River

Aims & Scope

River is aimed to be an open-access international journal featuring overarching, multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral, and embracing the entire natural and social system related to river, meandering through the whole journey of river from source to sea, involving in all related domains and issues including river science, technology, engineering, governance and strategies.

River explores the academic frontiers, hot topics and daunting challenges of the time, and demonstrates the innovative science and technologies, knowledge and practices that pursue the coordinated natural and social development of rivers on the globe, in a bid to promote the symbiotic flourishing of river systems and human society.

River is hosted by China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) and published in collaboration with Wiley Publishing Group.

River publishes original research findings and contributions of science, technology, engineering and governance which help to deepen human understanding about the natural and social circulations of water as well as the dynamic interaction of the two evolving cycles, encouraging a river governance that strikes a balance between natural restoration and human development.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science, 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, 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 2,300.00 EUR. Learn more.

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