History
The Journal of Watershed Engineering and Management is affiliated with the Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute and is prepared in cooperation with the Iranian Watershed Management Association. This publication has been approved based on the license of the press supervision board of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance under the number 9969/124 and dated 12 September 2004 and the license of the Publications Commission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology under the number 3/211487 and dated 10/20/1391. In 2016, the Journal of Watershed Engineering and Management won first place in the ranking system of scientific publications of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, among 21 Persian language journals that are active in watershed, forest, pasture, and desert issues, with 82 points. Also, in the evaluation system of the publications of the Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization during the years 2015, 2016, and 2017, it was honored to win first place among all the publications covered by this organization. In the evaluation of the publications of the Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization in 2022, this publication was ranked A+ among the top publications with 93 points. This publication has also been ranked as a core publication among the best and co-oriented publications in the ISC database.
Journal policies
Open access statement
Journal of Watershed Engineering and Management is a fully open-access electronic journal. All the articles are immediately available online to read distribute and reuse. This journal is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). Under an Open Access license, authors are the copyright holder in this journal and retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions, but allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, and copy the article's content, provided that the original authors and source are properly cited.
Copyright Statement
The authors are the copyright holder in this journal and retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.
Ethical policies
Journal of Watershed Engineering and Management follows of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards by ethical laws. The journal observes scientific and publication ethics based on the International Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Financial Policies
Revenue Sources and Article Processing Charges
Publishing an article in this journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC). (See Article Processing Charges)
Subscription Fee
Watershed Engineering and Management publishes as an open-access electronic journal, so there is no subscription fee for audiences.
Publishing schedule
The Journal of Watershed Engineering and Management is published 4 issues per year. All the content from the beginning to the end will be available forever on the journal's exclusive website (https://jwem.areeo.ac.ir/browse?_action=issue&lang=en).
Journal Features
- Publication Owner: Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI)
- Title: Watershed Engineering and Management
- Journal Frequency: Quarterly
- Publication languages:Persian/English Abstract
- Review method: Double Blind Peer Review
- Article Processing Charge:Yes
- Publication type (Access to PDF):Open Access
- Publication license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Plagiarism monitoring software: Hamyab
- Website: https://jwem.areeo.ac.ir/?lang=en
- Email: Jwem1393@gmail.com
- Editor-in-Chief Email: porhemmat@scwmri.ac.ir
- Manager Email: aminpourjam@yahoo.com