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Applied Water Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 2190-5487Verify ISSN ↗2190-5495Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Science and Technology | 18 / 279 | 93rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.5.
Applied Water Science is Q1 in Water Science and Technology (rank 18 of 279), by CiteScore 2025.
Applied Water Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 11.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.197, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 114.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,490 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Applied Water Science is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2190-5487 and its online ISSN is 2190-5495.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied Water Science has an h-index of 130 and a 2-year mean of 7.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #17 of 263 Scopus journals in Water Science and Technology.
Applied Water Science published 338 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Iran (17.3%), China (14.5%) and India (12.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 4 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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