Harmful Algae

Aims & Scope

This journal provides a forum to promote knowledge of harmful microalgae and macroalgae, including cyanobacteria, as well as monitoring, management and control of these organisms.

Both original research and review papers will be considered.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.5
2024	5.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2095

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2105

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.618

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	119

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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
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 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.

• The rise of harmful cyanobacteria blooms: The potential roles of eutrophication and climate change

  Citation: 1823

  Authors: J.M., T.W., M.A., C.J.

• Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus

  Citation: 1622

  Authors: J., P.M., J.M., D.M., W., W.C., Q., C.J., C.A., E., A., R., H.G., K., D.A., D.K., M.

• A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp.

  Citation: 905

  Authors: Matthew J., Morgan M., Christopher J., Timothy G., Steven W., Susanna A., Hans W.

• Coastal nitrogen pollution: A review of sources and trends globally and regionally

  Citation: 712

  Authors: Robert W.

• The effects of temperature and nutrients on the growth and dynamics of toxic and non-toxic strains of Microcystis during cyanobacteria blooms

  Citation: 681

  Authors: Timothy W., Dianna L., Gregory L., Christopher J.

• Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future

  Citation: 662

  Authors: Mark L., Vera L., Theodore J., Bengt S.O., Charles G., Raphael M., Akira, Stewart, Angela, Donald M., William P.

• The globally distributed genus Alexandrium: Multifaceted roles in marine ecosystems and impacts on human health

  Citation: 620

  Authors: Donald M., Tilman J., Allan D., Yves, Estelle, Marina

• Effects of nutrient enrichment in the nation's estuaries: A decade of change

  Citation: 557

  Authors: S.B., B., W., A., K., C., J.

• Mitigating cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in aquatic ecosystems impacted by climate change and anthropogenic nutrients

  Citation: 543

  Authors: Hans W., Wayne S., Karl E., Alan R., Mark J., Silvia E., Boqiang, J. Thad

• How rising CO2 and global warming may stimulate harmful cyanobacterial blooms

  Citation: 539

  Authors: Petra M., Jolanda M.H., Giovanni, Lucas J., Hans C.P., Timothy W., Hans W., Jef

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