Journal profile · Marine & Freshwater Biology
Aquatic Living Resources
ISSN 0990-7440 · eISSN 1765-2952 · EDP Sciences · FRANCE · Quarterly · Founded 1988
Aquatic Living Resources: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.94; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 24 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aquatic Living Resources is published by EDP Sciences and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, together about 40.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aquatic Living Resources – Ecosystem Approach to Management Aquatic Living Resources publishes original research papers, review articles and prospective notes dealing with all exploited (i.e. fished or farmed) living resources in marine, brackish and freshwater environments. Both basic and applied articles are welcome. Priority is given to ecosystem-based approaches to the study of fishery and aquaculture social-ecological systems, including biological, ecological, economic and social dimensions. Research on the development of interdisciplinary methods and tools which can usefully support the design, implementation and evaluation of alternative management strategies for fisheries and/or aquaculture systems at different scales is particularly welcome by the journal. This includes the exploration of scenarios and strategies for the conservation of aquatic biodiversity and research relating to the development of integrated assessment approaches aimed at ensuring sustainable and high quality uses of aquatic living resources. Subject areas include: Genetic and physiological bases of life-history traits in exploited aquatic animals and plants in response to human uses of aquatic ecosystems, including habitat modifications Wild fish stock assessment and survey methodologies at multiple scales from stocks to whole communities Evaluation of the impact on aquatic ecosystems of aquaculture production factors such as nutrition, reproduction or infectious diseases. Indicators of changes in harvested ecosystems, biodiversity and environmental quality, including measures based on the status of living resources, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services Understanding of the economic, social and institutional drivers of uses of aquatic living resources, and evaluation of governance arrangements Integrated modelling approaches to the development of scenarios and management strategy evaluations Are considered outside the scope of the journal, studies: focusing only on aquaculture production technologies, only based on descriptive morphometric analyses, based on literature review without perspectives and added value.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Marine & Freshwater Biology
Editor-in-chief Pierre BoudryPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 8, United Kingdom 3, Australia 2, Netherlands 2, Norway 2 (25 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science16.7%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science12.6%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science10.9%
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.5%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Fish biology, ecology, and behaviorEnvironmental Science3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH)Publisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.94LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,045OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,483 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 10 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 38 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 62 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 245 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 245 |
| 2021 | 24 | 13 | 177 |
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)
- over 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 0 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Diamond open access; no subscription or publication fees for authors; sponsored by Ifremer and IRD. Model summary
Aquatic Living Resources is a “Diamond” Open access journal; all papers are freely available without subscription or publication fees for authors as it is sponsored by Ifremer and IRD.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0990-7440
- Electronic ISSN
- 1765-2952
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aquatic Living Resources
What CAS zone is Aquatic Living Resources in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aquatic Living Resources is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Fisheries / Marine & Freshwater Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Aquatic Living Resources?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.94; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 87.
How long does peer review take at Aquatic Living Resources?
Authors report an average review time of over 24 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Aquatic Living Resources?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Aquatic Living Resources based?
Of the 25 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (8), United Kingdom (3) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Aquatic Living Resources?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aquatic Living Resources is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Aquatic Living Resources open access, and what is the APC?
Aquatic Living Resources is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .