Hydrological Sciences Journal
Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ) is the official Journal of the IAHS and provides a forum for original papers and for the exchange of information and views on significant developments in hydrology worldwide. It is published by Taylor & Francis and available online and in print format. Volumes consist of 16 issues.
The scope of the journal includes:
- the hydrological cycle
- surface water, groundwater, snow and ice, in all their physical, chemical and biological processes, their interrelationships, and their relationships to geographical factors, atmospheric processes and climate, and Earth processes including erosion and sedimentation
- hydrological extremes and their impact
- measurement, mathematical representation and computational aspects of hydrological processes
- hydrological aspects of the use and management of water resources and their change under the influence of human activity
- water resources systems, including the planning, engineering, management and economic aspects of applied hydrology
The co-editors of Hydrological Science Journal generally select one paper per issue to highlight as a Featured Article to be available on a free-to-view basis for a limited period. The co-editors aim to select the most innovative papers with exciting science. Tison award papers are also available free-to-view.
Online access to papers in the two most recent volumes of HSJ is by library/personal subscription; all earlier volumes are available open access. The latest articles including accepted author versions are published online prior to being assigned to an issue and may be cited using the doi.
The Impact Factor of HSJ is 3.942 (©2022 Clarivate Analytics, 2021 Journal Citation Reports®) with a 5-year Impact Factor of 3.879, ranking it 31st out of 100 journals in the Water Resources category.
Submission
The editors welcome original articles, scientific notes, opinion papers, technical notes and discussions. All papers submitted to HSJ are considered for peer review. Submissions should be made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. New users should first create an account.Submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Authors are advised to follow the Instructions for authors before submitting a manuscript.
Subscriptions
A preferential subscription rate (online/online+print - go to HSJLink to order) is available to IAHS Members for personal use.
IAHS members in financially disadvantaged countries receive free online subscription to HSJ by logging in to the membership area of the IAHS website and clicking on the HSJ link.
Member subscriptions are accessed using your personal log in at HSJ link in the IAHS membership area. IAHS membership is free of charge.
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Associate Editors (year of appointment)
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Svenja Fischer (Germany), Tobias Krueger (Germany), Arpita Mondal (India), Yiannis Panagopoulos (Greece), Simone Persiano (Italy), M. Cristina Rulli (Italy), Kai Schröter (Germany), Mohammad Valipour (USA) |
2023 |
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Brunella Bonaccorso (Italy) |
2022 |
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Ankit Agarwal (India), Marco Bianchi (UK), Slaven Conevski (Norway), Evan Davies (Canada), Subashisa Dutta (India), Auguste Gires (France)' Tobias Heckmann (Germany), Daniel Kingston (New Zealand), Ozgur Kisi (Georgia), Giuseppe Mascaro (USA), Michelle Newcomer (USA), Michelle Plampin (USA) |
2021 |
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Georgy Ayzel (Germany), Marina Batalini de Macedo (Brazil), Mehmet Cüneyd Demirel (Turkey), Zheng Duan (Sweden), Elmira Hassanzadeh (Canada), Mohammed Hssaisoune (Morocco), Monica Ionita (Germany), Ghulam Jeelani (India), Oscar Link (Chile), Michael Nones (Poland), Susana Ochoa-Rodriguez (UK), Christina Papadaki (Greece), Daniele Penna (Italy), Ilaria Prosdocimi (Italy), Mohammed Rahman (Bangladesh), Mojtaba Sadegh (USA) |
2019 |
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Alessio Domeneghetti (Italy), Stephanie Kampf (USA), Olga Makarieva (Russia), Niko Malamos (Greece), Santosh M. Pingale (India), Diego Rivera (Chile), Karen Ryberg (USA), Riddhi Singh (India), Xun Sun (China) |
2018 |
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Hoori Ajami (USA), Krysztof (Chris) Kochanek (Poland), Andrea Petroselli (Italy), Konstantinos Soulis (Greece) |
2017 |
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Gabriele Chiogna (Germany), Mike Hutchins (UK), Steve Lyon (Sweden), Flavia Tauro (Italy) |
2016 |
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Fi-John Chang (Taiwan, Republic of China), Heidi Kreibich (Germany), Ronald van Nooijen (The Netherlands) |
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Shaochun Huang (Norway), Nesa Ilich (Canada), Elena Volpi (Italy) |
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Benjamin Dewals (Belgium), Laurent Ruiz (France) |
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The policy of Hydrological Sciences Journal, as agreed by the IAHS Bureau (General Assemblies of Baltimore, 1989, Perugia, 2007, and Gothenburg, 2013), is that the term of appointment of Associate Editors should be limited to a period of three years, renewable upon Editors' invitation, with new Associate Editors being invited to serve each year as existing ones retire from the panel. The number of Associate Editors was increased to 60 in total (in 2019).
The date of appointment is given after each entry.
Former Editors
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| Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz 1997-2015 |
Demetris Koutsoyiannis 2006-2017 |
Mike Acreman 2014-2017 |
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| Address by Demetris Koutsoyiannis | Address by Attilio Castellarin |
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| Frances Watkins 1993-2021 |
| Address by Kate Heal |
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