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Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Groundwater Science and Engineering Limited.
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ISSN 2305-7068Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Groundwater Science and Engineering Limited
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 104 / 333 | 68th | Q2 |
| Water Science and Technology | 132 / 279 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.7.
Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering is Q2 in Geology (rank 104 of 333) and Q2 in Water Science and Technology (rank 132 of 279), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.496, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 15.
Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering is published by Groundwater Science and Engineering Limited. Its ISSN is 2305-7068.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 3.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #33 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 44. 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 85 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (61.2%), Iran (7.1%) and India (4.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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.
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