“We are pleased to announce the relaunch of Water Research X as a prestigious, gold open access journal for the science and technology of the anthropogenic water cycle, parallel to but independent of Water Research.
The landscape for scientific publications is changing. There has been a growing demand in the scientific community for open access journals. Water Research X was launched in 2018 in response to this need, as the gold open access sister journal of Water Research with the same focus and quality.
Until the end of 2022, Water Research X and Water Research were managed by the same Editorial Board with papers handled by the same team of Editors. Neither the handling editor nor reviewers knew which journal the manuscript in consideration has been submitted to. This approach ensured that papers accepted for Water Research and Water Research X had the same quality. In 2022, Water Research X received its first impact factor of 9.365, ranked fourth most impactful water research journal. This is a great achievement for the young journal.
It is the time now for Water Research X to branch out fully to become a completely independent journal, with a separate Editorial Board, management structure, and workflow….”