Journal History
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Water was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2012 | Water was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2013 | Water received its first Impact Factor (0.973). Water was indexed in Scopus, COMPENDEX, and GeoBase. |
| 2014 | Water adopted a monthly publication schedule. Water received the increased Impact Factor (1.291). |
| 2015 | Water published its 500th paper. Water received the increased Impact Factor (1.428). |
| 2016 | Water published its 1000th paper. Water received the increased Impact Factor (1.687). Water organized the 1st International E-Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-1). |
| 2017 | Water received the increased Impact Factor (1.832). Water announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award. Water announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. Water organized the 2nd International E-Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-2). |
| 2018 | Water received the increased Impact Factor (2.069). Water announced the first edition of the Travel Award. Water organized the 3rd International E-Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-3). |
| 2019 | Water published its 5000th paper. Water received the increased Impact Factor (2.524). Water organized the 4th International E-Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-4). Water became an affiliated journal of the International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM). Water became an affiliated journal of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Water announced the Editor's Choice Articles. |
| 2020 | Water published its 10,000th paper. Water received the increased Impact Factor (2.544). Water announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. Water became an affiliated journal of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH). Water organized the 5th International E-Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-5). Water established the following sections:
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| 2021 | Water received the increased Impact Factor (3.103). Water adopted a semi-monthly publication schedule. Water has been approved for coverage within one new category of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR): “Environmental Sciences”. Water became an affiliated journal of The Polish Limnological Society (PLS). Water announced the first edition of the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. Water established the following sections:
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning was renamed as Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems. Aquatic Systems—Quality and Contamination was renamed as Water Quality and Contamination. |
| 2022 | Water received the increased Impact Factor (3.530). Water became an affiliated journal of the Japanese Society of Physical Hydrology (JSPH). |
| 2023 | Water received new IF and CiteScore: IF: 3.4; CiteScore: 5.5. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2009–2011 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. John Bridgeman |
| 2011–2016 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Miklas Scholz |
| 2016–2019 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Arjen Y. Hoekstra |
| 2020–present | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jean-Luc PROBST |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yijun Xu for the section on Hydrology and Hydrogeology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marina Marcella Manca for the section on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Adriano A. Bordalo for the section on Aquatic Systems—Quality and Contamination |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Romano Spica for the section on Water and One Health Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Helena M. Ramos for the section on Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steven G. Pueppke for the section on Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Sylvain Ouillon for the section on Water Erosion and Sediment Transport Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Athanasios Loukas for the section on Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Enedir Ghisi for the section on Urban Water Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anas Ghadouani for the section on Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner for the section on Water Use and Scarcity |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Zong-Liang Yang for the section on Water and Climate Change Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Glen R. Walker for the section on Hydrogeology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Adriano A. Bordalo for the section on Water Quality and Contamination Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yaning Chen for the section on Ecohydrology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Frédéric Frappart for the section on New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gordon Huang for the section on Water-Energy Nexus Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marina Marcella Manca for the section on Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yijun Xu for the section on Hydrology |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dongmei Zhou for the section on Soil and Water |
