Journal profile · Environmental Science-Ecology
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water
ISSN 2049-1948 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water: CAS Zone 1 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 8.67; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,200; median 237 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 77% (journal website); 62 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Water Governance and Infrastructure, together about 34.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) series combines features of encyclopedic reference works and review journals. They are designed to serve as interdisciplinary resources across health, life, physical, and social science communities. Our goal is to help researchers save valuable time and stay current in their field and complementary fields with review articles that synthesize key findings from the growing number of primary research articles published daily. Review articles help advance science by synthesizing information from research articles for busy scientists, practitioners, students, healthcare providers, policy analysts, and other professionals. Encyclopedia functionality such as topic browse and curated related article linking help connect interdisciplinary and complementary fields and invite readers to learn more. Eight article categories of different lengths and depths cater to different levels of readership (see below).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Ecology
Editor-in-chief Stuart N. LanePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Switzerland 1, Austria 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science14.7%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science10.1%
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences9.7%
- Water resources management and optimizationEngineering8.2%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Urban Stormwater Management SolutionsEnvironmental Science3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
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
- 8.67LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 15.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 586OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 70.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 49Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 587,631Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 949 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 30 | 29 |
| 2025 | 62 | 45 | 376 |
| 2024 | 65 | 53 | 1,220 |
| 2023 | 86 | 60 | 1,970 |
| 2022 | 69 | 39 | 1,732 |
| 2021 | 74 | 46 | 4,016 |
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
237 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 164 days – 322 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 258 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (105 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 77%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 210 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 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 4,200 / EUR 3,520 / GBP 2,780 | — | — | |
| 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted2
- primerPRIMER Meant to be understood by a very general audience, such as undergraduates just entering a given field. These articles should provide orientation to the k…Length not stated
- software focusSOFTWARE FOCUS Used to describe specific software packages of high utility in a certain field. These articles should review the capabilities of the software and…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement Model summary
The WIREs adhere strongly to the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All instances of publishing misconduct, including, but not limited to, plagiarism, data fabrication, image/data manipulation to falsify/enhance results, etc. will result in rejection/retraction of the manuscript in question.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open Access Licensing and Copyright
Open Access articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The CC-BY license permits commercial and non-commercial re-use of an open access article, as long as the author is properly attributed. WIREs journals offer CC BY, CC BY-NC, and CC BY-NC-ND licensing options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Gold Open Access
WIREs journals offer authors the chance to publish their articles open access: immediately freely available to read, download, and share. Read More Article Publication Charges For article publication charges (APCs) please see the 'Open Access' section in the 'About' tab of each individual journal. Authors who receive funding from an agency or institution with a Wiley Open Access Account do not pay…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
WIREs is participating in a pilot of the NISO Working Group on Peer Review Terminology. Standardizing the terminology across journals and publishers used to describe peer review practices helps make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent, and it will enable the community to better assess and compare peer review practices between different journals. More Information Taxo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Green Open Access
PubMed Central For authors who are funded by the NIH or a PMC/Europe PMC partner and have indicated so during submission, Wiley will deposit the manuscript to the NIH Manuscript System upon publication. Authors should receive an email from NIHMS with instructions on completing the system checks before the article is assigned a PMCID. (If not, authors can email the production editor to obtain the N…
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
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2049-1948
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water
What CAS zone is Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Water Resources / Environmental Sciences; it is a Top journal. 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 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.67; CiteScore 15.5, h-index 111.
How long does peer review take at Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 237 days (interquartile range 164–322 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 77% (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 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: 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 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), United Kingdom (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water open access, and what is the APC?
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,200.
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: .