About the journal
Water Policy is an open-access journal published by IWA Publishing in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 2,460 USD. Declared review time at DOAJ: 27 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- IWA Publishing
- ISSN
- 1366-7017 · 1996-9759
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 2,460 USD
- Articles in DOAJ
- 314
- Declared review time
- 27 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://iwaponline.com/wp
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2021-05-11
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- 2,460 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 27 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
314
Most recent article
2 years ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
27weeks
Works in OpenAlex
1914
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
83
i10-index
991
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Added to DOAJ
- 2021-05-11
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSLOCKSS
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-09-21
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 98%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 96%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
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- Peer-review policy
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Identity & continuity1
- Source type
- journal
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Water resources management and optimization
- Water resources management and optimization
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
Show all subjects (50)
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Water Resources and Sustainability
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Water Resources and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Environmental law and policy
- Environmental law and policy
Keywords (DOAJ)
- water
- policy
- governance
- sustainability
- resource management
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