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Aquatic Botany

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0304-3770eISSN1879-1522

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.859

H-Indexi

155

SNIPi

0.815

Total Worksi

4,774

Total Citationsi

181,013

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency12 Issues Yearly <1982->

StatusActive

Total Publications4,774

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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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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

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

2019

100

1.3k

2020

939

2021

863

2022

672

2023

278

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 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

Frequently asked questions about Aquatic Botany

Is Aquatic Botany a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aquatic Botany: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Aquatic Botany?

Aquatic Botany 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 1.41.

Is Aquatic Botany indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aquatic Botany is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.