Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems is an international journal dedicated to publishing original papers that relate specifically to the conservation of freshwater, brackish or marine habitats and encouraging work that spans these ecosystems. This journal provides a forum in which all aspects of the conservation of aquatic biological resources can be presented and discussed, enabling greater cooperation and efficiency in solving problems in aquatic resource conservation. The publication of practical studies in conservation as well as theoretical considerations of the underlying principles is encouraged. Contributions are accepted from as wide a geographical range as possible to ensure a broad representation of conservation issues in both developed and developing countries. The journal also publishes short communications, review articles and discussions. The subjects covered include the following topics: Theoretical principles underlying conservation Assessment of conservation value Status of endangered species, communities and habitats Protected areas and species; spatial planning Development of new tools and techniques for conservation Creative conservation and restoration Legislation, strategies and policies for conservation Multidisciplinary solutions for conservation Climate change and ocean acidification Inter-relationship of marine and freshwater ecosystems e.g. manipulation of river flows to estuarine and coastal waters for water resource management, hydroelectric or tidal power River basin management Management of habitats and communities Ecosystem services and economics Conservation of groundwater habitats Conservation genetics The impact of alien invasive species on native species and habitats.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Aquatic Science	1999	Q2
Aquatic Science	2000	Q2
Aquatic Science	2001	Q2
Aquatic Science	2002	Q2
Aquatic Science	2003	Q2
Aquatic Science	2004	Q2
Aquatic Science	2005	Q2
Aquatic Science	2006	Q2
Aquatic Science	2007	Q2
Aquatic Science	2008	Q1
Aquatic Science	2009	Q2
Aquatic Science	2010	Q1
Aquatic Science	2011	Q1
Aquatic Science	2012	Q1
Aquatic Science	2013	Q1
Aquatic Science	2014	Q1
Aquatic Science	2015	Q1
Aquatic Science	2016	Q1
Aquatic Science	2017	Q1
Aquatic Science	2018	Q1
Aquatic Science	2019	Q1
Aquatic Science	2020	Q1
Aquatic Science	2021	Q1
Aquatic Science	2022	Q1
Aquatic Science	2023	Q1
Ecology	1999	Q2
Ecology	2000	Q2
Ecology	2001	Q2
Ecology	2002	Q2
Ecology	2003	Q2
Ecology	2004	Q2
Ecology	2005	Q2
Ecology	2006	Q2
Ecology	2007	Q2
Ecology	2008	Q1
Ecology	2009	Q2
Ecology	2010	Q1
Ecology	2011	Q1
Ecology	2012	Q1
Ecology	2013	Q1
Ecology	2014	Q1
Ecology	2015	Q1
Ecology	2016	Q1
Ecology	2017	Q1
Ecology	2018	Q1
Ecology	2019	Q1
Ecology	2020	Q1
Ecology	2021	Q1
Ecology	2022	Q1
Ecology	2023	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	1999	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2000	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2001	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2002	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2003	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2004	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2005	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2006	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2007	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2008	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2009	Q2
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2010	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2011	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2012	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2013	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2014	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2015	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2016	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2017	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2018	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2019	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2020	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2021	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2022	Q1
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.574
2000	0.704
2001	0.586
2002	0.559
2003	0.616
2004	0.734
2005	0.820
2006	0.841
2007	0.811
2008	1.070
2009	0.834
2010	0.929
2011	1.178
2012	1.069
2013	1.139
2014	1.013
2015	1.087
2016	1.189
2017	1.203
2018	1.250
2019	1.188
2020	0.950
2021	0.830
2022	0.803
2023	0.787

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	58
2000	27
2001	41
2002	53
2003	44
2004	56
2005	63
2006	54
2007	64
2008	111
2009	88
2010	97
2011	75
2012	70
2013	81
2014	96
2015	67
2016	117
2017	131
2018	141
2019	228
2020	196
2021	296
2022	148
2023	119

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.912
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.150
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.932
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.412
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.933
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.603
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.769
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.889
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.308
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.021
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.237
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.417
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.679
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.197
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.337
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.370
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.726
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.953
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	3.017
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.118
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.005
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.316
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.904
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.715
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.912
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.127
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.934
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.032
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.992
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.623
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.608
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.693
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.671
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.210
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.764
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.160
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.355
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.638
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.186
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.155
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.324
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	3.089
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.943
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.100
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.716
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.836
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.666
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.882
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.092
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.847
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.132
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.872
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.660
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.530
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.311
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.427
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.771
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.600
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.116
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.076
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.390
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.814
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.033
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.113
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.939
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.071
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	2.891
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.603
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.463
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.153
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.608
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.450

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	29
Self Cites	2000	12
Self Cites	2001	17
Self Cites	2002	15
Self Cites	2003	15
Self Cites	2004	19
Self Cites	2005	24
Self Cites	2006	22
Self Cites	2007	12
Self Cites	2008	45
Self Cites	2009	30
Self Cites	2010	74
Self Cites	2011	36
Self Cites	2012	47
Self Cites	2013	61
Self Cites	2014	46
Self Cites	2015	51
Self Cites	2016	122
Self Cites	2017	121
Self Cites	2018	132
Self Cites	2019	214
Self Cites	2020	139
Self Cites	2021	198
Self Cites	2022	138
Self Cites	2023	110
Total Cites	1999	93
Total Cites	2000	151
Total Cites	2001	127
Total Cites	2002	130
Total Cites	2003	120
Total Cites	2004	224
Total Cites	2005	246
Total Cites	2006	276
Total Cites	2007	289
Total Cites	2008	400
Total Cites	2009	404
Total Cites	2010	568
Total Cites	2011	697
Total Cites	2012	686
Total Cites	2013	529
Total Cites	2014	487
Total Cites	2015	574
Total Cites	2016	676
Total Cites	2017	865
Total Cites	2018	927
Total Cites	2019	1206
Total Cites	2020	1358
Total Cites	2021	1808
Total Cites	2022	2042
Total Cites	2023	1706

