Journal profile · Engineering, Civil
Water International
ISSN 0250-8060 · eISSN 1941-1707 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Water International: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.95; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 387 days to acceptance (51 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 64 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Water International is published by Taylor and Francis 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 Water resources management and optimization, Transboundary Water Resource Management and Water Governance and Infrastructure, together about 40.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Water International is the official journal of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), founded in 1972 to serve as an international gateway to the people, ideas and networks that are critical to the sustainable management of water resources around the world. Water International's articles, state-of-the-art reviews, technical notes and other matter are policy-relevant and aimed at communicating in-depth knowledge to a multidisciplinary and international community. Water International publishes both individual contributions and thematic special issues and sections on cutting edge issues. All individual manuscript submissions are subject to a two-step review process, comprising of initial appraisal and review (commonly with requests for revision) by the Editor in Chief and the Associate Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, all Research Articles are subject to peer review by at least one independent, anonymous expert referee. All external peer review is double anonymized. Thematic issues and sections are handled under comparable procedures by guest editors under the oversight of the Deputy Editor in Chief. Find out what authors have to say about their experience of publishing with Water International here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Civil
Editor-in-chief Raya Marina StephanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 22%); most named Mainland China 2, United Kingdom 2, France 1, Netherlands 1, Egypt 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water resources management and optimizationEngineering18.4%
- Transboundary Water Resource ManagementSocial Sciences14.5%
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences8%
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.3%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4%
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, Civil | 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, Civil | 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, Civil | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.41Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,043OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 196,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 196,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,429 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 21 | 9 |
| 2025 | 64 | 24 | 149 |
| 2024 | 76 | 39 | 263 |
| 2023 | 61 | 25 | 432 |
| 2022 | 95 | 45 | 502 |
| 2021 | 100 | 38 | 855 |
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
387 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 152 days – 476 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (51 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 408 days
- Sample
- 51 articles with submission and acceptance dates (127 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access Model summary
Water International is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and rea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
All external peer review is double anonymized.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0250-8060
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-1707
- Society / sponsor
- International Water Resources Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Water International
What CAS zone is Water International in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Water International is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Civil / 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 Water International?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.95; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Water International?
Based on the dates recorded on 51 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 387 days (interquartile range 152–476 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Water International based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 22%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (2), United Kingdom (2) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Water International?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Water International is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Water International open access, and what is the APC?
Water International is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .