Journal Open access Double-blind peer review
'Hydrospatial Analysis' (HSA) publishes double-blind peer-reviewed articles within all fields of hydrology with a geospatial approach.
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pramodkumar Hire 
(Department of Geography, HPT Arts and RYK Science College, Nashik - 422 005.)
Managing Editor Dr. Ajaykumar Kadam (Department of Geology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune)
- Articles published
- 46
- Crossref citations
- 391
- Citation ratio · Crossref
- 8.50
- Citation ratio · OpenAlex
- 10.17
Citation ratio = citations ÷ all articles published since the first issue.
Special issues: proposals invited
Call for guest editors. Guest editors are invited to propose special issues of ‘Hydrospatial Analysis’ on a focused theme within the journal’s aim and scope — including selected papers from a conference or seminar.
No feeto propose or guest-edit
Same reviewdouble-blind, with the Editorial Board
Online Firstpapers published when ready
Open Access free of charge in 2026. All articles submitted to ‘Hydrospatial Analysis’ in 2026, including special-issue papers, are published free of charge and are freely accessible to readers.
How a special issue works
- Guest editors shape the theme, invite authors and work with the journal’s Editorial Board on every decision.
- Submissions: authors submit their papers on the Manuscript Portal, naming the special issue.
- Same standards: every paper has the journal’s double-blind peer review and similarity check.
- Online First: each paper is published with a Crossref DOI as soon as it is ready, and the papers are then gathered in the special issue.
What to send in your proposal
- Proposed title and theme
- Why the theme matters now, and who will read it
- Guest editors, with short CVs and affiliations
- A draft call for papers, with topics
- Expected number of papers and likely contributors
- Timeline: call, submissions, review, publication
What happens next
- You send the proposal through the proposal form or to office@gathacognition.com.
- The journal’s Editorial Board considers the theme, the guest editors and the timeline, and we write back with its decision.
- The call for papers is published on this page and announced.
- Papers are submitted on the Manuscript Portal, peer reviewed and published Online First; the special issue is then compiled.
Fees
- No fee to propose or guest-edit a special issue.
- Authors: in 2026, every article is published free of charge and Open Access.
- Sponsors can prepay Open Access for the issue’s authors: 10 articles at 20% off.