Why publish in River?

  • Make your work accessible to everyone! Because River is open access, you could achieve up to 3.2x more downloads and 1.5x more citations.
  • Submit with confidence. Your work will be processed fairly, with guidance from our expert editorial service. Two expert referee reports on every article will help ensure quality, too.
  • Get your work out to the world quickly, with no compromise on quality. Your work will be published online rapidly from submissions to acceptance.
  • Spend less time formatting and more time out in the field! Submit your work in a format that suits you. There are no strict structures or limits on paper length, tables and figures.
  • You’ll retain copyright of your work. You are free to reproduce and disseminate your work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
  • Steering the water policies! By publishing papers on River, your research achievement upon water could be seen by the policy and decision makers of the water sector, hence providing a great scientific support for the governance of water.
  • Make a global impact! As an international journal, any author who publishes papers on it can avail this great platform to have his/her research findings known to the world in a short time and raise a wide public attention!
  • There is no cost for publishing open access. Article publication fees are currently waived.
  • The breadth of River’s coverage will make your research easily discoverable by researchers with general water interest as well as those from related and sub-disciplines.