Thank you for supporting Water Resources Research. Our editorial offices will be closed December 24 to January 2. Manuscripts submitted or accepted while the editorial office is closed will be processed once we return to normal operations.

AGU remains committed to open science and open data. As part of our mission, we are focused on making science available to the widest possible audience. With the growing open access requirements placed by funders on researchers around the world, this transition to an open access model also makes compliance easier.

All articles in the journal will be open access as of 1 January 2024. For more information, including funding options for publishing fees, please visit the FAQ.

Welcome to GEMS: AGU's submission system

Water Resources Research is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on hydrology and water resources. It publishes original research in the natural and social sciences of water. It emphasizes the role of physical, chemical, biological, and ecological processes in water resources research and management, including social, policy, and public health implications. It encompasses methodological development of observational, experimental, theoretical, analytical, numerical, and data-driven approaches that advance the science of water and its management. Submissions are evaluated for their novelty, accuracy, significance, and broader implications of the findings.

Editor in Chief: Georgia Destouni

Add your ORCID to GEMS and always have this identifier link you and all of your work. AGU encourages all authors and reviewers to create and add an Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) to their account. It’s easy: just update your profile on an existing account or add ORCID when you create your account. Learn more about ORCID.

ORCIDS will now be required for all corresponding authors and strongly encouraged for coauthors.
AGU officially joins with a number of other publishers in a commitment to include the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) for authors of all papers published. See statement https://eos.org/agu-news/agu-opens-its-journals-to-author-identifiers

All AGU journal content from 1997 to 24 months ago is freely available online. Your published paper will become fully open 24-months after publication.

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Please note: Your username/password will be synched across AGU and be a universal login. The AGU membership site will be accessible with the same username/password you have used or updated in GEMS, and vice versa.

New authors should register for an account.

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