; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 29 articles a year; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development is published by Water Alternatives Association and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Water Governance and Infrastructure, Water resources management and optimization and Transboundary Water Resource Management, together about 47.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Water Alternatives is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary electronic journal addressing global politics and development related to water. Manuscript submission, peer review and publication are all online and there is no parallel print process. WaA welcomes contributions that address any dimension of water resources development, governance, policy, management and use, in relation with society or the environment. We do not publish technical or descriptive papers: click here for more on subject coverage. WaA publishes articles that may be empirical or theoretical in scope but are written in a style that is accessible to practitioners, decision makers and students. The Response option allows readers to interact and further the debates and questions raised by a particular article. Responses are published in subsequent issues and linked to the relevant article. We encourage readers to submit proposals for special ‘themed’ issues. A set of papers, for example, could be submitted from a common session in a conference or from a research project, or authors could send in manuscripts in response to a Water Alternatives call for themed papers. Papers must include a substantial introductory and/or summary manuscript. Special Issue editors must collect and submit a minimum of five high-quality papers (in addition to the introductory article) which will go through the normal review process. The editors-in-chief retain the option (in coordination with guest editors) to reject a particular manuscript. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a Special Issue, please contact the Water Alternatives managing editor for more details: managing_editor[ at ]water-alternatives.org
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations
Editor-in-chief François MollePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 4, United Kingdom 2, United States 1, Canada 1, Netherlands 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences23.8%
- Water resources management and optimizationEngineering11.9%
- Transboundary Water Resource ManagementSocial Sciences11.9%
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesEnvironmental Science9.5%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Water Resources and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.8%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences2.4%
- Energy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Science2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 22 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 350 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 350 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 350 | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright
Open access: Water Alternatives is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and source are credited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en As a result: i) the copyright of the article remains with its author(s), ii) a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access and Fee Policy
Water Alternatives provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Such access is associated with increased readership and increased citation of an author's work. Rates of downloading from an open access ejournal like Water Alternatives are much higher than those of paid-for journals. We do no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-Review Process
The editors take about one month to make an initial appraisal of each manuscript. If the topic and treatment are deemed appropriate for the journal, the manuscript is sent to three referees who are selected for their knowledge of both the subject matter and the region under discussion in the paper. Once the review process has been completed, the manuscript is either accepted, referred back to the …
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
- Water Alternatives Association
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1965-0175
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development
What CAS zone is Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Water Resources / Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.55; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 9.
How long does peer review take at Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (4), United Kingdom (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development open access, and what is the APC?
Water Alternatives-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Water Politics and Development is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .