Water Resources Research

Aims & Scope

Water Resources Research (WRR) is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on hydrology and water resources.

It publishes original research in the natural and social sciences of water.

It emphasizes the role of water in the Earth system, including physical, chemical, biological, and ecological processes in water resources research and management, including social, policy, and public health implications.

It encompasses observational, experimental, theoretical, analytical, numerical, and data-driven approaches that advance the science of water and its management.

Submissions are evaluated for their novelty, accuracy, significance, and broader implications of the findings.

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, 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 3,000.00 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.

• A new model for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated porous media

  Citation: 6176

  Authors: Yechezkel

• Electromagnetic determination of soil water content: Measurements in coaxial transmission lines

  Citation: 3877

  Authors: G. C., J. L., A. P.

• Evaluating the use of “goodness‐of‐fit” Measures in hydrologic and hydroclimatic model validation

  Citation: 3586

  Authors: David R., Gregory J.

• Effective and efficient global optimization for conceptual rainfall‐runoff models

  Citation: 2571

  Authors: Qingyun, Soroosh, Vijai

• Techniques of trend analysis for monthly water quality data

  Citation: 2176

  Authors: Robert M., James R., Richard A.

• Macropores and water flow in soils

  Citation: 2105

  Authors: Keith, Peter

• Response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale

  Citation: 2093

  Authors: L., W. R., G. R.

• Validity of Cubic Law for fluid flow in a deformable rock fracture

  Citation: 1940

  Authors: P. A., J. S. Y., K., J. E.

• Empirical equations for some soil hydraulic properties

  Citation: 1838

  Authors: Roger B., George M.

• Developing joint probability distributions of soil water retention characteristics

  Citation: 1818

  Authors: Robert F., Rudolph S.