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Water Security

ISSN: 2468-3124

Water Security aims to publish papers that contribute to a better understanding of the economic, social, biophysical, technological, ecological and institutional influencers of current and future global water security. This includes cross cutting themes that highlight the intersection between climate and water, energy, and food security, as well as biodiversity and ecosystem functions. At the same time the journal intends to stimulate debate, backed by science, with strong interdisciplinary connections. The goal is to publish concise and timely reviews, synthesis articles, and on occasion original research articles about research covering the following elements of water security: • Shortage • Flooding • Drought • Governance • Health and Sanitation • Ecosystems and Ecology • Water systems and infrastructure Shortage Reviews should reflect on the ever-changing mosaic of water shortage, that is, variations in availability and the mismatch between availability, on the one hand, and access and demand for ever more water, on the other. Reviews may scrutinize concepts, models, sets of data, etc. that have been used, what results have been achieved, what kind of understanding is missing and reliability and validity of results. Reviews are welcome of the links between academic and other kinds of knowledge systems, e.g. research from the corporate sector (that has considerable research capacity) and how the (joint) understanding evolves about significant challenges and how to deal with them, like competition, conflict, collaboration and how to best use the varying water resources. Flooding This includes all types of flooding, such as coastal floods, river floods, flash floods or glacier outburst floods, and encompasses the causes, development and impacts of flood events. Contributions scrutinize the understanding and quantification of flood hazard, exposure and vulnerability, the interactions and feedbacks between different components, and the dynamic nature of flood risk systems. Emerging issues, such as large-scale and long-term consequences of flooding, e.g. via supply chain interruptions, are covered. The variety of risk reduction measures from precautionary measures, forecasting and early warning to emergency measures and reconstruction, and how these measures are embedded in the political, cultural and economic context are reflected. Reviews on the uncertainty and validation of risk assessments given the scarcity of observations about extreme events are of particular interest. Drought From a water security perspective, drought is considered as a persistent shortage of water relative to the usual water demand in a region. This is not the same definition that is often used by meteorological or hydrological drought indices that measure strictly a decline in the potential water supply. The consequences of drought are important from a water security perspective and hence we welcome papers that look at the challenges posed by drought to municipal, agricultural, industrial or ecological function, and how these are resolved to achieve water security. Governance Water security is conditioned by institutions, policy, and management. This theme primarily addresses human dimensions of water security in relation to surface water, groundwater, wastewater, and desalination. It considers politics, economics and finance, access, social equity, ethics, risk, adaptation, ecosystem services, and related topics. Because water, energy, food, ecosystems, and climate security are inextricably linked, this theme also addresses nexus challenges. Health and Sanitation Reviews within this theme explore linkages between public health and the quality, quantity, and reliability of water supplies, as well as the public-health impacts of excreta and wastewater management and re-use. It also intersects with the themes of shortage and flooding by focusing on the public-health impacts of both extreme events and gradual shifts in climate. Reviews within this theme may also explore more indirect water security-health connections, such as the public health impacts of productive water use, conflict over water resources, and water source development. Ecosystems and Ecology The ecological dimensions of water security include the role of natural and managed ecosystems in the water cycle and water resources as well as the impact of water resource management (quantity and quality) on downstream ecosystem services from headwaters to deltas and estuaries. The biophysical, biodiversity, socio-economic, health and livelihood dimensions of sharing water between humans and nature is an overarching framework. Reviews and evidence and case-study supported synthesis are invited. Water systems and infrastructure Water and wastewater infrastructure are critical to address variations in water supply and quality, and for flood control, and hence central to any discussion of water security. Aging infrastructure concerns dominate the water security of many developed countries, and inadequate infrastructure provision dominates the lack of water security in many developing countries. The goal of this theme is to create a synthesis of the challenges and the 21st century directions to address the infrastructure gap, and to consider the architecture (e.g., decentralized, distributed or centralized storage and treatment systems) as it contributes to current and future water security. Identifying water system financing and governance mechanisms and the associated bottlenecks would also make useful contributions. Water Security is published 3 times a year; April, August and December.

Water-Energy Nexus

ISSN: 2588-9125

Water-Energy Nexus is an interdisciplinary journal that covers research on energy efficiency in water and wastewater treatment and distribution, energy for water transmission/treatment/distribution and wastewater collection/treatment/disposal, water for energy extraction/production, and any related topics. It publishes original works about physical, chemical, biological, and environmental processes in engineering and management of the water-energy nexus. It includes scientific and engineering strategies of experimental, theoretical, mathematical, and management approaches that deal with issues in water and energy. The work could be either bench scale or pilot scale. Papers about strategies to improve water/wastewater treatment efficiency and to save energy consumption or produce energy in water/wastewater related industry, factors affecting water/wastewater treatment and energy production, and air pollutant emission related to water/wastewater treatment infrastructure and energy production are also welcome. Each submitted paper is evaluated for its novelty, originality, and practical implications.

Watershed Ecology and the Environment

ISSN: 2589-4714

Watershed Ecology and the Environment (WEE) is a multidisciplinary journal publishing original research papers, reviews, and short communications, which improve our knowledge of shifts and adaptations of resources, biodiversity, ecological functions, hydrological and environmental changes under various human disturbance pressures (such as urbanization) and changing climate patterns at a watershed scale or in watersheds. Given that the watershed is a basic geographical unit on Earth, multidisciplinary and integrative understanding at a watershed scale provide a platform for evaluating environmental response to land use and climate change. Knowledge from watershed studies may also provide solutions for environmental change or degradation caused by human disturbances. Therefore, studies and policies for watershed-based management are strongly welcomed. The journal publishes high-impact contributions on but not limited to: hydrological, ecological and environmental responses to human disturbances in watersheds, i.e. urban development, land use/land cover changes, domestic animal cultivation, agricultural practices, aquacultural activities, mining and industrial activities, and environmental accidents, etc.; biogeochemical cycles (fate, transport, and stoichiometric budget) and processes (functions) of water, nutrients, and contaminants in watersheds, including toxic metals and organic compounds, and contaminants apportionment; watershed-based ecological and health risk assessment for environmental pollution and mitigation strategies; watershed-based management and policies for resources, biodiversity, water, nutrients, and contaminants; long-term monitoring ecological and environmental studies of worldwide importance;

Zoologischer Anzeiger

ISSN: 0044-5231
5 Year impact factor: 1.4
Impact factor: 1.4

Zoologischer Anzeiger (A Journal of Comparative Zoology) is devoted to comparative zoology with a special emphasis on morphology, systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary biology targeting all metazoans, both modern and extinct. The journal also considers taxonomic submissions addressing a broader systematic and/or evolutionary context. The overall aim of the journal is to contribute to our understanding of the organismic world from an evolutionary perspective.

Zoology

ISSN: 0944-2006
5 Year impact factor: 2
Impact factor: 2

Zoology is a journal devoted to experimental and comparative animal science. It presents a common forum for all scientists who take an explicitly organism oriented and integrative approach to the study of animal form, function, development and evolution. The journal invites papers that take a comparative or experimental approach to behavior and neurobiology, functional morphology, evolution and development, ecological physiology, and cell biology. Due to the increasing realization that animals exist only within a partnership with symbionts, Zoology encourages submissions of papers focused on the analysis of holobionts or metaorganisms as associations of the macroscopic host in synergistic interdependence with numerous microbial and eukaryotic species.

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