Limnologica

Aims & Scope

Limnologica publishes peer-reviewed articles addressing biological, physical and chemical aspects of freshwater ecosystems and adjacent habitats.

We particularly invite contributions dealing with applied topics (e.g. ecotechnology, bioindication, restoration and conservation) and with less frequently investigated aquatic ecosystems and world regions such as South America, Africa and Asia).

Limnologica is a primary journal for limnologists, aquatic ecologists, freshwater biologists, restoration ecologists and ecotoxicologists working with freshwater habitats.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10616

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	341

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.548

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	59

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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, 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.

• Flight distance of mosquitoes (Culicidae): A metadata analysis to support the management of barrier zones around rewetted and newly constructed wetlands

  Citation: 261

  Authors: Piet F.M., Anna A.

• Restoration of submerged vegetation in shallow eutrophic lakes – A guideline and state of the art in Germany

  Citation: 246

  Authors: Sabine, Elisabeth M., Michael, Harald, Jens, Arnulf, Jens, Stefan, Eva-Maria, Susanne, Klaus

• The red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Europe: Impacts on aquatic ecosystems and human well-being

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Catherine, Pedro Manuel, Laura, Filipe, Justine, Christoph, Elena

• Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) for biological assessment of rivers and lakes in Flanders (Belgium)

  Citation: 214

  Authors: Wim, Koen, Niels, Peter L.M.

• Chlorophyll a concentration across a trophic gradient of lakes: An estimator of phytoplankton biomass?

  Citation: 163

  Authors: Peter, Judit, Rainer, Lothar, Frank

• Lake restoration studies: Failures, bottlenecks and prospects of new ecotechnological measures

  Citation: 162

  Authors: Ramesh D., L. Miguel, Ellen

• Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: development of a practical standardised protocol for macroinvertebrate sampling and sorting

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Peter, Susanne, Steffen, Karin, Andrea, Peter, Daniel

• Chemical composition and the nitrogen-regulated trophic state of Patagonian lakes

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Mónica, Fernando, Colin, Pedro

• Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on phytoplankton composition and biomass in 15 subtropical, urban shallow lakes in Wuhan, China

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Jin, Hongjuan, Mengqiu

• Ecological classification of macrophytes and phytobenthos for rivers in Germany according to the water framework directive

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Jochen, Christine, Julia, Antje, Gabriele, Petra, Susanne, Ursula

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