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Aquatic Botany

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0304-3770eISSN1879-1522

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.738

H-Index

155

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.815

Total Works

4,774

Total Citations

181,013

2yr Mean Citedness

1.41

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Aquatic Botany is an international scientific journal that publishes applied and fundamental research on macroscopic submerged, floating, and emergent plants in marine and freshwater ecosystems. It provides a platform for papers relevant to a broad international readership.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 83 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,774

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0304-3770 / 1879-1522

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Aquatic ScienceQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsMarine and coastal plant biologyAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchPlant responses to water stress