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Inland Waters

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2044-2041eISSN2044-205X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.881

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.838

Total Worksi

707

Total Citationsi

13,355

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Inland Waters publishes original papers that advance science within the framework of the International Society of Limnology (SIL). All aspects of physical, chemical, and biological limnology are appropriate, as are papers on applied and regional limnology. The journal also explores topics under climate change, freshwater ecosystems, fish habitat, swash, and methane.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications707

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2044-2041 / 2044-205X

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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

981

2019

1.2k

2020

885

2021

420

2022

208

2023

135

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

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LimnologyMarine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsMarine and coastal ecosystemsFish Ecology and Management StudiesSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentAquatic Ecosystems and BiodiversityIsotope Analysis in Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Inland Waters

Is Inland Waters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Inland Waters: 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 Inland Waters?

Inland Waters 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 1.06.

Is Inland Waters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Inland Waters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.