Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Subfield ranking · 2009
Water Science and Technology journal rankings 2009
52 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Water Science and Technology has 52 ranked journals in 2009. The median OJR fell 0.05 on 2008 to 0.45, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.07. The top three are Hydrology and earth system sciences, Journal of Membrane Science, and Water Resources Research.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Environmental Science (11)
52 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2009. | Compare |
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1Hydrology and earth system sciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.84Q1 | 3.59 0.37 up from 2008 | 313 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
2Journal of Membrane ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.52Q1 | 3.26 0.09 up from 2008 | 2,144 | 7% | $4,890 | ||
3Water Resources ResearchOAWiley · United States | 2.48Q1 | 3.18no change | 1,351 | 56% | $3,000 | ||
4Separation and Purification TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.31Q1 | 2.69 0.24 up from 2008 | 1,001 | 7% | $4,060 | ||
5Hydrological ProcessesWiley · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 2.34 0.52 up from 2008 | 1,091 | 9% | $5,230 | ||
6Hydrological Sciences JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.68Q1 | 2.06 0.57 up from 2008 | 266 | 98% | — | ||
7DesalinationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.51Q1 | 2.20 0.79 up from 2008 | 2,453 | 4% | $4,580 | ||
8JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources AssociationWiley · United States | 1.44Q1 | 1.92 0.32 up from 2008 | 411 | 18% | $3,200 | ||
9International Journal of Mineral ProcessingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.37Q1 | 1.21 0.05 down from 2008 | 245 | 5% | $2,500 | ||
10Journal of Hydrologic EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.29Q1 | 1.50 0.21 up from 2008 | 314 | 7% | — | ||
11Minerals EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.24Q1 | 1.24 0.14 up from 2008 | 473 | 6% | $4,220 | ||
12Journal of Chemical Technology & BiotechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.17Q1 | 1.88 0.03 up from 2008 | 666 | 5% | $4,100 | ||
13International Journal of Environmental & Analytical ChemistryTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 1.07Q1 | 1.81 0.50 up from 2008 | 248 | 8% | — | ||
14Water Science & TechnologyOAPergamon Press | 1.07Q2 | 1.18 0.17 up from 2008 | 2,006 | 17% | — | ||
15Aquacultural EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 1.19 0.05 down from 2008 | 136 | 14% | $3,500 | ||
16International Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Iran | 0.98Q2 | 2.06 1.40 up from 2008 | 202 | 75% | $3,490 | ||
17Separation Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.93Q2 | 1.06 0.14 down from 2008 | 692 | 6% | — | ||
18Water SAOAWater Research Commission · South Africa | 0.93Q2 | 1.10 0.20 up from 2008 | 178 | 100% | — | ||
19Journal of Environmental EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 0.92Q2 | 0.96 0.14 down from 2008 | 500 | 4% | — | ||
20World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008Publisher not listed | 0.88Q2 | 0.15no 2008 value | 674 | — | — | — | |
21Journal of Environmental Engineering and ScienceThomas Telford Ltd. · Canada | 0.83Q2 | 0.91 0.03 up from 2008 | 214 | — | — | ||
22Water and Environment JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 0.79Q2 | 0.55 0.05 down from 2008 | 139 | 17% | $4,000 | ||
23Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriquesTaylor & Francis · Canada | 0.69Q2 | 0.70 0.18 down from 2008 | 76 | 98% | — | ||
24Environmental TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.65Q2 | 0.87 0.19 up from 2008 | 432 | 6% | — | ||
25International Journal of River Basin ManagementTaylor & Francis | 0.56Q2 | 0.67 0.02 down from 2008 | 95 | 14% | — | ||
26Australasian Journal of Water ResourcesTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.46Q2 | 0.30 0.26 down from 2008 | 77 | 0% | — | ||
27Water Quality Research JournalUWA Publishing | 0.45Q3 | 0.33 0.23 down from 2008 | 129 | 69% | — | ||
28American Water Works AssociationWiley · United States | 0.41Q3 | 0.34 0.12 up from 2008 | 921 | 6% | $3,050 | ||
29Journal of Dispersion Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.38Q3 | 0.63 0.05 down from 2008 | 570 | 3% | — | ||
