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Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ)

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. 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.

HSJ Submissions

Hydrological Sciences Journal is an international, peer reviewed journal, publishing high-quality, original research. The editors will consider the following manuscript types for publication in Hydrological Sciences Journal (HSJ):

Research Article: Original research that clearly advances our understanding of the hydrological cycle of the Earth in hydrology worldwide.
Technical Note: Manuscripts in this category report (a) new developments, (b) significant advances and novel aspects of experimental and theoretical methods and techniques, (c) new insights into previously published and widely used methods or models, or (d) presentation of original software tools or curated datasets, provided they are openly accessible through a reliable repository and accompanied by comprehensive documentation, ensuring reproducibility and facilitating broad adoption within the research community.
Opinion Paper: These manuscripts discuss a topical aspect of hydrology that is intended to stimulate debate among peers on new ideas, views, or perceptions in hydrology. Opinion papers are generally by invitation only. If authors have an idea for an opinion paper, they are encouraged to contact the Editor in Chief.
Discussion and Reply to Discussion: A discussion paper discusses work previously published in HSJ, ideally, but not exclusively, no more than 18 months prior to the submission date. The title should include “Discussion of:” followed by the title of the original article.
Special Issue Paper: These manuscripts are generally classified as Research Articles and are by invitation from the guest editor(s) of a particular Special Issue. For some Special Issues, a Call for Papers will be published, and submissions are solicited from the wider hydrological community.
Review Article: This type of article summarizes and synthesizes the current status of knowledge on a clearly identified topic, providing a critical and innovative perspective that offers novel, unreported or underreported insights.

You have the option to publish Open Access in our journal via our Open Select publishing program. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership and impact of your research.

Authors are advised to follow the 'Instructions for authors' before submitting a manuscript, and submissions should be made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Journal citation metrics: 5.4 CiteScore (Scopus); 2.5 IF; 3.3 5-year IF (2024 Journal Citation Reports). We look forward to receiving your submissions!

HSJ Subscriptions

As the official Journal of IAHS, HSJ is freely available online to IAHS members from FDC's (Financially Disadvantaged Countries). IAHS membership is free to all. Sign up for HSJ online ‘new content alerts’ from our publishers Taylor & Francis.

HSJ Featured Articles

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.

HSJ Awards

The co-editors aim to select the most innovative papers with exciting science. Prizes are awarded annually for contributors to the HSJ. Detailed information can be found here.

HSJ Digest

The HSJ Digest is our bi-monthly synopsis of the latest news from Hydrological Sciences Journal. Find links to all the articles published in the latest issues of the Journal, together with the Editors’ choice of featured articles and various other news and noteworthy items. 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.

HSJ Co-Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Attilio Castellarin

Editor

Stacey Archfield

Editor

Pedro Chaffe

Editor

Aldo Fiori

Editor

Riddhi Singh

Editor

Konstantinos Soulis

HSJ Editorial Office

Editorial Manager

Lottie Rundall

Submission & Review Coordinator

Kate Hill

HSJ Associate Editors (year of appointment)

Nasrin Alamdari (USA), László Bertalan (Hungary), Miguel Campo-Bescós (Spain), Ali Danandeh Mehr (Türkiye), Ilaria Gnecco (Italy), Rui Guo (Italy), Michele Lancia (China), Sida Liu (Netherlands), Khosro Morovati (China), Christina Orieschnig (France), Ashutosh Sharma (India), Gökçen Uysal (Türkiye), Andrzej Wałęga (Poland)	2026
Efstathios Diamantopoulos (Germany), Elias Dimitriou (Greece), Ze Jiang (Australia), Suxia Liu (China), María J. Polo (Spain), Xiaojun Wang (China)	2025
Maria Grodzka-Łukaszewska (Poland), Fernando Nardi (Italy), Bertil Nlend (Cameroon), Afua Owusu (Ghana), Dingzhi Peng (China), Long Yang (China), Tongtiegang Zhao (China), Yanlai Zhou (China)	2024
Svenja Fischer (Germany), Tobias Krueger (Germany), Arpita Mondal (India), Yiannis Panagopoulos (Greece), Simone Persiano (Italy), M. Cristina Rulli (Italy), Kai Schröter (Germany), Marthe Wens (Netherlands)	2023
Brunella Bonaccorso (Italy)	2022
Ankit Agarwal (India), Slaven Conevski (Norway), Auguste Gires (France), Tobias Heckmann (Germany), Ozgur Kisi (Georgia), Giuseppe Mascaro (USA), Michelle Newcomer (USA)	2021
Marina Batalini de Macedo (Brazil), Zheng Duan (Sweden), Elmira Hassanzadeh (Canada), Monica Ionita (Germany), Ghulam Jeelani (India), Oscar Link (Chile), Michael Nones (Poland), Christina Papadaki (Greece), Daniele Penna (Italy), Ilaria Prosdocimi (Italy)	2019
Alessio Domeneghetti (Italy), Santosh M. Pingale (India), Diego Rivera (Chile), Karen Ryberg (USA), Xun Sun (China)	2018
Krysztof (Chris) Kochanek (Poland), Andrea Petroselli (Italy)	2017
Gabriele Chiogna (Germany), Mike Hutchins (UK), Steve Lyon (Sweden), Flavia Tauro (Italy)	2016
Fi-John Chang (Taiwan, Republic of China), Ronald van Nooijen (The Netherlands)	2015
Shaochun Huang (Norway), Elena Volpi (Italy)	2014
Laurent Ruiz (France)	2013

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.