Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Hydrobiology
ISSN 2673-9917 · MDPI AG · Switzerland
Hydrobiology: impact factor 5.2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hydrobiology is published by MDPI AG. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, together about 27.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oceanography. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scientific Advances in Hydrobiology Taxonomic, genetic, and functional biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems; Systematic, taxonomy, and biology of aquatic organisms (fauna, flora, microorganisms, and all living species in the aquatic environment); Aquatic community assembly and distribution; Aquatic ecosystem processes and functioning; Environmental biogeochemistry; Microbial ecology; Aquatic–terrestrial interactions, i.e., inter-connections among terrestrial, inland aquatic, and marine ecosystems; Aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, with a focus on the functional consequences of biodiversity loss; Aquatic food webs and biotic interactions in planktonic and benthic communities; Eco-physiological responses to stressors; Ecological responses to global change, including climate change; Impacts of multiple stressors; Mechanistic understanding across scales (molecular-, population-, community-, and ecosystem-level); Aquatic ecotoxicology, including the risks posed by emerging contaminants (e.g., nanoparticles, micro- and nanoplastics, pharmaceuticals). Novel Tools and Approaches in Hydrobiology Indicators of ecosystem shifts, biodiversity, and habitat loss; Bioindicators and biomarkers as early warning indicators of stress; Next-generation sequencing in aquatic biomonitoring to depict taxonomic, genetic, and functional diversity; Hydro-climatic models; Ecological modelling; Eco-informatics in hydrobiology; Remote sensing; Bioremediation techniques; Restoration of aquatic ecosystems. Socio-Ecological Challenges and the Management of Aquatic Ecosystems Fisheries and aquaculture; Impacts and control of biological invasions; Aquatic biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem services; Environmental risk assessment; Environmental management; Policy frameworks; Citizen science in hydrobiology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Plymouth MarinePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Italy 5, Spain 3, Portugal 3, United States 2, South Korea 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science11.6%
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyEnvironmental Science8.5%
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorEnvironmental Science7.8%
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Marine and coastal ecosystemsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.8%
- Marine and coastal plant biologyEarth and Planetary Sciences4.1%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ESCIWeb of SciencePublisher 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 (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.47OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,024Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 163 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 10 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 39 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 86 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 523 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 288 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
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)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19.1 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 5.2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 1,000 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted18
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Hydrobiology will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
Hydrobiology accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates indepen…
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
- MDPI AG
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2673-9917
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hydrobiology
What is the impact factor of Hydrobiology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Hydrobiology?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 weeks. 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 Hydrobiology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; 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 Hydrobiology based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (5), Spain (3) and Portugal (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Hydrobiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hydrobiology is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ESCI and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Hydrobiology open access, and what is the APC?
Hydrobiology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .