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Impact factor of Ground Water (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Ground Water published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no official Journal Impact Factor from Clarivate; the value above is how often its recent papers are cited.
Rank in its subject categories
- Geosciences, Multidisciplinaryrank 180 of 281 journals
- Water Resourcesrank 100 of 138 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Ground Water
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Ground Water is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no JCR quartile. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$4,100.
02Review time
Review time of Ground Water
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Ground Water published between Oct 2024 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 138 days of submission, and the middle half took between 46 and 209 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Geosciences, Multidisciplinary, Ground Water ranks 22 of 87 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Geosciences, Multidisciplinary →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Ground Water
Ground Water follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Wiley: full waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group.
Authors affiliated in 84 countries qualify for a full waiver. See the countries →
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Retractions and research integrity at Ground Water
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Ground Water has 3 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Mar 2014. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
Who funds research published in Ground Water
Funders named most often
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04Indexing
Indexing of Ground Water
| List | Status |
|---|---|
| Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) | Not listed |
| Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) | Not listed |
| Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) | Not listed |
| Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) | Not listed |
| Scopus | ✓ Listed |
| Journal Citation Reports 2024 | Not listed |
- ISSN
- 0017-467X
- eISSN
- 1745-6584
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Scopus source type
- Journal
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Ground Water
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06Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
07Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Ground Water?
Based on 150 research articles Ground Water published from Oct 2024 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 138 days, and half of them were accepted between 46 and 209 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 18 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Ground Water?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Ground Water is 1.58: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 1.58 times on average in a year. The journal is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.
What is the h-index of Ground Water?
The h-index of Ground Water is 155 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 155 of its papers have each been cited at least 155 times. Its i10-index is 3,112.
What is the APC of Ground Water?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$4,100 for Ground Water (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Ground Water?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Ground Water is not listed in JCR 2024, so it has no JCR quartile. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Ground Water indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Ground Water appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Ground Water an SCIE journal?
Ground Water is not listed in SCIE or the other Web of Science indexes, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Ground Water in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Ground Water is not listed in the JCR 2024 list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Does Ground Water offer an APC waiver?
Ground Water follows the policy of Wiley: full waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Ground Water retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 3 retracted papers in Ground Water, 0 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are misconduct by author, plagiarism of text, plagiarism of/in article. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
Who funds research published in Ground Water?
36% of 174 recent research articles in Ground Water name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, United States Geological Survey, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka.
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