該雜志的主要目標是遵循盡可能高的科學和技術(shù)標準。水文研究發(fā)表的文章在水文最廣泛的意義上，以水文循環(huán)的水量和質(zhì)量方面的重點。利用相關(guān)科學的論文也受到歡迎。水文研究的目的是在基礎(chǔ)水文研究和廣泛的水資源管理領(lǐng)域的科學成果的實際應(yīng)用之間建立聯(lián)系。

t is the principal aim of the Journal to conform to the highest possible scientific and technical standards. Hydrology Research publishes articles within hydrology in its widest sense, with an emphasis on water quantity and quality aspects of the hydrological cycle. Papers that draw upon adjoining sciences are embraced as well. Hydrology Research is intended to be a link between basic hydrological research and practical application of scientific results within the broad field of water management.