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.627
External Cites per document	2000	1.037
External Cites per document	2001	0.809
External Cites per document	2002	0.913
External Cites per document	2003	0.868
External Cites per document	2004	1.486
External Cites per document	2005	1.451
External Cites per document	2006	1.558
External Cites per document	2007	1.601
External Cites per document	2008	1.961
External Cites per document	2009	1.633
External Cites per document	2010	1.878
External Cites per document	2011	2.233
External Cites per document	2012	2.458
External Cites per document	2013	1.934
External Cites per document	2014	1.951
External Cites per document	2015	2.117
External Cites per document	2016	2.270
External Cites per document	2017	2.657
External Cites per document	2018	2.524
External Cites per document	2019	2.550
External Cites per document	2020	2.438
External Cites per document	2021	2.850
External Cites per document	2022	2.644
External Cites per document	2023	2.494
Cites per document	1999	0.912
Cites per document	2000	1.127
Cites per document	2001	0.934
Cites per document	2002	1.032
Cites per document	2003	0.992
Cites per document	2004	1.623
Cites per document	2005	1.608
Cites per document	2006	1.693
Cites per document	2007	1.671
Cites per document	2008	2.210
Cites per document	2009	1.764
Cites per document	2010	2.160
Cites per document	2011	2.355
Cites per document	2012	2.638
Cites per document	2013	2.186
Cites per document	2014	2.155
Cites per document	2015	2.324
Cites per document	2016	2.770
Cites per document	2017	3.089
Cites per document	2018	2.943
Cites per document	2019	3.100
Cites per document	2020	2.716
Cites per document	2021	3.200
Cites per document	2022	2.836
Cites per document	2023	2.666

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	5.17
2000	18.52
2001	7.32
2002	18.87
2003	25.00
2004	17.86
2005	19.05
2006	38.89
2007	32.81
2008	36.04
2009	36.36
2010	26.80
2011	30.67
2012	28.57
2013	35.80
2014	50.00
2015	41.79
2016	51.28
2017	34.35
2018	36.88
2019	40.35
2020	45.92
2021	48.99
2022	40.54
2023	47.06

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	1
Non-citable documents	2001	1
Non-citable documents	2002	1
Non-citable documents	2003	5
Non-citable documents	2004	10
Non-citable documents	2005	15
Non-citable documents	2006	14
Non-citable documents	2007	15
Non-citable documents	2008	15
Non-citable documents	2009	14
Non-citable documents	2010	9
Non-citable documents	2011	10
Non-citable documents	2012	14
Non-citable documents	2013	20
Non-citable documents	2014	21
Non-citable documents	2015	20
Non-citable documents	2016	20
Non-citable documents	2017	22
Non-citable documents	2018	24
Non-citable documents	2019	24
Non-citable documents	2020	24
Non-citable documents	2021	20
Non-citable documents	2022	28
Non-citable documents	2023	27
Citable documents	1999	102
Citable documents	2000	133
Citable documents	2001	135
Citable documents	2002	125
Citable documents	2003	116
Citable documents	2004	128
Citable documents	2005	138
Citable documents	2006	149
Citable documents	2007	158
Citable documents	2008	166
Citable documents	2009	215
Citable documents	2010	254
Citable documents	2011	286
Citable documents	2012	246
Citable documents	2013	222
Citable documents	2014	205
Citable documents	2015	227
Citable documents	2016	224
Citable documents	2017	258
Citable documents	2018	291
Citable documents	2019	365
Citable documents	2020	476
Citable documents	2021	545
Citable documents	2022	692
Citable documents	2023	613

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	52
Uncited documents	2000	68
Uncited documents	2001	66
Uncited documents	2002	61
Uncited documents	2003	57
Uncited documents	2004	53
Uncited documents	2005	57
Uncited documents	2006	57
Uncited documents	2007	64
Uncited documents	2008	54
Uncited documents	2009	69
Uncited documents	2010	70
Uncited documents	2011	70
Uncited documents	2012	55
Uncited documents	2013	57
Uncited documents	2014	55
Uncited documents	2015	58
Uncited documents	2016	31
Uncited documents	2017	45
Uncited documents	2018	64
Uncited documents	2019	64
Uncited documents	2020	98
Uncited documents	2021	83
Uncited documents	2022	132
Uncited documents	2023	125
Cited documents	1999	50
Cited documents	2000	66
Cited documents	2001	70
Cited documents	2002	65
Cited documents	2003	64
Cited documents	2004	85
Cited documents	2005	96
Cited documents	2006	106
Cited documents	2007	109
Cited documents	2008	127
Cited documents	2009	160
Cited documents	2010	193
Cited documents	2011	226
Cited documents	2012	205
Cited documents	2013	185
Cited documents	2014	171
Cited documents	2015	189
Cited documents	2016	213
Cited documents	2017	235
Cited documents	2018	251
Cited documents	2019	325
Cited documents	2020	402
Cited documents	2021	482
Cited documents	2022	588
Cited documents	2023	515