The year 2013 marked important changes for Water Resources Research (WRR). On the one hand, some of them can be considered as part of the usual development of the journal that is coevolving with the international hydrological community. On the other hand, some changes that occurred in 2013 marked a major and perhaps irreversible shift for WRR. It is well known that change, in all human expressions and even in Nature, typically induces difficult transition periods. However, change is necessary to adapt to shifting external and internal conditions and its actual impact and implications can be evaluated in the long term only. This editorial presents a summary and a personal assessment of the development of WRR in 2013, including an overview of submission statistics as well as emerging and dominant thematic areas. Reviewing the status of WRR in 2013 is an opportunity to elaborate a perspective on the current patterns in Water Resources Research. The major changes that WRR experienced in 2013 are summarized by the following events: (1) the production of WRR has been transferred from AGU to Wiley-Blackwell. As a consequence, the web site of WRR has been renewed and the layout for published papers was radically revised. (2) The Editorial Board of WRR underwent the planned transition to a new set of editors that began their term in April 2013. (3) The number of submissions and published papers increased, according to the trend that WRR has experienced in the recent years. These three events are discussed in the following sections of this editorial, which also includes an overview of the emerging research areas and some concluding personal remarks.

Water Resources Research in 2013

MONTANARI, ALBERTO
2014

Abstract

The year 2013 marked important changes for Water Resources Research (WRR). On the one hand, some of them can be considered as part of the usual development of the journal that is coevolving with the international hydrological community. On the other hand, some changes that occurred in 2013 marked a major and perhaps irreversible shift for WRR. It is well known that change, in all human expressions and even in Nature, typically induces difficult transition periods. However, change is necessary to adapt to shifting external and internal conditions and its actual impact and implications can be evaluated in the long term only. This editorial presents a summary and a personal assessment of the development of WRR in 2013, including an overview of submission statistics as well as emerging and dominant thematic areas. Reviewing the status of WRR in 2013 is an opportunity to elaborate a perspective on the current patterns in Water Resources Research. The major changes that WRR experienced in 2013 are summarized by the following events: (1) the production of WRR has been transferred from AGU to Wiley-Blackwell. As a consequence, the web site of WRR has been renewed and the layout for published papers was radically revised. (2) The Editorial Board of WRR underwent the planned transition to a new set of editors that began their term in April 2013. (3) The number of submissions and published papers increased, according to the trend that WRR has experienced in the recent years. These three events are discussed in the following sections of this editorial, which also includes an overview of the emerging research areas and some concluding personal remarks.
2014
Alberto Montanari
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