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

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.