On June 29, 2020, Clarivate released the 2019 Journal Citation Report for all SCI-indexed journals. The impact factor for International Journal of Sediment Research (IJSR) is 2.577. The Journal is ranked in Q2 journals in both categories of Water Resources and Environmental Science.

IJSR was initiated in 1986. Since Vol.22 (1), 2007, papers published in the journal are indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) and Journal Citation Reports Science Edition.

IJSR is co-hosted by the International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES), China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), and Tsinghua University. It is an international, peer reviewed journal and published bimonthly. The journal is focused on the publication of original theoretical, numerical modeling, field observational, and laboratory studies and reviews dealing with processes, products and techniques in engineering problems related to sedimentation and erosion. Topics of particular interest include geography, geomorphology, soil erosion, watershed management, sediment transport, sedimentology, fluvial process, river geomorphology, reservoir sedimentation, coastal sedimentation and estuarine process, ecological sedimentation, environmental sedimentation, river management, and social and economic effects of sedimentation.

IJSR is also the official journal of the World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER). The journal has an international review board, including 24 associate editors and 69 editorial board members from 24 countries and a global review database with over 2000 experts.

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