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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), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2013 Water received its first Impact Factor (0.973).
Water was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
Water was indexed in 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 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:
  • Hydrology and Hydrogeology;
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse;
  • Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance;
  • Aquatic Systems—Quality and Contamination;
  • Urban Water Management;
  • Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics;
  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning;
  • Oceans and Coastal Zones;
  • Water Erosion and Sediment Transport;
  • Water Use and Scarcity;
  • Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture;
  • Water and One Health.
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 published the Selected Papers from 8th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM 8)
Water announced the first edition of the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award.
Water established the following sections:
  • Ecohydrology;
  • Soil and Water;
  • Water-Energy Nexus;
  • Water and Climate Change;
  • New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences.
Hydrology and Hydrogeology was divided into two sections: Hydrology and Hydrogeology.
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.
2024 Water received new IF and CiteScore: IF: 3.0; CiteScore: 5.8.
2025 Water received new IF and CiteScore: IF: 3.0; CiteScore: 6.0.

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
2020–2024 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anas Ghadouani for the section on Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
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. 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: 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
2021–2026 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Glen R. Walker for the section on Hydrogeology
2022–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dongmei Zhou for the section on Soil and Water
2024–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Georg Umgiesser for the section on Oceans and Coastal Zones
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andrea G. Capodaglio for the section on Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
2026–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mario Parise for the section on Hydrogeology
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