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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2214-5818Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 20 / 194 | 89th | Q1 |
| Water Science and Technology | 45 / 279 | 84th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.1.
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies is Q1 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 20 of 194) and Q1 in Water Science and Technology (rank 45 of 279), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 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 7.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.415, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 72.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,600 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.
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2214-5818.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies has an h-index of 82 and a 2-year mean of 2.8 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 179 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies published 901 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 81 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (58.1%), United States (5.9%) and Japan (4.3%). 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. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.3 per 1,000 papers). 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.
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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