Journal profile · Marine & Freshwater Biology
Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
ISSN 1463-4988 · eISSN 1539-4077 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1998
Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.93; subscription journal; review 18–36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Marine & Freshwater Biology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science14.1%
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsEnvironmental Science9.7%
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorEnvironmental Science9.1%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Aquatic Ecosystems and BiodiversityEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Marine and coastal ecosystemsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyEnvironmental Science4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.93LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 670OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,650 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 32 | 1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 52 | 6 | 69 |
| 2023 | 47 | 4 | 125 |
| 2022 | 43 | 3 | 170 |
| 2021 | 69 | 1 | 374 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1463-4988
- Electronic ISSN
- 1539-4077
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
What CAS zone is Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Marine & Freshwater Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.93; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management?
Authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management open access, and what is the APC?
Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .