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Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Inter-Research · Germany · Est. 1995

ISSN1616-1564

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.383

H-Indexi

135

SNIPi

0.497

Total Worksi

2,047

Total Citationsi

109,974

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Microbiology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyThree No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,047

Publisher OrgInter-Research Science Center

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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?

Inter-Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1616-1564

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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

201

2019

317

2020

304

2021

2022

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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyMarine & Freshwater BiologyMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMarine and coastal ecosystemsMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchProtist diversity and phylogenyAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalBacteriophages and microbial interactionsEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Frequently asked questions about Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Is Aquatic Microbial Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aquatic Microbial Ecology: 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 Microbial Ecology?

Aquatic Microbial Ecology 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 3.04.

Is Aquatic Microbial Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aquatic Microbial Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Aquatic Microbial Ecology?