30Water Science & Technology Water SupplyIWA Publishing | 0.33Q3 | 0.38 0.10 up from 2008 | 346 | 4% | — | ||
31Adsorption Science & TechnologyOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.31Q3 | 0.36 0.20 down from 2008 | 204 | 57% | $1,500 | ||
32Ambiente e Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied ScienceOAInstituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) · Brazil | 0.31Q3 | 0.33 0.01 up from 2008 | 75 | 100% | $225 | ||
33International Journal of Nuclear DesalinationInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.29Q3 | 0.11 0.03 up from 2008 | 57 | 13% | — | ||
34Water Practice & TechnologyUWA Publishing | 0.29Q3 | 0.15 0.10 down from 2008 | 322 | 5% | — | ||
35Journal of Contemporary Water Research & EducationWiley · United States | 0.26Q3 | 0.19 0.04 up from 2008 | 62 | 53% | $3,000 | ||
36IAHS-AISH publicationInternational Association of Hydrological Sciences | 0.22Q3 | 0.21no change | 549 | 0% | — | ||
37Asian Journal of Water Environment and PollutionIOS Press · Netherlands | 0.21Q3 | 0.20 0.04 down from 2008 | 137 | 2% | — | ||
38Physicochemical Problems of Mineral ProcessingOAOficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wroclawsjiej · Poland | 0.17Q3 | 0.31 0.16 up from 2008 | 90 | 0% | — | ||
39Revue des sciences de l eauINRS-Eau, Terre et Environnement · France | 0.16Q3 | 0.19 0.09 up from 2008 | 94 | 23% | — | ||
40La Houille BlancheOASociété hydrotechnique de France · France | 0.15Q4 | 0.23 0.04 up from 2008 | 273 | 69% | — | ||
41Environmental Claims JournalTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.14Q4 | 0.02 0.09 down from 2008 | 59 | 0% | — | ||
42Journal of Water and Environment TechnologyOAJapan Society on Water Environment · Japan | 0.13Q4 | 0.23 0.03 up from 2008 | 32 | 100% | — | ||
43Filtration & SeparationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.12Q4 | 0.12 0.04 up from 2008 | 467 | 0% | — | ||
44Landform AnalysisOABogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe · Poland | 0.11Q4 | 0.10 0.09 down from 2008 | 157 | 100% | $107 | ||
45Environmental Engineering ResearchOAKorean Society of Environmental Engineering · South Korea | 0.10Q4 | 0.14 0.07 up from 2008 | 297 | 76% | — | ||
46Arid Zone ResearchScience Press · China | 0.08Q4 | 0.11 0.06 up from 2008 | 378 | 0% | — | ||
47Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S-chemia I Inzynieria Ekologiczna SPublisher not listed | 0.07Q4 | 0.06no 2008 value | 32 | 0% | — | ||
| 0.05Q4 | 0.05 0.05 up from 2008 | 61 | 0% | $575 | |||
49Membrane TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.05Q4 | 0.04no change | 708 | 0% | — | ||
50Journal of Water Chemistry and TechnologyPleiades Publishing · United States | 0.04Q4 | 0.05 0.02 up from 2008 | 83 | 2% | — |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Water Science and Technology highlighted.
- Ecology232
- Global and Planetary Change124
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis58
- Nature and Landscape Conservation55
- Water Science and Technology52
- Pollution41
- Environmental Engineering34
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law33
- Waste Management and Disposal13
- Environmental Chemistry12
- Ecological Modeling4
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
27 additional Water Science and Technology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 52
- Window papers (baseline)
- 44,936 +39.3% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 0.45 -34.0% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 6
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 34 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 58 | 66 | 67 | 72 | 82 | 87 | 95 | 101 | 103 | 97 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 104 | 103 | 103 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 14,781 | 17,791 | 20,498 | 23,486 | 25,734 | 28,549 | 32,247 | 36,403 | 40,771 | 44,936 | 50,005 | 54,989 | 59,878 | 63,966 | 68,372 | 71,167 | 71,057 | 68,448 | 68,167 | 70,866 | 75,349 | 79,702 | 82,811 | 85,893 | 88,063 | 92,086 | |
| Median OJR | 0.596 | 0.603 | 0.650 | 0.663 | 0.62 | 0.651 | 0.684 | 0.514 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.512 | 0.645 | 0.590 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.589 | 0.57 | 0.597 | 0.656 | 0.677 | 0.654 | 0.664 | 0.70 | 0.75 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.