2017 Top Journals in Water Ranked by h5-index

Date: 2017-09-14

To help researchers and publishers learn more about open access (OA) journals, the team of Open Access Library released the latest version of rankings for open access journals in August 2017. The basic benchmark used in the OA journals rankings is the h5-index from Google Scholar Metrics (June 2017). We can view a journal’s ranking by selecting proper research keywords or typing the title/specific research area in the search box directly.


The h5-index for the journal Journal of Water Resource and Protection published by SCIRP is 16, ranked 5th in the top open access journals matching Water.


Rankings Journal Title Publisher h5-index
1. Agricultural Water Management Elsevier 45
2. Water Alternatives Water Alternatives Association 27
3. Water MDPI AG 24
4. Applied Water Science Springer 21
5. Journal of Water Resource and Protection Scientific Research Publishing 16
6. Water S.A. Water Research Commission 16
7. Water Science and Engineering Editorial Board of Water Science and Engineering 11
8. Journal of Water and Land Development De Gruyter Open 10
9. Soil and Water Research Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 9
10. Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering Scientific Research Publishing 6*

* The h5-index for this journal is calculated based on the citations statistics from Google Scholar.


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