Water Resources and Industry

Water Resources and Industry is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier since 2012 under the eISSN 2212-3717, covering the interface of water resources with industrial use including industrial water management, wastewater treatment and water energy, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.7 and a first quartile rank of 5 of 132 in water resources《水资源与工业》（Water Resources and Industry）是爱思唯尔（Elsevier）自 2012 年起出版的同行评审期刊，电子刊号 2212-3717，覆盖水资源与工业使用的交叉领域，涉及工业用水管理、废水处理与水能等方向，2025 年影响因子为 8.7，在水资源类 132 种期刊中列第 5 位、居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes research on the interface of water resources with industry, including industrial water demand and supply, water use efficiency in industrial processes, and the treatment, recycling and reuse of industrial wastewater该刊刊载水资源与工业交叉领域的研究，涉及工业用水需求与供给、工业过程用水效率以及工业废水的处理、回收与再利用。
• It covers water energy including hydropower, pumped storage and the energy water nexus, industrial water risk and resilience, and the impact of industrial activity on water quality and aquatic ecosystems该刊覆盖水能包括水力发电、抽水蓄能与水能源纽带，工业用水风险与韧性，以及工业活动对水质与水生生态系统的影响。
• The journal addresses policy, regulation and economic instruments for industrial water management, and it welcomes case studies and applications from mining, manufacturing, energy generation and agricultural processing sectors该刊探讨工业用水管理的政策、法规与经济手段，并欢迎采矿、制造、发电与农产品加工等行业的案例研究与应用。
• It operates single-blind peer review and follows the Elsevier editorial policies on research integrity, data availability and competing interests, with author guidelines published on the journal website该刊实行单盲同行评审，遵循爱思唯尔关于研究诚信、数据可获取性与利益冲突的编辑政策，作者指南在期刊网站公布。
• The journal is a subscription title that additionally offers an article publishing charge based open access option, and it is abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus and WATERnet该刊采用订阅制并另行提供需缴纳文章处理费的开放获取选项，被（SCIE）、（Scopus）与（WATERnet）收录。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 5 of 132 titles in water resources with a 96.6 percentile and its five year indicator remains in the first quartile在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在水资源类 132 种期刊中列第 5 位、百分位 96.6，五年指标同样位于第一四分位。

History

• The journal was launched in 2012 by Elsevier to provide a venue dedicated to the water industry interface, and the first volume appeared in that year该刊于 2012 年由爱思唯尔创办，旨在为水与工业交叉领域提供专门平台，第一卷同年出版。
• It was established at a time of growing concern over industrial water use and scarcity, and it has retained the water industry focus throughout its history该刊设立于工业用水与水资源短缺日益受关注之际，自创办起一直保持水与工业交叉定位。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 4.206 in 2022 to 7.5 in 2024 and to 8.7 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing in water resources throughout该刊影响因子由 2022 年的 4.206 升至 2024 年的 7.5 与 2025 年的 8.7，始终居水资源类第一四分位。
• The journal has progressively expanded its scope to address the energy water nexus, industrial water risk under climate change and circular economy approaches to industrial water该刊逐步扩展学科范围以涵盖水能源纽带、气候变化下的工业用水风险以及工业用水的循环经济方法。
• The publisher carries the journal on ScienceDirect and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1016, shared with other Elsevier journals出版方将该刊载于（ScienceDirect），其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1016），与爱思唯尔其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an international editorial board whose members are drawn from water resources engineering, environmental science and industrial engineering departments of universities and research institutes across the world该刊由一位主编带领，配以由世界各地大学与研究机构水资源工程、环境科学与工业工程系学者组成的国际编委会。
• The editorial team includes associate editors responsible for subject areas such as industrial water treatment, water energy, water risk and industrial water policy, reflecting the breadth of the journal编辑团队设有副编辑，分别负责工业水处理、水能、水风险与工业用水政策等方向，对应刊物的广度。
• Editorial handling follows the Elsevier editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托爱思唯尔的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is single-blind and the journal maintains the Elsevier standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management and editorial independence同行评审采用单盲方式，该刊遵循爱思唯尔在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at ScienceDirect and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在（ScienceDirect）期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。