Freshwater Science

Journal Title

Freshwater Science

FRESHW SCI

ISSN / eISSN

2161-9549 / 2161-9565

Aims and Scope

Freshwater Science (FWS) publishes articles that advance understanding and environmental stewardship of all types of inland aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs, subterranean, and estuaries) and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats (wetlands, riparian areas, and floodplains). The journal regularly features papers on a wide range of topics, including physical, chemical, and biological properties of lentic and lotic habitats; ecosystem processes; structure and dynamics of populations, communities, and ecosystems; ecology, systematics, and genetics of freshwater organisms, from bacteria to vertebrates; linkages between freshwater and other ecosystems and between freshwater ecology and other aquatic sciences; bioassessment, conservation, and restoration; environmental management; and new or novel methods for basic or applied research.

Subject Area

MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

CiteScore

4.30 View Trend

CiteScore Ranking

Category	Quartile	Rank
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	Q2	#185/687
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Ecology	Q2	#122/437
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Aquatic Science	Q2	#78/228

Web of Science Core Collection

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed	-

Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023)	Quartile
ECOLOGY - SCIE	Q3
MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY - SCIE	Q2

H-index

95

Country/Area of Publication

UNITED STATES

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Annual Article Volume

46

Open Access

NO

Contact

1427 E 60TH ST, CHICAGO, USA, IL, 60637-2954