Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Limnology and Oceanography Letters is a gold open access letters journal launched in 2016 by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography and published with Wiley, dedicated to short-format, high-impact papers across limnology, oceanography and their integration, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.3 and first place among limnology journals《湖沼学与海洋学快报》是（Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography，ASLO）于 2016 年创办、与（Wiley）合作出版的金色开放获取快报期刊，专注湖沼学、海洋学及其交叉领域的高影响短篇论文，2025 年影响因子 7.3，在湖沼学类别列第 1 位。

Scope

• Manuscripts must present high-impact, cutting-edge results, discoveries or conceptual developments in any area of limnology and oceanography or in their integration稿件须呈现湖沼学与海洋学各领域或其交叉领域的高影响、前沿性结果、发现或概念进展。
• Selection is based on broad interest to the field, the strength of the empirical and conceptual foundations, and the potential to advance knowledge in the aquatic sciences选稿依据是其对领域的广泛意义、实证与概念基础的扎实程度，以及推进水生科学知识的潜力。
• Submissions are short-format articles that are concise and highly focused analyses with few display items稿件须为短篇格式，是简明且高度聚焦的分析，图表等展示项数量受限。
• A Letter is limited to about 3,000 words covering introduction, methods, results and discussion, with three to five visuals such as tables, figures or boxes一篇（Letter）正文约限 3000 词，涵盖引言、方法、结果与讨论，并配 3 至 5 个图表或文本框。
• The journal publishes four types of contribution, namely short-format research Letters, Current Evidence syntheses of emerging topics, Essays and Data Articles that promote the use of valuable published data sets该刊设有四类稿件：短篇研究论文（Letters）、汇总新兴议题的（Current Evidence）综述、（Essays）随笔，以及促进既有数据集利用的（Data Articles）。
• Authors must articulate how knowledge is advanced and the potential influence of their work, and must write clearly and concisely for a broad aquatic science audience, including a significance statement作者须阐明研究如何推进知识及其潜在影响，并以面向广泛水生科学读者的清晰简明方式写作，且需附研究意义说明。
• The journal spans inland waters, estuaries and the open ocean across limnology, oceanography and their integration该刊覆盖内陆水体、河口与开阔海洋，横跨湖沼学、海洋学及其整合研究。

History

• The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography announced the new journal in 2015 and appointed Patricia Soranno of Michigan State University as its founding editor-in-chief（ASLO）于 2015 年宣布创办该刊，并任命（Michigan State University）的（Patricia Soranno）为创刊主编。
• The first issue appeared in December 2016 as Volume 1, Issue 1, opening with Soranno's editorial on why the aquatic sciences needed a new journal创刊号于 2016 年 12 月出版，即第 1 卷第 1 期，开篇为（Soranno）论述水生科学为何需要一本新期刊的创刊社论。^[1]
• It was founded as a gold open access journal, so the final published version of an article is permanently and freely available to anyone at the moment of online publication该刊创刊即为金色开放获取期刊，论文的最终版本在线上发表时起即对任何人永久免费开放。
• James E. Cloern led the journal from 2019 to 2025, Michael Pace served as interim editor-in-chief from September 2025, and Lasse Riemann took office on 1 June 2026（James E. Cloern）于 2019 至 2025 年主持该刊，2025 年 9 月起由（Michael Pace）担任代理主编，（Lasse Riemann）于 2026 年 6 月 1 日就任。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 7.875 in 2021 through 8.507 in 2022 and 5.0 in 2024 to 7.3 in 2025, and ASLO reports the journal as ranked first in limnology and fifth in oceanography其影响因子由 2021 年的 7.875 经 2022 年的 8.507 与 2024 年的 5.0 变为 2025 年的 7.3，（ASLO）称该刊在湖沼学类别列第 1 位、海洋学类别列第 5 位。
• The journal publishes one volume a year with more than 90 articles and about 1,000 pages, and receives over 200 submissions annually该刊每年出版一卷，每卷逾 90 篇论文、约 1,000 页，年投稿量超过 200 篇。
• Publication costs are USD 2,688 for ASLO members and USD 3,360 for non-members, with waivers and discounts available出版费用为（ASLO）会员 2,688 美元、非会员 3,360 美元，并设有豁免与折扣。^[2]

Editors

• Lasse Riemann, a full professor at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, became editor-in-chief on 1 June 2026 and is an aquatic microbiologist working on nitrogen cycling and volatile organic compounds现任主编（Lasse Riemann）是（University of Copenhagen）的教授，2026 年 6 月 1 日就任，为研究氮循环与挥发性有机物的水生微生物学家。
• He succeeded the interim editorship of Michael Pace and follows James E. Cloern (2019-2025) and the founding editor Patricia Soranno (2015-2019)他接续（Michael Pace）的代理主编任期，前两任主编分别是（James E. Cloern）（2019 至 2025 年）与创刊主编（Patricia Soranno）（2015 至 2019 年）。
• The editorial board comprises about 39 associate editors from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey and Spain编委会由约 39 位副编辑组成，成员来自美国、英国、中国、德国、瑞典、澳大利亚、巴西、南非、土耳其与西班牙等国家。
• Associate editors include N. John Anderson of Loughborough University, Meryem Beklioglu of the Middle East Technical University, Mar Benavides of the National Oceanography Centre, Dongyan Liu of East China Normal University and Xianhui Wan of Xiamen University副编辑包括（Loughborough University）的（N. John Anderson）、（Middle East Technical University）的（Meryem Beklioglu）、（National Oceanography Centre）的（Mar Benavides）、（East China Normal University）的（Dongyan Liu）与（Xiamen University）的（Xianhui Wan）。
• Further associate editors include Peter R. Leavitt of the University of Regina, Sarah Fawcett of the University of Cape Town, Monika Winder of Stockholm University, Dick van Oevelen of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Hugo Sarmento of the Federal University of Sao Carlos其他副编辑包括（University of Regina）的（Peter R. Leavitt）、（University of Cape Town）的（Sarah Fawcett）、（Stockholm University）的（Monika Winder）、（Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research）的（Dick van Oevelen）与（Federal University of Sao Carlos）的（Hugo Sarmento）。
• The journal describes itself as inclusive and equitable and reports that early-career researchers are embracing it as authors and reviewers, supported by an Early Career Publication Honor该刊强调包容与公平，并称早期职业生涯研究者正以作者与审稿人身份积极加入，刊物还设有早期职业生涯出版荣誉。^[3]