Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals

Our journals continue to add to the literature on the Sustainable Development Goals.

According to Scopus data, out of the nearly 2,000 articles published in IWA Publishing journals in 2022, 507 were related to SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation for All), and 240 were related to SDG 13 (Climate Action). These publications, all Open Access, extend our considerable library of SDG-related publications, invaluable resources for the water community and beyond.

We have also begun the process of moving towards gender equality in our journals, in line with SDG 5 (Gender Equality). A recent study of 1,100 journals found that only 14% of journal Editors were women. For IWA Publishing in 2022 that figure was 20%: a number that we are very keen to increase rapidly in the coming years.