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Journal of Freshwater Ecology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0270-5060Verify ISSN ↗2156-6941Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 348 / 736 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Aquatic Science | 135 / 259 | 48th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1981–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology is Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 348 of 736) and Q3 in Aquatic Science (rank 135 of 259), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 52nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.425, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 45.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,226 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.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0270-5060 and its online ISSN is 2156-6941.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 1.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #258 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology published 49 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 55. 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 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (29.5%), China (25.2%) and Sweden (4%).
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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