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Academic Journal

Q2

Water Policy

IWA Publishing

United KingdomGeography, Planning and Development (Q2); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q2); Water Science and Technology (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q2Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
73H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.564SJR (2025)
1998, 2000-2026Coverage

About Water Policy

Water Policy is a scholarly journal published by IWA Publishing. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.564 and H-index of 73.

Coverage: 1998, 2000-2026. Research categories: Geography, Planning and Development (Q2); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (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 2026-05-14. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2460 USD; 1845 GBP; 2116 EUR
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, LOCKSS
Reported submission-to-publication time27 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2021 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1366-7017, 1996-9759
ISSN-L1366-7017
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationUWA Publishing
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,940
Citations recorded in OpenAlex44,279
OpenAlex H-index85
Years represented in OpenAlex1996–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Water resources management and optimization; Water Governance and Infrastructure; Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies; Child Nutrition and Water Access; Transboundary Water Resource Management; Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact.

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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