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Waterlines

Waterlines is not currently indexed in Scopus. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q4. Published by Practical Action Publishing.

ISSN 0262-8104Verify ISSN ↗1756-3488Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Practical Action Publishing

Scopus · Inactive
0.3
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q4
Best quartile
rank 262 of 279 · 6th pctile
0
Indexed in
major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is Waterlines indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1983–present).

What is the impact factor of Waterlines? Waterlines is not in a Web of Science collection that carries a Journal Impact Factor (JIF is published only for SCIE and SSCI titles). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q4, 6th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere is not the official Clarivate metric.

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

Is Waterlines open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

36
h-index
0.5
2-yr mean citations
190
i10-index
1,937
works indexed
6,897
total citations
Papers published per year
025502016: 35 papers3520162017: 30 papers3020172018: 26 papers2620182019: 26 papers2620192020: 24 papers2420202021: 27 papers2720212022: 22 papers2220222024: 12 papers1220242025: 24 papers2420252026: 12 papers so far122026*

Waterlines published 24 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 35. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Child Nutrition and Water AccessWater resources management and optimizationWater Governance and InfrastructureUrban and Rural Development Challenges

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2026
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0262-8104 ↗ISSN Portal · 1756-3488 ↗

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