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Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0270-5060eISSN2156-6941

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.425

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.485

Total Worksi

2,630

Total Citationsi

30,346

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Limnology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,630

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0270-5060 / 2156-6941

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, Scholars Portal, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

648

2019

315

2020

161

2021

275

2022

223

2023

114

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Aquatic ScienceQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyLimnology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsFish Biology and Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Is Journal of Freshwater Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Freshwater Ecology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Freshwater Ecology?

Journal of Freshwater Ecology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.08.

Is Journal of Freshwater Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Freshwater Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Freshwater Ecology?