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Water SA

South African Water Research Commission

South AfricaApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q3); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q3); Waste Management and Disposal (Q3); Water Science and Technology (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
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Q3Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
75H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.376SJR (2025)
1976-2026Coverage

About Water SA

Water SA is a scholarly journal published by South African Water Research Commission. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.376 and H-index of 75.

Coverage: 1976-2026. Research categories: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q3); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q3); Waste Management and Disposal (Q3); Water Science and Technology (Q3).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-12-19. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCNo APC reported in the DOAJ snapshot
Waiver policy reportedNo
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Reported submission-to-publication time53 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2005 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0378-4738, 1816-7950
ISSN-L0378-4738
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationWater Research Commission
Publisher country codeZA
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex2,301
Citations recorded in OpenAlex49,605
OpenAlex H-index85
Years represented in OpenAlex1975–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Water resources management and optimization; Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies; Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal; Water Quality and Pollution Assessment; Wastewater Treatment and Reuse; Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

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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