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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1991

ISSN1099-0755

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

145

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 126d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.704

H-Indexi

112

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.971

Total Worksi

4,036

Total Citationsi

92,945

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Water Resources; Aquatic Science; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyBimonthly, Plus One Additional Issue, 2006-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,036

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1099-0755

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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

Citations received

278

5.4k

2019

251

4.3k

2020

282

3.9k

2021

161

1.4k

2022

156

2023

240

913

2024

281

358

2025

131

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

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

EcologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMarine & Freshwater BiologyWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and fisheries researchCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine animal studies overviewAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine and coastal plant biologyIchthyology and Marine BiologyHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Frequently asked questions about Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Is Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 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 1.74.

Is Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems?