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Aquatic Sciences

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Switzerland · Est. 1920

ISSN1420-9055

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.712

H-Indexi

112

SNIPi

0.761

Total Worksi

3,152

Total Citationsi

78,048

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Limnology; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecology; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1920

Annual Volume~ 111 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,152

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1420-9055

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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

1.6k

2019

1.4k

2020

2021

681

2022

111

775

2023

121

613

2024

100

170

2025

105

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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

EcologyQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesLimnologyMarine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsFish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and coastal ecosystemsFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologySoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorDiatoms and Algae ResearchHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesIsotope Analysis in Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Aquatic Sciences

Is Aquatic Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aquatic Sciences: 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 Sciences?

Aquatic Sciences 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 2.15.

Is Aquatic Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aquatic Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Aquatic Sciences?