Guide for Authors
Aims and scope
Water Research has an open access mirror journal Water Research X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.Water Research publishes refereed, original research papers on all aspects of the science and technology of the anthropogenic water cycle, water quality, and its management worldwide. A broad outline of the journal's scope includes:
•Treatment processes for water and wastewaters (municipal, agricultural, industrial, and on-site treatment), including resource recovery and residuals management;
•Urban hydrology including sewer systems, stormwater management, and green infrastructure;
•Drinking water treatment and distribution;
•Potable and non-potable water reuse;
•Sanitation, public health, and risk assessment;
•Anaerobic digestion, solid and hazardous waste management, including source characterization and the effects and control of leachates and gaseous emissions;
•Contaminants (chemical, microbial, anthropogenic particles such as nanoparticles or microplastics) and related water quality sensing, monitoring, fate, and assessment;
•Inland, tidal, coastal and urban waters, including surface and ground waters, and point and non-point sources of pollution;
•Environmental restoration, including soil, linked to groundwater and groundwater remediation;
•Analysis of the interfaces between sediments and water, and between water and atmosphere;
•Mathematical modelling, systems analysis, machine learning, and beneficial use of big data related to the anthropogenic water cycle;
•Socio-economic, policy, and regulations studies.
Water Research is an interdisciplinary journal with an applied edge. This means that papers that go into too many details of one of the supporting disciplines (such as chemistry, toxicology, microbiology, material sciences, etc.) without making a good link with water research in general may be rejected up-front. More information on types of manuscripts that are not suitable for Water Research are discussed in an editorial available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.038.
Water Research has an open access mirror journal, Water Research X.
Types of paper
Papers are published either as a Research Paper, Making Waves Communication or a Review Paper. Comments on these papers are also welcome.
(a) A RESEARCH PAPER is a contribution describing original research, including theoretical exposition, extensive data and in-depth critical evaluation, and is peer reviewed. Water Research does not accept case studies, unless it is a study that has a wide impact on the industry. The total length of the manuscript including references must not exceed 8000 words. Please note that figures and tables must be added to the manuscript only if they are really useful for the presentation.
(b) REVIEW PAPERS are encouraged. Only critical review papers will be considered that provide a novel perspective and critical evaluation. Manuscripts simply summarizing the current state of knowledge are not suitable. The format and length of review papers are more flexible than for a full paper. Typical reviews are less than 12,000 words including references. Review papers are peer reviewed. In a cover letter submitted with a critical review, authors must briefly comment on their expertise in the subject matter and provide a list of their own related publications on this topic. Authors must also comment on related reviews published on the topic and how their manuscript provides relevant new insights and perspective beyond the available reviews.
(c) COMMENTS on papers already published are welcome, subject to the criteria of interest, originality and the approval of the appropriate Editor. Comments can include extensions to, or criticisms of, those papers. They must provide arguments that are reasoned, and not presented in a confrontational fashion. They will be sent to the author of the original paper for reply, the outcome of which may be publication in a future issue. Comments and Authors' Replies should not exceed 1200 words each and will be received until 4 months after publication. They will be accepted or rejected without corrections.
Comment or Reply papers should be submitted under the article type "Discussion" and should have an article title in the below format.
Comment on "TITLE of previously published article by AUTHORS [Water Research VOLUME YEAR PAGE-RANGE]".
Reply for Comment on "Title of previously published article by AUTHORS [Water Research VOLUME YEAR PAGE-RANGE]"
(d) MAKING WAVES is a new type of communication. Its aims and features are to identify emerging topics and approaches, provide opinions and perspectives, discuss a visionary way forward in a particular field, and present solutions for research bottlenecks. Submissions are usually limited to 3000 words accompanied by no more than two illustrations (figures or tables), plus a short abstract and up to three highlights. Please include "Making Waves: " in your title and use topical section headings to structure your writing, instead of the customary breakdown into Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. This article type is not intended for short communications of preliminary research. Use bullet points in Conclusions. Supplementary Information is not admissible.
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