Hydrological Processes

Aims & Scope

Hydrological Processes is an international journal that publishes original scientific papers advancing understanding of the mechanisms underlying the movement and storage of water in the environment, and the interaction of water with geological, biogeochemical, atmospheric and ecological systems.

Not all papers related to water resources are appropriate for submission to this journal; rather we seek papers that clearly articulate the role(s) of hydrological processes.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5278

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3229

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.948

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	190

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The future of distributed models: Model calibration and uncertainty prediction

  Citation: 3375

  Authors: Keith, Andrew

• Digital terrain modelling: A review of hydrological, geomorphological, and biological applications

  Citation: 2605

  Authors: I. D., R. B., A. R.

• The influence of autocorrelation on the ability to detect trend in hydrological series

  Citation: 1676

  Authors: Sheng, Paul, Bob, George

• Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems

  Citation: 1357

  Authors: Bernhard, Günther

• Scale issues in hydrological modelling: A review

  Citation: 1354

  Authors: G., M.

• The prediction of hillslope flow paths for distributed hydrological modelling using digital terrain models

  Citation: 1128

  Authors: P., K., P., O.

• SWAT2000: current capabilities and research opportunities in applied watershed modelling

  Citation: 1045

  Authors: J. G., N.

• Global synthesis of groundwater recharge in semiarid and arid regions

  Citation: 951

  Authors: Bridget R., Kelley E., Alan L., Lorraine E., Cheikh B., W. Michael, Ian

• Socio‐hydrology: A new science of people and water

  Citation: 918

  Authors: Murugesu, Hubert H. G., Günter

• On the extraction of channel networks from digital elevation data

  Citation: 862

  Authors: David G., Rafael L., Ignacio

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