《河流研究與應用》(1987-2001)是一本致力于促進河流基礎和應用科學研究的國際期刊。該雜志出版有關發達國家和發展中國家河流的生物、生態、地貌、水文、工程和地理方面的原始科學和技術論文。與直接或間接涉及河流管理問題的跨學科研究一樣，鼓勵基礎研究和新科學如何在與河流管理、調節和恢復有關的應用問題中發揮作用。該雜志還出版概念論文(見競技場部分)，短期通訊，區域和主題評論文章，和書評。專題問題是一個重要的特點。環境河流、被封鎖的河段、河岸地帶、洪泛區、河口和三角洲，以及所有生物地理領域和人工運河。主題水文(水流狀況、洪水、干旱、流入水流、地表水/地下水相互作用);水質(物理、地球化學及生化過程);河道變化、侵蝕和沉積;動植物(包括微生物、藻類、大型植物、無脊椎動物、魚類和其他脊椎動物)。管理影響評估、環境監測和建模、河流流域綜合管理、恢復和保護運行用水和相關(如洪泛區)生態系統和環境變化(如土地利用、氣候、水需求)。水庫作業和釋放策略、河流內流方法、地表水和地下水的抽取和流域間轉移、水質控制、生物指數、害蟲和水生雜草控制、漁業、河流生態管理工程、河道維護和魚道設計。

River Research and Applications , previously published as Regulated Rivers: Research and Management (1987-2001), is an international journal dedicated to the promotion of basic and applied scientific research on rivers. The journal publishes original scientific and technical papers on biological, ecological, geomorphological, hydrological, engineering and geographical aspects related to rivers in both the developed and developing world. Papers showing how basic studies and new science can be of use in applied problems associated with river management, regulation and restoration are encouraged as is interdisciplinary research concerned directly or indirectly with river management problems.The journal also publishes concept papers (see ARENA Section) short communications, regional and thematic review articles, and book reviews. Special thematic issues are an important feature.ENVIRONMENTSRivers, impounded reaches, riparian zones, floodplains, estuaries and deltas in all biogeographic realms and artificial canals.SUBJECTSHydrology (flow regimes, floods, droughts, instream flows, surface/groundwater interaction); water quality (physical, geo-chemical and biochemical processes); channel changes, erosion and sedimentation; flora and fauna (including micro-organisms, algae, macrophytes, invertebrates, fish and other vertebrates).MANAGEMENTImpact assessment, environmental monitoring and modelling, integrated river-basin management, and restoration and conservation of running-water and associated (e.g. floodplain) ecosystems and environmental change (e.g. land use, climate, water demand). Reservoir operation and release strategies and instream flow methodologies, surface and groundwater abstractions and inter-basin transfers, water-quality control, biotic indices, pest and aquatic weed control, fisheries, and river engineering for ecological management, channel maintenance and fishway design.