Water Management Technical and Economical Information Journal (VTEI Journal)
ISSN 0322–8916 (print), ISSN 1805-6555 (on-line)
The Water Management Technical and Economical Information Journal (VTEI Journal) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focused on publishing research results and expert knowledge in the fields of water, water management, and waste. It is published by the T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p. r. i., continuously since 1959. Between 1999 and 2015, VTEI was issued as a separate supplement to the journal Water Management (Vodní hospodářství), while the editorial offices and editorial boards of the two periodicals remained separate. Since 2015, VTEI has once again been published as an independent scientific journal with its own website and a frequency of six issues per year.
VTEI has a distinctly multidisciplinary character. The scientific section of the journal publishes original research papers, review articles, data papers, and discussion papers focusing in particular on hydrology, hydrogeology, hydraulics, hydrobiology, hydrochemistry, hydroinformatics, cartography in water management, radioecology, applied ecology, drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies, waste management, restoration, water quality, pollution prevention, and other topics related to the sustainable management of water resources. In addition to scientific papers, the journal also publishes other professional content addressing current issues in water management.
The published contributions relate primarily to the environment of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the broader Central European region, while also having an international dimension, particularly in connection with the Elbe, Danube, and Oder river basins. The journal is intended primarily for experts from research institutions, universities, companies, and organisations active in water management and waste management, as well as for representatives of state administration, public administration, and local authorities. Through its focus, the journal contributes to the dissemination of knowledge applicable to addressing the impacts of climate change, water pollution, and the disruption of ecological balance in the aquatic environment.
The publication languages of the journal are Czech, Slovak, and English. As the scientific contributions often extend beyond the Czech, Slovak, and broader Central European context, since 2022 the journal has also published a complete English version of its scientific content online. In the print edition, intended mainly for distribution in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, articles are published in Czech or Slovak; their English versions are also available online.
The journal is included in the List of Reviewed Non-Impact Periodicals Published in the Czech Republic, approved by the Czech Republic’s Research, Development and Innovation Council.
Open Access
VTEI is an open access journal. Publishing and reading articles are free of charge, which means that all journal content is freely available to readers and their institutions without financial, legal, or technical barriers. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts of articles, and use them for other lawful purposes, provided that the source is properly acknowledged.
The content of the VTEI Journal is published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. This licence allows the content to be shared and adapted, provided that the original source is acknowledged, a link to the licence is given, and any changes made are indicated; commercial use of the work is not permitted. Authors publishing in VTEI accept this licence as part of the publication conditions.
Journal Archiving
The VTEI Journal is archived by the National Library of the Czech Republic. Archiving takes place four times a year. Authors may also deposit versions of their articles in institutional or other repositories of their choice; the editorial office supports this practice as one of the tools for increasing the availability and impact of published results.
Abstracting and Indexing
The VTEI Journal is indexed in the multidisciplinary abstract and citation database Scopus and in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
