Aquatic Botany


Aquatic Botany is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on structure, function, dynamics, and classification of plant-dominated aquatic communities and ecosystems, as well as molecular, biochemical, and physiological aspects of aquatic plants. It publishes fundamental as well as applied research. The journal was established in 1975 by the late Cornelis den Hartog. It is published by Elsevier and the editors-in-chief are Thomas Wernberg, Brigitta van Tussenbroek, and Francisca Aguiar.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, EMBiology, and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.473.