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Author: Prof. Alaa Abdelmotaleb

If you work on water, the world needs your results faster, in front of more practitioners, and framed for real‑world decisions. That’s exactly where Water Science fits in and why it’s a compelling venue for your next submission.

, published by Springer, occupies a distinctive position within this landscape. Rather than sitting purely within theory or practice, the journal operates at the intersection of hydrology, engineering, environmental science, and socio‑economic analysis, reflecting how water research is increasingly practiced today.

Why this moment in water research demands a different kind of journal

• Connecting Global Challenges with Regional Insight

  One of the defining strengths of Water Science is its ability to link global water challenges with regionally grounded research.

• Water stress and extremes are rising

  The UN’s World Water Development Report 2025 underscores intensifying hydrological variability driven by glacier retreat, changing mountain “water towers,” and compounding risks for billions placing new demands on applied, decision‑ready science. 

• Interdisciplinarity as a Core Identity

  In Water Science, interdisciplinary is a core editorial principle. The journal actively bridges surface and groundwater hydrology, hydraulic engineering, water quality, coastal systems, climate change, and water resource socio‑economics.

• Methods are transforming

  Machine learning, explainable AI, and remote sensing are redefining how we forecast floods, manage basins, and monitor quality at scale especially in data‑scarce regions. 

• Public health surveillance has broadened 
  Wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) matured during COVID 19 and continues to evolve as an early warning tool for pathogens and community health. 

• Nature based solutions (NbS) are mainstreaming and maturing 
  From flood mitigation to stormwater quality, the field is moving from case studies to standardized performance evaluation and multi benefit accounting.

What makes Water Science distinctive

1) Truly open and free of charge 
Publishing in Water Science is , thanks to funding support. So, your work is immediately available to the world without fees to authors. ���ϳԹ��� also reports OA articles see higher downloads, citations, and policy/news attention, amplifying your reach. 

2) Anchored in a water‑scarcity epicentre with global reach 
The journal is sponsored and managed by Egypt’s National Water Research Center (NWRC) and partners with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB), which is a vantage point at the confluence of the Nile Basin, arid and semi‑arid hydrology, coastal deltas, and rapid urbanization. 

3) Scientists as Editorial Board 
Editorial leadership includes Prof. Alaa Abdelmotaleb (Editor‑in‑Chief, NWRC, Cairo) and a board spanning agencies, universities, and development organizations bridging applied and academic perspectives from MENA to North America and Europe. 

4) A home for integrative, basin‑to‑policy work 
From river basin planning and hydraulics to water quality, climate-hydro‑environment interactions, and water socio‑economics, the journal explicitly invites studies that turn process understanding into practical solutions. 

5) A Journal Aligned with the Future of Water Research 
As water research increasingly focuses on resilience, adaptation, and sustainability, Water Science continues to align itself with emerging global priorities 

The author’s experience 

• Open access, no APC: publish free and maximize visibility. 
• Clear article types: Original Articles and Reviews. 
• Creative Commons licensing: CC BY or CC BY‑NC‑ND, with authors retaining copyright. 
• Interdisciplinary fit: From hydraulics and morphology to socio‑economics and policy. 

What great submissions look like right now

• Bridges methods to management (e.g., explainable ML models deployed in a river‑basin operations room, not just benchmarked on historical data). 
• Quantifies uncertainty and transferability (especially for data‑scarce basins using transfer learning or physics‑informed approaches). 
• Evaluates NbS at scale with standardized metrics and co‑benefits (flood retention, biodiversity, heat mitigation, O&M costs). 
• Links water quality science to regulation with implementable monitoring/treatment and policy implications. 
• Shows WBE delivering early warning with validation against clinical or environmental outcomes and practical guidance for utilities. 

Why Water Science? 

By combining APC‑free open access, a Global‑South–informed vantage, and an editorial community that spans research, agencies, and development practice, Water Science is tuned to the questions funders, utilities, and basin authorities are asking right now especially across arid and semi‑arid regions where solutions must scale under constraint. 

In a world defined by increasing water uncertainty, Water Science invites researchers to submit original research and reviews that offer interdisciplinary insight and real‑world applicability and advance applied and basic water research with clear pathways to practice and policy.

By publishing in Water Science, authors contribute to a global dialogue where science informs solutions and helps shape the future of water research. Ready to shape the field? .