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Aquatic Sciences and Engineering is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Istanbul University Faculty of Aquatic Sciences.
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ISSN 2602-473XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Istanbul University Faculty of Aquatic Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatic Science | 141 / 259 | 45th | Q3 |
| Ocean Engineering | 72 / 123 | 41st | Q3 |
| Water Science and Technology | 177 / 279 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.3.
Aquatic Sciences and Engineering is Q3 in Aquatic Science (rank 141 of 259), Q3 in Ocean Engineering (rank 72 of 123) and Q3 in Water Science and Technology (rank 177 of 279), by CiteScore 2025.
Aquatic Sciences and Engineering is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 45th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.325, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 11.
Aquatic Sciences and Engineering is published by Istanbul University Faculty of Aquatic Sciences. Its ISSN is 2602-473X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Aquatic Sciences and Engineering has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 1.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #148 of 254 Scopus journals in Aquatic Science.
Aquatic Sciences and Engineering published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 33. 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 37 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Türkiye (56.3%), United States (14.4%) and India (8.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
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