Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Subfield ranking · 2015
Water Science and Technology journal rankings 2015
87 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Water Science and Technology has 87 ranked journals in 2015. The median journal has an OJR of 0.54, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2014; Q1 starts at OJR 1.04. The top three are Water Resources and Industry, Journal of Membrane Science, and Hydrology and earth system sciences.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. 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 2012–2014, the window the 2015 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)
87 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 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 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 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1Water Resources and IndustryOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.37Q1 | 4.76 1.39 up from 2014 | 38 | 100% | $3,613 | ||
2Journal of Membrane ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.26Q1 | 6.12 0.74 up from 2014 | 2,327 | 19% | $4,890 | ||
3Hydrology and earth system sciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.24Q1 | 5.38 0.55 up from 2014 | 994 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
4Separation and Purification ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.16Q1 | 5.45 0.41 up from 2014 | 43 | 10% | — | ||
5Water Resources ResearchOAWiley · United States | 2.86Q1 | 4.75 0.19 up from 2014 | 1,711 | 73% | $3,000 | ||
6DesalinationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.80Q1 | 4.88 0.10 up from 2014 | 1,224 | 12% | $4,580 | ||
7Journal of Water Process EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.57Q1 | 3.56no 2014 value | 97 | 11% | $3,350 | — | |
8ResourcesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.23Q1 | 2.96 1.24 up from 2014 | 70 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
9Separation and Purification TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 3.75 0.21 up from 2014 | 1,620 | 13% | $4,060 | ||
10Water Intelligence OnlineUWA Publishing | 2.18Q1 | 2.51 0.53 down from 2014 | 141 | 6% | — | ||
11Journal of environmental chemical engineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.04Q1 | 3.71 0.61 up from 2014 | 529 | 8% | $3,350 | ||
12MembranesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.93Q1 | 2.58 0.78 down from 2014 | 107 | 100% | $2,654 | ||
13Hydrological ProcessesWiley · United Kingdom | 1.86Q1 | 3.03 0.52 up from 2014 | 1,130 | 18% | $5,230 | ||
14WaterOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.50Q1 | 2.46 0.48 up from 2014 | 410 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
15Hydrological Sciences JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 2.22 0.11 up from 2014 | 566 | 93% | — | ||
16International Journal of Mineral ProcessingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.40Q1 | 1.97 0.35 up from 2014 | 300 | 14% | $2,500 | ||
17JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources AssociationWiley · United States | 1.38Q1 | 2.06 0.17 up from 2014 | 324 | 14% | $3,200 | ||
18Minerals EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 2.15 0.33 up from 2014 | 725 | 13% | $4,220 | ||
19Applied Water ScienceOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.24Q1 | 1.66 0.35 down from 2014 | 234 | 100% | $2,490 | ||
20Journal of Chemical Technology & BiotechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.12Q1 | 2.24 0.09 up from 2014 | 992 | 20% | $4,100 | ||
21Aquacultural EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.07Q1 | 1.29 0.35 down from 2014 | 181 | 18% | $3,500 | ||
22International Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Iran | 1.04Q1 | 1.81 0.02 down from 2014 | 701 | 35% | $3,490 | ||
23Hydrological Research LettersOAJapan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources · Japan | 1.04Q2 | 1.47 0.99 down from 2014 | 55 | 100% | $414 | ||
24Journal of Hydrologic EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.03Q2 | 1.49 0.04 down from 2014 | 564 | 9% | — | ||
25Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriquesTaylor & Francis · Canada | 1.02Q2 | 1.23 0.18 up from 2014 | 95 | 99% | — | ||
26Water and Environment JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 1.22 0.16 up from 2014 | 168 | 9% | $4,000 | ||
27Water Quality Exposure and HealthSpringer Nature · Netherlands | 0.91Q2 | 1.40 0.14 up from 2014 | 92 | 24% | — | ||
28Environmental TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 1.69no change | 1,154 | 11% | — | ||
29International Journal of Environmental ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Iran | 0.91Q2 | 1.18 0.10 down from 2014 | 262 | 0% | $3,790 | ||
30Water SAOAWater Research Commission · South Africa | 0.86Q2 | 1.17 0.12 up from 2014 | 318 | 100% | — | ||
31Water Science & TechnologyOAPergamon Press | 0.84Q2 | 1.42 0.23 up from 2014 | 2,080 | 16% | — | ||
32International Journal of River Basin ManagementTaylor & Francis | 0.83Q2 | 1.16 0.42 down from 2014 | 111 | 16% | — | ||
33International Journal of Environmental & Analytical ChemistryTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 0.81Q2 | 1.37 0.02 up from 2014 | 246 | 28% | — | ||
34Separation Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.79Q2 | 1.25 0.07 down from 2014 | 1,073 | 12% | — | ||
35Journal of Environmental EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 0.77Q2 | 1.17 0.10 up from 2014 | 424 | 6% | — | ||
36Archives of Environmental ProtectionOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.70Q2 | 1.20 0.14 down from 2014 | 128 | 100% | — | ||
37APCBEE ProcediaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.65Q2 | 0.79 0.03 up from 2014 | 509 | — | — | ||
38Environmental ProcessesSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.63Q2 | 1.26no 2014 value | 46 | 94% | $2,390 | — | |
39Journal of Encapsulation and Adsorption SciencesOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.62Q2 | 1.26 0.48 down from 2014 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
40Journal of Contemporary Water Research & EducationWiley · United States | 0.62Q2 | 0.63 0.05 down from 2014 | 81 | 63% | $3,000 | ||
41Environmental Engineering ResearchOAKorean Society of Environmental Engineering · South Korea | 0.60Q2 | 1.06 0.20 up from 2014 | 148 | 100% | — | ||
42Journal of Water Resource and ProtectionOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.57Q2 | 0.68 0.04 down from 2014 | 446 | 100% | — | ||
43Global NEST JournalUniversity of the Aegean · Greece | 0.55Q2 | 0.85 0.11 down from 2014 | 700 | 94% | — | ||
44Journal of Dispersion Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.54Q2 | 1.30 0.47 up from 2014 | 810 | 4% | — | ||
45Water Science & Technology Water SupplyIWA Publishing | 0.53Q3 | 0.72 0.13 up from 2014 | 466 | 21% | — | ||
| 0.52Q3 | 0.56 0.03 up from 2014 | 348 | 100% | — | |||
47Desalination and Water TreatmentOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.51Q3 | 1.18 0.07 up from 2014 | 4,284 | 79% | $1,000 | ||
48Physicochemical Problems of Mineral ProcessingOAOficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wroclawsjiej · Poland | 0.51Q3 | 1.20 0.31 up from 2014 | 62 | 33% | — | ||
49Membrane Water TreatmentSouth Korea | 0.49Q3 | 0.73 0.28 down from 2014 | 61 | 64% | — | ||
50Open Journal of Modern HydrologyOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.48Q3 | 0.81 0.24 up from 2014 | 60 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Water Science and Technology highlighted.
- Ecology273
- Global and Planetary Change186
- Water Science and Technology87
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis77
- Nature and Landscape Conservation61
- Pollution53
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law43
- Environmental Engineering42
- Waste Management and Disposal17
- Environmental Chemistry10
- Ecological Modeling5
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
36 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 2012–2014, 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: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 87
- Window papers (baseline)
- 71,167 +18.9% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 0.54 -16.9% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 6
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 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.