Disciplinary position: one of the most prestigious journals in hydrology, sponsored by the American Geophysical Union, publishing original research on hydrological and water resources processes.学科定位： 本刊是水文学领域最负盛名的学术期刊之一，由美国地球物理联合会主办，刊载水文与水资源过程的原创研究。[1]
Scope of coverage: the journal covers surface and groundwater hydrology, water balance, floods and droughts, snow and frozen ground processes, water quality and aquatic ecology, and hydrological modelling and remote sensing.收录范围： 内容涵盖地表水与地下水水文学、水量平衡、洪水与干旱、冰雪与冻土过程、水质与水生态以及水文模型与遥感。[2]
Indexing: the journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, with a 2025 impact factor of 6.3 against 5.0 in 2024 and 4.6 in 2023, a marked recovery.收录数据库： 被科学引文索引扩展版收录，2025 年影响因子 6.3，2024 年为 5.0，2023 年为 4.6，指标回升明显。[2]
Ranking: the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranking places it in the geosciences class 2 zone, with limnology at zone 1 and environmental sciences plus water resources at zone 2 for 2025.分区与排名： 在中科院分区中列于地球科学二区，2025 年小类湖沼学为一区，环境科学与水资源为二区。[2]
Open access policy: since 1 January 2024 every article in the journal has been open access, making it a fully gold open access title with an article processing charge of 3,240 US dollars.开放获取政策： 本刊自二〇二四年一月一日起全部论文转为开放获取，属完全金色开放获取刊物，文章处理费为三千二百四十美元。[3]
Open access share correction: the recorded open access share of eighty-four per cent reflects the transitional state before full open access, and after the switch it should be read as near total.开放获取比例纠偏： 库内记录的开放获取占比为百分之八十四，该值对应全面开放之前的过渡状态，全面开放后应视为接近全量。[3]
History
Founding: the journal was founded in 1965, with Walter B. Langbein and Allen V. Kneese as its first editors serving from 1965 to 1967.创刊： 一九六五年创刊，首任编辑为 Walter B. Langbein 与 Allen V. Kneese，任期为一九六五至一九六七年。[4]
Publishing change: the international serial number authority records the publisher of the journal transferring from the American Geophysical Union to Wiley with effect from 1 January 2013.出版方变迁： 国际标准刊号权威记录显示本刊出版方于二〇一三年一月一日由美国地球物理联合会移交威立出版。[5]
Correction of the publisher description: recording only the American Geophysical Union is incomplete, since the union sponsors and owns the title while Wiley is the actual publisher, and the entry should be completed accordingly.出版主体口径纠偏： 库内仅记美国地球物理联合会为出版方并不完整，联合会是主办与所有者而威立出版是实际出版方，宜补全为代联合会出版。[3]
Open access transition: the union's official submission site states in terms that all articles in the journal are open access as of 1 January 2024, ending the previous commercial and subscription model.开放获取转型： 联合会官方投稿站明文宣布本刊自二〇二四年一月一日起全部论文开放获取，此前的商业出版与订阅模式随即结束。[1]
Catalogue corroboration: the German union catalogue likewise notes that the journal has been fully open access from 2024 and has been included in the directory of open access journals.编目确认： 德国电子图书馆编目亦注明本刊自二〇二四年起完全开放获取，并已纳入开放获取目录。[6]
Frequency: the journal is monthly, its issues arranged by month under continuous volume numbering, the 2026 issues corresponding one to one with the months.刊期： 本刊为月刊，各期按月编排并使用连续卷号，二〇二六年各期与月份一一对应。[7]
Metric history: the impact factor rose steadily from 4.142 in 2018 to 6.3 in 2025, the recovery after full open access clearly visible in the trend.指标沿革： 影响因子自二〇一八年的 4.142 稳步上升至二〇二五年的 6.3，全面开放获取后指标回升的趋势清晰可见。[2]
Editors
Current editor: Georgia Destouni leads the journal, the appointment corroborated on both the union's submission site and the publisher's journal page.现任主编： Georgia Destouni 任主编，该任命可在联合会投稿站首页与威立平台期刊页相互印证。[1]
Editorial succession: the journal has changed editors frequently, its past holders including several senior hydrologists, so a library entry naming a departed editor is out of date.主编沿革： 本刊主编更替频繁，历任包括多位资深水文学者，库内若记录的是已卸任者姓名则属过时信息。[4]
Submission route: manuscripts go through the union's own manuscript system, with the division between editorial and publishing roles clear in the workflow.投稿通道： 稿件通过联合会自有的稿件系统投递，编辑部与出版方的分工在流程上清晰可辨。[1]
On the acceptance figure: the recorded fifty per cent comes from a source without standing, since the union publishes no acceptance proportion for the title and circulating figures trace to editing service vendors.录用率口径： 库内记录的录用率为百分之五十，联合会是自有出版物却不公布该刊录用比例，网传数值多出自论文润色服务商，不宜采信。[1]
On review time: the recorded average review period is likewise aggregator experience, the union publishing article charges and open access policy but no review duration.审稿口径： 库内记录的平均审稿周期亦属聚合站经验值，联合会官方仅公布文章处理费与开放获取政策而无审稿时长数据。[3]
Standing: the journal is regarded among the most broadly cited general titles in hydrology, its papers frequently forming the base citations of later reviews and methodological papers.学科地位： 本刊在水文学界被视为引用最广的综合性刊物之一，其论文常成为后续综述与方法学论文的基础引用。[2]
Further indexing: the journal is included in the directory of open access journals and is covered across the principal citation databases of the geosciences.收录数据库补充： 本刊已纳入开放获取目录，同时在地球科学领域的主要引用库中均有覆盖。[6]