Water Policy

Aims & Scope

Water management and water infrastructure are preconditions for civilization, and demands on our water resources are increasing.

In some regions these demands are exceeding capacities to supply water.

Our old water institutions, laws, regulations, treaties and agreements are straining to meet the new demographic realities.

Throughout the world there is a growing need to build a capacity for integrated water management in order to create new opportunities for cooperation, community and peace building; to respond to scarcities; and to manage local, national and trans-boundary conflicts.

Building this capacity for integrated water management calls for a new dialogue between many different private and public communities - policy making, diplomatic, administrative, financial, legal and technical/scientific.

This dialogue must also include the traditional water communities - industrial, urban, agricultural and transportation.

Water Policy provides a forum for this dialogue.

It invites these communities into this forum both to shape and to be shaped by thinking and debate on water policy worldwide.

Water Policy publishes reviews, research papers and progress reports in, among others, the following areas: financial, diplomatic, organizational, legal, administrative and research; organized by country, region or river basin.

Water Policy also publishes reviews of books and grey literature.

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)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science 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 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 1,850.00 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.

• Sink or Swim? Water security for growth and development

  Citation: 696

  Authors: David, Claudia W.

• Hydro-hegemony – a framework for analysis of trans-boundary water conflicts

  Citation: 469

  Authors: Mark, Jeroen

• Conflict and cooperation along international waterways

  Citation: 414

  Authors: A

• Water is an economic good: How to use prices to promote equity, efficiency, and sustainability

  Citation: 396

  Authors: P

• The EU water framework directive: measures and implications

  Citation: 325

  Authors: G

• International waters: identifying basins at risk

  Citation: 318

  Authors: Aaron T., Shira B., Mark

• Factors influencing public perception of drinking water quality

  Citation: 303

  Authors: Miguel

• The human right to water

  Citation: 301

  Authors: P

• Biofuels and implications for agricultural water use: blue impacts of green energy

  Citation: 298

  Authors: Charlotte, Mark, Yongsong

• Beyond the river: the benefits of cooperation on international rivers

  Citation: 293

  Authors: C