Aquatic Sciences

Aims & Scope

Aquatic Sciences – Research Across Boundaries publishes original research, overviews, and reviews dealing with aquatic systems (both freshwater and marine systems) and their boundaries, including the impact of human activities on these systems.

The coverage ranges from molecular-level mechanistic studies to investigations at the whole ecosystem scale.

Aquatic Sciences publishes articles presenting research across disciplinary and environmental boundaries, including studies examining interactions among geological, microbial, biological, chemical, physical, hydrological, and societal processes, as well as studies assessing land-water, air-water, benthic-pelagic, river-ocean, lentic-lotic, and groundwater-surface water interactions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8983

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	549

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.642

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A global boom in hydropower dam construction

  Citation: 1636

  Authors: Christiane, Alexander E., Jürgen, Laura, Klement

• Canonical correspondence analysis and related multivariate methods in aquatic ecology

  Citation: 1382

  Authors: Cajo J. F., Piet F. M.

• Response of aquatic plants to abiotic factors: a review

  Citation: 660

  Authors: Gudrun, Sara

• Current state of knowledge regarding the world’s wetlands and their future under global climate change: a synthesis

  Citation: 566

  Authors: Wolfgang J., Shuqing, C. M., Brij, Jan, Stephen A., William J., Richard D.

• Iron oxide dissolution and solubility in the presence of siderophores

  Citation: 508

  Authors: Stephan M.

• Photodegradation of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: A review

  Citation: 405

  Authors: Anne L., William A., Kristopher

• Biodiversity and its conservation in the Sundarban Mangrove Ecosystem

  Citation: 393

  Authors: Brij, Malavika

• Methods for reactive oxygen species (ROS) detection in aqueous environments

  Citation: 379

  Authors: Justina M., William J., John L., D. Whitney, Brian P., Kristopher, Christopher J., William L., Barrie M., Steven A., Andrew L., T. David

• Biodiversity and its conservation in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil

  Citation: 374

  Authors: Wolfgang J., Catia Nunes, Karl Matthias, Peter, Christine, Marinêz Isaac, Joachim

• Functional ecology of fish: current approaches and future challenges

  Citation: 365

  Authors: Sébastien, Sébastien, Maud, David, Michael J.

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