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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鈥憌orld decisions. That鈥檚 exactly where Water Science fits in and why it鈥檚 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鈥慹conomic 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鈥檚 World Water Development Report 2025 underscores intensifying hydrological variability driven by glacier retreat, changing mountain 鈥渨ater towers,鈥� and compounding risks for billions placing new demands on applied, decision鈥憆eady 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鈥慹conomics.

• 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鈥憇carce 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. P站视频 also reports OA articles see higher downloads, citations, and policy/news attention, amplifying your reach. 

2) Anchored in a water鈥憇carcity epicentre with global reach 
The journal is sponsored and managed by Egypt鈥檚 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鈥慳rid hydrology, coastal deltas, and rapid urbanization. 

3) Scientists as Editorial Board 
Editorial leadership includes Prof. Alaa Abdelmotaleb (Editor鈥慽n鈥慍hief, 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鈥憈o鈥憄olicy work 
From river basin planning and hydraulics to water quality, climate-hydro鈥慹nvironment interactions, and water socio鈥慹conomics, 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鈥檚 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鈥慛C鈥慛D, with authors retaining copyright. 
• Interdisciplinary fit: From hydraulics and morphology to socio鈥慹conomics and policy. 

What great submissions look like right now

• Bridges methods to management (e.g., explainable ML models deployed in a river鈥慴asin operations room, not just benchmarked on historical data). 
• Quantifies uncertainty and transferability (especially for data鈥憇carce basins using transfer learning or physics鈥慽nformed approaches). 
• Evaluates NbS at scale with standardized metrics and co鈥慴enefits (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鈥慺ree open access, a Global鈥慡outh鈥搃nformed 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鈥慳rid 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鈥憌orld 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? .