Groundwater resources
- Submission status
- Closed
- Submission deadline
Aquifers and groundwater resources are one of the main sources of available water, used not only for human and animal consumption, but are also essential for agriculture and several industries. Due to climate change and intensive extraction that often surpasses the restoration rate, the water levels in these reservoirs are decreasing, often to a critical point. In addition, anthropogenic activities like intensive agriculture and mining often lead to groundwater contamination, thus further reducing the amount of available clean water and creating additional pressure on these unique ecosystems.
This Collection aims to highlight the current need to sustainably manage groundwater resources, and invites studies on groundwater ecology, water quality and remediation, and its impact on populations.
Editors
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Madan Kumar Jha
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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Kyoung-Woong Kim
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
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Abhijit Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
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Fernando Pacheco
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Submitting a paper for consideration
To submit your manuscript for consideration at Scientific Reports as part of this Collection, please follow the steps detailed on this page. On the first page of our online submission system, under “I’m submitting:” select the option “any other article type”. Once logged in you can submit your manuscript to a Collection by selecting “Guest Edited Collection”, under the “Choose the appropriate manuscript type” message, and clicking “Continue”. Then when filling out the manuscript information, select the "Groundwater resources" Collection from the alphabetical list on the “Springer Nature Subject Category” tab. Authors should express their interest in the Collection in their cover letter.
Accepted papers are published on a rolling basis as soon as they are ready.
In addition to papers on Groundwater resources, Scientific Reports welcomes all original research in the field of Hydrology. To browse our latest articles in Hydrology click here.
