Founded in 1949, "Yellow River" is a professional academic journal of water conservancy science and technology sponsored by the Ministry of water resources and the Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission. It is a national Chinese core journal, a Chinese Core Journal of science and technology, the source journal of the WJCI science and technology journal world impactindex report (2023). It was previously included in full text by American Chemical Abstracts (CA), EBSCO academic database, CNKI, Wanfang database, Weipu network, Longyuan journal network, Chaoxing journal network, Bokan.com, Taiwan Huayi and other literature databases. The main columns include the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, flood control and river regulation, hydrology and sediment, water resources, water environment and water ecology, engineering survey and design, engineering construction management, soil and water conservation, water saving irrigation, water conservancy information, etc. The readers are scientific and technological personnel of domestic and foreign water conservancy management, design, scientific research and construction units, teachers and students of colleges and universities, etc. they have long been concerned and supported by leaders of water conservancy industry authorities, academicians of the two academies and well-known experts of water conservancy.