Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies is a gold open access companion to Journal of Hydrology, published by Elsevier since 2014 and devoted to region-specific hydrological problems and their solutions, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.6.《水文学杂志：区域研究》是（Journal of Hydrology）的姊妹刊，由（Elsevier）自 2014 年起以金色开放获取方式出版，专注区域尺度的水文问题与解决方案，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.6。

Scope

• Surface and subsurface catchment hydrology form the base of the remit, with attention to processes rather than method development alone.地表与地下水文过程构成收录基础，且更重视过程本身而非单纯的方法开发。
• Impacts of climatic and land use change on hydrological processes and water resources are named as a core topic.气候变化与土地利用变化对水文过程及水资源的影响，被列为核心方向。
• Hydrological observation, modelling and prediction are in scope where the contribution is tied to a defined region.水文观测、建模与预测均在范围内，前提是贡献与明确的区域相绑定。
• Innovative solution strategies for water management in transboundary basins and groundwater systems are explicitly sought.跨境流域与地下水管理中具有创新性的解决方案，被明确征求。
• Economic hydrology, hydrology and livelihoods, and cultural or social water allocation extend the journal beyond physical hydrology.经济水文学、水文与生计，以及文化与社会的分水安排，使刊物超出传统物理水文学的边界。
• Social impacts of water infrastructure are treated as a legitimate research subject.水利基础设施的社会影响被视为正当的研究主题。
• The journal prefers papers that combine interdisciplinarity with translational relevance, and review articles on regional problems are accepted.刊物偏好兼具交叉性与转化价值的研究，并受理针对区域问题的综述。

History

• The title was launched in 2014 as a companion to Journal of Hydrology, which had covered the field since 1963.本刊于 2014 年作为（Journal of Hydrology）的姊妹刊创办，后者自 1963 年起覆盖该领域。
• It adopted a gold open access model from the outset, charging an article publishing charge while applying geographical pricing for authors in lower-income countries.刊物自创刊起即采用金色开放获取模式，收取文章处理费，同时对低收入国家作者实行地域定价。
• Regional editors were appointed for the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa, producing a distributed editorial structure rather than a single head office.刊物按美洲、欧洲、亚太与非洲分设区域主编，形成分散式的编辑结构，而非单一总部集中处理。
• The journal publishes around six volumes and several hundred articles a year, with articles numbered continuously inside each volume.刊物每年出版约 6 卷、数百篇论文，文章在各卷内连续编号。
• Its remit has stayed deliberately regional, favouring basin or aquifer scale work over global synthesis.其定位始终刻意保持区域属性，偏好流域或含水层尺度的研究，而非全球综合。
• The impact factor stood at 5.0 in 2024 and 5.6 in 2025, and Elsevier reports five days to first decision.影响因子 2024 年为 5.0、2025 年为 5.6，（Elsevier）公布的首次决定中位时间为 5 天。

Editors

• Seven regional editors lead the title: Maria L. Chu for the Americas, Patrick Willems for Europe and Vishnu Prasad Pandey for Asia and the Pacific, with Christina W. Tsai, Banafsheh Zahraie, Fan Zhang and Yilma Seleshi covering the remaining regions.刊物由七位区域主编共同主持：（Maria L. Chu）负责美洲、（Patrick Willems）负责欧洲、（Vishnu Prasad Pandey）负责亚太，其余区域由（Christina W. Tsai）、（Banafsheh Zahraie）、（Fan Zhang）与（Yilma Seleshi）分担。
• Chu works in agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.（Chu）任职于（University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign）的农业与生物工程系。
• Willems is at KU Leuven in Belgium, and Pandey at the Institute of Engineering of Tribhuvan University in Nepal.（Willems）在比利时（KU Leuven），（Pandey）在尼泊尔（Tribhuvan University）工学院。
• Christina W. Tsai of National Taiwan University works on stochastic modelling and sediment transport, while Fan Zhang of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research studies alpine hydrology.（National Taiwan University）的（Christina W. Tsai）研究随机建模与泥沙输移，（Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research）的（Fan Zhang）研究高寒水文。
• The board counts 48 editors and board members, with dense representation from China, the United States, Europe and South Asia.编委会共有 48 位编辑与委员，中国、美国、欧洲与南亚的分布较为密集。
• Review is single anonymized, with medians of 60 days to a decision after review and 130 days from submission to acceptance, and the article publishing charge is 2,820 US dollars.评审采用单匿名制，评审后决定中位时间 60 天，投稿至录用 130 天，文章处理费为 2820 美元。