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Q2

PLOS Water

Public Library of Science

United StatesGlobal and Planetary Change (Q2); Water Science and Technology (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
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Q2Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
17H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.779SJR (2025)
2022-2026Coverage

About PLOS Water

PLOS Water is a scholarly journal published by Public Library of Science. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.779 and H-index of 17.

Coverage: 2022-2026. Research categories: Global and Planetary Change (Q2); Water Science and Technology (Q2).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-02-23. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2596 USD
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationCLOCKSS
Reported submission-to-publication time30 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2022 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2767-3219
ISSN-L2767-3219
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationPublic Library of Science
Publisher country codeUS
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex468
Citations recorded in OpenAlex2,642
OpenAlex H-index24
Years represented in OpenAlex2022–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Child Nutrition and Water Access; Water resources management and optimization; Fecal contamination and water quality; Water Governance and Infrastructure; Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies; Wastewater Treatment and Reuse.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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