Open Access
Open access

Water S.A.

Water Research Commission
ISSN: 03784738, 18167950
SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q4
Impact factor
1
SJR
0.346
CiteScore
2.8
Categories
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Waste Management and Disposal
Water Science and Technology
Areas
Environmental Science
Immunology and Microbiology
Years of issue
1976-2024
journal names
Water S.A.
WATER SA
Publications
1 847
Citations
16 745
h-index
48
Publications
284
Citations
8 866
Top-3 citing journals
Water (Switzerland)
Water (Switzerland) (567 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (320 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of KwaZulu-Natal (197 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (136 publications)
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (118 publications)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of KwaZulu-Natal (39 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (23 publications)
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (23 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (1265 publications)
USA (64 publications)
Zimbabwe (55 publications)
South Africa (161 publications)
Zimbabwe (17 publications)
China (10 publications)

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Citing journals

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Water (Switzerland)
567 citations, 3.39%
Science of the Total Environment
347 citations, 2.07%
Sustainability
320 citations, 1.91%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
264 citations, 1.58%
African Journal of Aquatic Science
253 citations, 1.51%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
192 citations, 1.15%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
177 citations, 1.06%
Water Research
157 citations, 0.94%
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
129 citations, 0.77%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
119 citations, 0.71%
Journal of Hydrology
115 citations, 0.69%
Journal of Water Process Engineering
106 citations, 0.63%
Chemical Engineering Journal
104 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
103 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Environmental Management
103 citations, 0.62%
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
99 citations, 0.59%
Remote Sensing
97 citations, 0.58%
Water Science and Technology
90 citations, 0.54%
Hydrobiologia
89 citations, 0.53%
South African Journal of Botany
88 citations, 0.53%
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
87 citations, 0.52%
Desalination and Water Treatment
85 citations, 0.51%
Chemosphere
84 citations, 0.5%
PLoS ONE
84 citations, 0.5%
Ecological Indicators
80 citations, 0.48%
Bioresource Technology
78 citations, 0.47%
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
78 citations, 0.47%
Environmental Earth Sciences
75 citations, 0.45%
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
73 citations, 0.44%
Scientific Reports
71 citations, 0.42%
Water Science and Technology: Water Supply
70 citations, 0.42%
Water Resources Management
70 citations, 0.42%
Agricultural Water Management
68 citations, 0.41%
Heliyon
68 citations, 0.41%
Environmental Science & Technology
63 citations, 0.38%
Hydrological Sciences Journal
62 citations, 0.37%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
61 citations, 0.36%
Hydrogeology Journal
58 citations, 0.35%
Water Practice and Technology
56 citations, 0.33%
South African Journal of Plant and Soil
56 citations, 0.33%
Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)
56 citations, 0.33%
Applied Water Science
56 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
55 citations, 0.33%
Hydrological Processes
55 citations, 0.33%
Ecological Engineering
53 citations, 0.32%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
53 citations, 0.32%
Water Policy
53 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Cleaner Production
52 citations, 0.31%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
52 citations, 0.31%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
50 citations, 0.3%
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
50 citations, 0.3%
Desalination
50 citations, 0.3%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
49 citations, 0.29%
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
49 citations, 0.29%
South African Journal of Science
48 citations, 0.29%
Separation and Purification Technology
48 citations, 0.29%
Agronomy
47 citations, 0.28%
Irrigation and Drainage
47 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Water and Health
46 citations, 0.27%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
45 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Climatology
44 citations, 0.26%
Environmental Pollution
44 citations, 0.26%
Southern African Geographical Journal
44 citations, 0.26%
Water Environment Research
43 citations, 0.26%
Groundwater for Sustainable Development
42 citations, 0.25%
Urban Water Journal
42 citations, 0.25%
Water Resources Research
41 citations, 0.24%
RSC Advances
40 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
40 citations, 0.24%
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
40 citations, 0.24%
Minerals
39 citations, 0.23%
Clean - Soil, Air, Water
38 citations, 0.23%
Processes
38 citations, 0.23%
African Journal of Marine Science
