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Texas Water Journal

Texas Water Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6), DOAJ. Published by Texas A&M University Texas Water Resources Institute.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2160-5319Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Texas A&M University Texas Water Resources Institute

Scopus · Q4Open Access

0.6

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 106 of 123 · 14th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

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ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2010–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

0.6

SJR · SCImago

0.157

Q4 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q4 · 14th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Ocean Engineering	106 / 123	14th	Q4
Engineering (miscellaneous)	271 / 300	9th	Q4
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)	231 / 253	8th	Q4
Water Science and Technology	255 / 279	8th	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	396 / 432	8th	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	698 / 736	5th	Q4
Aquatic Science	250 / 259	3rd	Q4

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Open accessFully open access, peer reviewed

Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Texas Water Journal indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.

What quartile is Texas Water Journal in Scopus?

Texas Water Journal is Q4 in Ocean Engineering (rank 106 of 123), Q4 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 271 of 300) and Q4 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 231 of 253), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Texas Water Journal?

Texas Water Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4, 14th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.157, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 10.

Who publishes Texas Water Journal and what is its ISSN?

Texas Water Journal is published by Texas A&M University Texas Water Resources Institute. Its ISSN is 2160-5319.

Is Texas Water Journal in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Texas Water Journal open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.

How well cited is Texas Water Journal? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Texas Water Journal has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #85 of 99 Scopus journals in Ocean Engineering.

h-index

0.32

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

163

works indexed

701

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#85 of 99 Bottom 15% Ocean Engineering

#227 of 268 Bottom 16% Engineering (miscellaneous)

#201 of 243 Bottom 18% Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Papers published per year

Texas Water Journal published 10 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 15. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Water resources management and optimizationWater Quality and Resources StudiesWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesHydrology and Watershed Management Studies

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.

Who publishes in Texas Water Journal? — latest 38 articles, 2021–2026

In its latest 38 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (97.4%) and Mexico (2.6%). 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.

Are there integrity warnings for Texas Water Journal? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Author concentration97.4% of recent authorship from United States

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ DOAJ ↗ ISSN Portal · 2160-5319 ↗

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