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PLOS Water is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Public Library of Science.
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ISSN 2767-3219Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Science and Technology | 119 / 279 | 57th | Q2 |
| Global and Planetary Change | 74 / 134 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.1.
PLOS Water is Q2 in Water Science and Technology (rank 119 of 279) and Q3 in Global and Planetary Change (rank 74 of 134), by CiteScore 2025.
PLOS Water 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 4.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.779, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,496 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.
PLOS Water is published by Public Library of Science. Its ISSN is 2767-3219.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
PLOS Water has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 2.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #92 of 263 Scopus journals in Water Science and Technology.
PLOS Water published 119 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (44.4%), United Kingdom (8.8%) and Ethiopia (5.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (4.3 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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