Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the dissemination of high-quality information on the science, policy and practice of drinking-water supply, sanitation and hygiene at local, national and international levels.

The journal publishes original contributions including research, analysis, review and commentary.

It emphasizes issues of concern in developing and middle-income countries and in disadvantaged communities world-wide, such as: -Water supply: intermittent supply, community and utility water supplies, water treatment, distribution, storage and use, water access and quality -Sanitation: collection, transport, treatment, use, discharge, on-site and off-site sanitation, resources recovery -Hygiene: behaviours, education, change -Technical and managerial issues: characteristics of and constraints to conventional and innovative approaches, technical options and boundaries of technical application, emerging issues, emergencies and disasters, impacts on health, poverty and development, sustainability, demand, marketing, organizing supply chains -Institutional development: roles of public and private sector, capacity building, governance, education and training -Financing and economic analysis: including cost-effectiveness and cost-benefits, role and impact of subsidies, user fees, financial instruments, innovations in financing -Policy: examining all aspects and developments in the role of national policy on service provision, human rights and rights-based approaches policy, developing appropriate and scaleable legal and regulatory approaches, norms and standards -International policy: aid and aid effectiveness; international targets, conventions and agreements, UN and international policy

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Environmental Science, Medicine and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,450.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• Green walls for greywater treatment and recycling in dense urban areas: a case-study in Pune

  Citation: 101

  Authors: F., R., A., A., N., D., G.

• Sachet drinking water in Ghana's Accra-Tema metropolitan area: past, present, and future

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Justin, John R., Günther

• Fecal sludge management (FSM): analytical tools for assessing FSM in cities

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Andy, Barbara, Isabel, Peter, Chris

• Girls' and women's unmet needs for menstrual hygiene management (MHM): the interactions between MHM and sanitation systems in low-income countries

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Marni, Marianne, Chibesa

• Fecal sludge management: a comparative analysis of 12 cities

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Andy, Barbara, Isabel, Peter, Chris

• Psychosocial stress associated with sanitation practices: experiences of women in a rural community in India

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Siddhivinayak, Pallavi, Neisha, Uddhavi, Mitchell, Peter, Sanjay

• Menstrual hygiene in Ugandan schools: an investigation of low-cost sanitary pads

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Tracey, Julie

• The elimination of open defecation and its adverse health effects: a moral imperative for governments and development professionals

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Duncan

• Beyond ‘improved’ towards ‘safe and sustainable’ urban sanitation: assessing the design, management and functionality of sanitation in poor communities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  Citation: 63

  Authors: M. W., O., B., S.

• The sanitation and hygiene targets of the sustainable development goals: scope and challenges

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Duncan, Barbara