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Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Michigan State University Press · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1539-4077

SJR Q3✓ 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

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.31

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.379

Total Worksi

1,643

Total Citationsi

21,889

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Aquatic Science; Ecology; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyFour Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,643

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Michigan State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1539-4077

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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

553

2019

310

2020

351

2021

156

2022

111

2023

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 ScienceQ3

EcologyQ3

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMarine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorFish Biology and Ecology StudiesAquatic Ecosystems and BiodiversityMarine and coastal ecosystemsWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyMarine and fisheries research

Frequently asked questions about Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Is Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management: 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 Ecosystem Health and Management?

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 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 0.60.

Is Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management?