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Aquatic Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Inter-Research.
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ISSN 1864-7782Verify ISSN ↗1864-7790Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inter-Research
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 422 / 736 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Ecology | 287 / 491 | 41st | Q3 |
| Aquatic Science | 157 / 259 | 39th | Q3 |
| Oceanography | 96 / 154 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.
Aquatic Biology is Q3 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 422 of 736), Q3 in Ecology (rank 287 of 491) and Q3 in Aquatic Science (rank 157 of 259), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Aquatic Biology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 42nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.204, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,671 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Aquatic Biology is published by Inter-Research. Its print ISSN is 1864-7782 and its online ISSN is 1864-7790.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Aquatic Biology has an h-index of 67 and a 2-year mean of 1.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #291 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Aquatic Biology published 5 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 21. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 29 research articles (2021–2024), authors are most often from China (32.8%), United States (19%) and United Kingdom (8.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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