Journal profile
Water and Environmental Sustainability
ISSN 2710-3404 · Forscher Publication · Austria
Water and Environmental Sustainability: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 45 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 38% (journal website); 24 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Water and Environmental Sustainability is published by Forscher Publication. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Water Quality and Resources Studies and Heavy metals in environment, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Water and Environmental Sustainability (WES) is an open access (free of charge) quarterly Publication as a non-commercial publication. The title welcomes original, review, novel and high-impact contributions from the related Environmental science and Water issues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Miklas Scholz DivisionPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 10%); most named Mainland China 2, Australia 2, Iran 2, Egypt 2, Pakistan 2 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science13.6%
- Water Quality and Resources StudiesEnvironmental Science10.9%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Environmental Science and Water ManagementEnvironmental Science5%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Wastewater Treatment and ReuseEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Water Resource Management and QualityEnvironmental Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 202 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 48 | 25 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 31 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 23 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 1 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 38%Publisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- original research articleORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Sustainability Pathways and Policy Efficacy in a Rapidly Urbanizing MegacityLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
WES is a member of Crossref and all articles included DOI. Model summary
WES Is a member of Crossref and all articles included DOI.
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
- Forscher Publication
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2710-3404
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 3 (2027)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Water and Environmental Sustainability
How long does peer review take at Water and Environmental Sustainability?
The publisher reports about 45 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 38%. 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 and Environmental Sustainability based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (2), Australia (2) and Iran (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Water and Environmental Sustainability?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Water and Environmental Sustainability is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Water and Environmental Sustainability open access, and what is the APC?
Water and Environmental Sustainability 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .