We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2025. This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars who have delivered consistently exceptional review reports to our journal.

Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, Water (ISSN: 2073-4441) recognizes the significant role our reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the articles we publish. According to surveys conducted in 2024, 92% of our authors rate the journal’s peer-review process as good or excellent, thanks to our pool of excellent reviewers.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in Water’s peer-review process. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering valuable feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are truly commendable.

The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in May 2024. Each quarter, we will select a group of outstanding reviewers and introduce them here.

Q1
Name: Dr. Igor Leščešen
Affiliation: Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Name: Dr. Antonija Kulaš
Affiliation: Division of Botany, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Name: Prof. Dr. Jorge Manuel Vieira Pamplona
Affiliation: CCT – Earth Sciences Centre, Earth Sciences Department of Sciences School, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Name: Dr. Caihong Hu
Affiliation: School of Water Conservancy and Environment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Name: Dr. Tiegang Zheng
Affiliation: China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China

Name: Dr. J.H. van Boxel (John)
Affiliation: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Name: Prof. Dr. António Manuel Abreu Freire Diogo
Affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Name: Dr. John Clive Radcliffe
Affiliation: Environment Research Unit, CSIRO, Waite Campus, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Name: Dr. Robert Machowski
Affiliation: Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Name: Prof. Dr. Jesús M. Mercado
Affiliation: Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO)-CSIC, Málaga, Spain

Name: Dr. Panagiota A. Galiatsatou
Affiliations: ¹ Division of Strategic Planning, Hydraulic Works & Development, Department of Geoinformatics, Surveying & Hydraulic Modelling, Thessaloniki, Greece; ² Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Name: Dr. Steven Joel Goldstein
Affiliation: Guest Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Name: Dr. Xizhi Nong
Affiliation: Dr. Department of Hydraulic Engineering, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, China

Name: Dr. Qin Qian
Affiliation: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA

Name: Prof. Dr. Rinaldo Genevois
Affiliation: Engineering Geology, Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Name: Dr. Zheng Lu
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, School of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Name: Prof. Dr. Sanda-Carmen Georgescu
Affiliation: Department of Hydraulics, Hydraulic Machinery and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Energy Engineering, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Name: Dr. Rashmi Semwal
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Name: Dr. Yuke Wang
Affiliation: School of Water Conservancy and Transportation, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China