37 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Water Resources Development
35 citations, 0.21%
Climate
35 citations, 0.21%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
35 citations, 0.21%
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
34 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Water
34 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
33 citations, 0.2%
Hydrology
33 citations, 0.2%
Energies
33 citations, 0.2%
SSRN Electronic Journal
33 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA
32 citations, 0.19%
Water International
31 citations, 0.19%
Process Safety and Environmental Protection
31 citations, 0.19%
Atmosphere
30 citations, 0.18%
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
30 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Environmental Sciences
30 citations, 0.18%
Marine and Freshwater Research
30 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Water and Climate Change
29 citations, 0.17%
Membranes
29 citations, 0.17%
River Research and Applications
29 citations, 0.17%
Materials
29 citations, 0.17%
Sustainable Water Resources Management
29 citations, 0.17%
Water and Environment Journal
28 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE
28 citations, 0.17%
Koedoe
28 citations, 0.17%
Separation Science and Technology
27 citations, 0.16%
Land
27 citations, 0.16%
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Elsevier
4498 citations, 26.86%
Springer Nature
2950 citations, 17.62%
MDPI
2028 citations, 12.11%
Taylor & Francis
1444 citations, 8.62%
Wiley
1065 citations, 6.36%
IWA Publishing
559 citations, 3.34%
Frontiers Media S.A.
254 citations, 1.52%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
205 citations, 1.22%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
157 citations, 0.94%
Copernicus
140 citations, 0.84%
IOP Publishing
132 citations, 0.79%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
122 citations, 0.73%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
121 citations, 0.72%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
112 citations, 0.67%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
98 citations, 0.59%
SAGE
78 citations, 0.47%
Hindawi Limited
72 citations, 0.43%
Scientific Research Publishing
72 citations, 0.43%
Walter de Gruyter
69 citations, 0.41%
63 citations, 0.38%
AOSIS
63 citations, 0.38%
Cambridge University Press
51 citations, 0.3%
Academy of Science of South Africa
50 citations, 0.3%
Water Environment Federation
47 citations, 0.28%
IGI Global
46 citations, 0.27%
CSIRO Publishing
43 citations, 0.26%
Emerald
42 citations, 0.25%
Science Alert
42 citations, 0.25%
IntechOpen
42 citations, 0.25%
Academic Journals
41 citations, 0.24%
Trans Tech Publications
40 citations, 0.24%
EDP Sciences
37 citations, 0.22%
IOS Press
35 citations, 0.21%
Oxford University Press
34 citations, 0.2%
Research Square Platform LLC
34 citations, 0.2%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
31 citations, 0.19%
AIP Publishing
29 citations, 0.17%
Mary Ann Liebert
26 citations, 0.16%
Pleiades Publishing
25 citations, 0.15%
South African Assn. For The Advancement Of Science
23 citations, 0.14%
23 citations, 0.14%
Canadian Science Publishing
22 citations, 0.13%
King Saud University
19 citations, 0.11%
American Geophysical Union
17 citations, 0.1%
American Meteorological Society
16 citations, 0.1%
Inter-Research Science Center
16 citations, 0.1%
Thomas Telford
16 citations, 0.1%
SciELO
16 citations, 0.1%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
15 citations, 0.09%
American Society for Microbiology
15 citations, 0.09%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
15 citations, 0.09%
Pensoft Publishers
14 citations, 0.08%
Associacao Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental
14 citations, 0.08%
World Scientific
13 citations, 0.08%
International Association for Food Protection
13 citations, 0.08%
PeerJ
12 citations, 0.07%
Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
11 citations, 0.07%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
11 citations, 0.07%
Institut National de la Research Scientifique
11 citations, 0.07%
Asian Network for Scientific Information
10 citations, 0.06%
Freshwater Biological Association
9 citations, 0.05%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
9 citations, 0.05%
The Royal Society
8 citations, 0.05%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
8 citations, 0.05%
Oriental Scientific Publishing Company
8 citations, 0.05%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
8 citations, 0.05%
University of Chicago Press
7 citations, 0.04%
Unisa Press
7 citations, 0.04%
Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
7 citations, 0.04%
Geological Society of South Africa
7 citations, 0.04%
Asian Journal of Chemistry
7 citations, 0.04%
7 citations, 0.04%
F1000 Research
7 citations, 0.04%
South Florida Publishing LLC
7 citations, 0.04%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
6 citations, 0.04%
Soil Science Society of America
6 citations, 0.04%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
6 citations, 0.04%
National Research Council
6 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
6 citations, 0.04%
Enviro Research Publishers
6 citations, 0.04%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
5 citations, 0.03%