WATER is a multidisciplinary journal that brings together water-oriented research from diverse disciplines.WATER's focus is on experimental work, although computational approaches will be considered if they are accompanied by serious experimental studies. WATER carries original research papers, reviews, and tutorials on advances made within the journal's scope, which includes the role of water in the following disciplines: chemistry; physics; animal biology; plant, agricultural, food, and pharmaceutical science; and environmental, oceanographic, and atmospheric science. All of this appears in this single, easily accessible, and hopefully stimulating forum that is open access - all articles are free to view online or in PDF format.All articles are peer-reviewed; reviewer comments, together with responses by authors, are published as an integral part of each paper.We thank you for your interest, and welcome your contribution.