Abstract: Against the backdrop of the open science movement reshaping the global academic dissemination landscape, Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Technology (ISSN 3081-1392, eISSN 3081-1406, CODEN: SSGKCE, DOI prefix: https://doi.org/10.66106/ssgkce), a gold open-access Chinese-language bimonthly journal published by Quest Press Limited, has recently been officially indexed by OpenAlex. OpenAlex is a leading open scholarly literature database developed and operated by the non-profit organization OurResearch, indexing over 250 million scholarly works, with data publicly released under a CC0 license, supporting batch download and secondary development. It is a key infrastructure of the open science movement. The journal focuses on sustainable utilization of water resources and innovative development of hydropower energy. All accepted articles undergo rigorous international peer review and are published under the CC BY 4.0 license, making them permanently and freely accessible. Being indexed by OpenAlex marks the journal's official integration into the global open science infrastructure network. This article, taking into account the journal's positioning, analyzes the practical value of this indexing.
Water Resources Hydropower Eng. Technol. 《水利水电工程科技》编辑部 Editorial Office (Wed,) studied this question.