Aquatic Conservation_ Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (carried in the library under the entry name Aquatic Conservation_ Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and commonly abbreviated as Aquat. Conserv.: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst.) is an international bimonthly journal of aquatic ecosystem conservation published by John Wiley & Sons. Founded in 1991, it carries a 2025 impact factor of 2.5.Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems（库内条目名 Aquatic Conservation_ Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems，常用缩写 Aquat. Conserv.: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst.）是 John Wiley & Sons 出版的水生生态系统保护国际双月刊，1991 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 2.5。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: the journal is dedicated to the multidisciplinary science of conservation in all aquatic ecosystems, freshwater, brackish and marine alike.学科定位： 期刊致力于全部水生生态系统——淡水、半咸水与海洋——保护的多学科科学。
• Distinctive position: the journal provides a nexus for discussing aquatic conservation issues across systems and disciplines, spanning the social, ecological, environmental and engineering sciences together with the humanities.办刊特色： 期刊为跨越系统与学科的水生保护议题提供交汇点，讨论范围兼顾社会、生态、环境、工程科学与人文。
• Global outlook: contributions are accepted from around the world and across sectors including research, industry and policy, giving the authorship a genuinely international character.全球取向： 期刊接收来自世界各地、覆盖研究、产业与政策等各部门的稿件，作者队伍具有国际性。
• Article types and open access: the journal is hybrid, letting authors opt for paid immediate open access, and carries original research and review articles.体裁与开放获取： 期刊为混合开放获取刊物，作者可选择付费立即开放，刊载原创研究与综述等稿件。
• Indexing and metrics: indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the journal holds a 2025 impact factor of 2.5 within the third division of environmental sciences and ecology.收录与指标： 被科学引文索引扩展版收录，2025 年影响因子为 2.5，在环境科学与生态学大类中列第三区。^[2]

History

• Founded in 1991: the journal was launched by John Wiley & Sons in 1991.1991年创刊： 期刊于 1991 年由 John Wiley & Sons 创刊。
• Background to the founding: aquatic conservation had long been split between freshwater and marine research traditions, and the journal was created to give the two systems a single discussion platform.创刊背景： 水生保护长期分散在淡水与海洋两条研究脉络中，期刊的创办正是为了在两类系统之间建立统一的讨论平台。
• Frequency history: the journal appears bimonthly, and volume 36 was running in 2026.刊期沿革： 期刊为双月刊，每年出版多期，2026 年已出版至第 36 卷。
• Editorial transition: Dr Heidi Burdett took the editor-in-chief role in 2024 and opened 2025 with a one-year reflection consolidating progress in aquatic conservation research.主编换届： Heidi Burdett 博士于 2024 年出任主编，2025 年初发表周年回顾，梳理水生保护研究的年度进展。^[3]
• Recent metrics: the impact factor stood at 3.254 in 2021, 2.2 in 2024 and 2.5 in 2025.近年指标： 影响因子 2021 年为 3.254，2024 年为 2.2，2025 年为 2.5。

Editors

• Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Dr Heidi Burdett, associate professor at Umeå University in Sweden, whose expertise lies in coastal ecosystem function under natural and anthropogenic change.现任主编： 主编为 Heidi Burdett 博士，任瑞典于默奥大学副教授，研究专长为自然与人为变化下的海岸生态系统功能。
• Associate editors: the team includes Janne Alahuhta of the University of Oulu in Finland, a macroecologist of freshwater plants, and João Bráullio de Luna Sales of the Federal University of Pará in Brazil, working on conservation genetics and environmental DNA, among others.副编辑团队： 副编辑包括芬兰奥卢大学的 Janne Alahuhta（淡水植物宏生态学）、巴西帕拉联邦大学的 João Bráullio de Luna Sales（保护遗传学与环境 DNA）等，队伍国际化。
• Editorial board: the board bridges freshwater and marine research, management and conservation practice.编委构成： 编委覆盖淡水与海洋两侧的研究、管理与保护实务。
• Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through the ScholarOne system and undergo peer review.投稿与评审： 稿件经 ScholarOne 在线系统递交，接受同行评审。^[4]
• Editorial policy: the journal prizes cross-system comparison and interdisciplinary integration, encouraging work that ties conservation science to social policy.编辑方针： 期刊强调跨系统比较与跨学科整合，鼓励将保护科学与社会政策相衔接的成果。