About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Journal of Water and Environmental Sciences (JWES) publishes research papers, reviews, and comments aboutall aspects dealing withwater and environment. The maingoal of this journal is to promote the research work in the following subjects:

  • Policy, strategy, control and management aspects of water quality
  • Pollution on rivers, lakes, groundwater and marine waters
  • Waste water treatment
  • Waste management
  • Aquaculture
  • Hydrology
  • Hydrogeology
  • Health sciences
  • Environment
  • Climate change

Open Access Policy

“Journal of Water and Environmental Sciences” is a Scholarly peer-reviewed open access journal.
The Journal’s content is immediately available for all researchers and is free of all restrictions on access.
All manuscripts are considered for a peer-reviewing process by qualified experts.

The “Journal of Water and Environmental Sciences” doesn't have APCs or any submission charges.



Originality and plagiarism

Authors who submit papers to Journal of Water and Environmental Sciences (JWES) should ensure that their work is original and unpublished, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. 

In addition, authors confirm that their paper is their own; that it has not been copied or plagiarised, in whole or in part, from other works; and that they have disclosed actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it.

Indexing and Abstracting

Journal of Water and Environmental Sciences (JWES) is currently listed and indexed in the following Catalogs and Directories: 

  • Directory of Open Acess Journals (DOAJ)        
  • ResearchBib
  • Index Copernicus International    
  • WorldCat/ OCLC (USA)
  • Mirabel 
  • Research4Life :  

-HINARI Access to Research for Health Programme

-AGORA Access to Research on Agriculture

-AORE Access to Research in the Environment

-ARDI Access to Research for Innovation

  • Sherpa/Romeo  
  • COPAC: National, Academic and Specialist Library Catalogue (United Kingdom)  
  • SOLO Research Oxford Libraries Online (United Kingdom) 
  • EZB, EleKtronisheZeitschriftenbibliothek (Germany)  
  • WZB (Berlin Social Science Center, Germany)
  • Catalog for Libraries of Heidelberg Universities (Germany)    
  • Universitat Regensburg Bibliothek Katalog (Germany)  
  • UCSB Library (University of California, Santa Barbara Library, USA)