Wetlands

Wetlands is the official scholarly journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists, published by Springer, founded in 1981 and issued eight times a year, covering wetland biology, hydrology, soils, management and regulation, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.4.《湿地》是国际湿地科学家学会（Society of Wetland Scientists）的官方学术期刊，由 Springer 出版，1981 年创刊，每年出版 8 期，内容覆盖湿地生物学与水文，也覆盖土壤与沉积物及管理法规，2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4。

Scope

• The aims page defines Wetlands as an international journal concerned with all aspects of wetlands biology, ecology, hydrology, water chemistry, soil and sediment characteristics, management, and laws and regulations.宗旨页把该刊定位为国际性期刊，关注湿地生物学、生态学与水文学，也关注水化学以及土壤与沉积物特征，并把管理与法律法规一并纳入。
• Its founding goal was to centralize pioneering wetlands work that had otherwise been spread among a myriad of journals, giving the field a home of its own.创刊目标是把此前散落在各类期刊里的湿地开创性工作集中起来，让这一领域有一处自己的园地。
• Because wetland research usually needs an interdisciplinary approach, the journal is not limited to specific disciplines and seeks results from every relevant field.湿地研究通常需要跨学科方法，刊物因此不限定学科门类，向所有相关领域的研究结果开放。
• Manuscripts on management topics and on regulatory considerations relevant to wetlands are named as suitable, which places applied work and policy debate inside the core remit.与湿地相关的管理选题和法规考量被明确列为合适稿件，应用工作与政策讨论因此处在核心范围之内。
• The journal overview widens that list to education, legislative questions and sociological angles, so the social side of wetland protection sits beside the natural science.刊页概览把这份清单放宽到教育、立法问题与社会学视角，湿地保护的社会面向与自然科学并置。
• Submissions may arrive as articles or as short notes, the two channels named on the aims page for ordinary research reports.投稿可以是论文，也可以是短文，宗旨页把这两类稿件并列为常规研究报告的通道。
• Timely review articles are considered too, though the subject and content must be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief before the manuscript is submitted.时效性强的综述同样会被考虑，选题与内容须在投稿之前与主编商谈。
• Every paper must present new information and must be factual, original and not published elsewhere, a condition repeated in the submission guidelines.每篇论文都须提供新信息，内容须真实、原创，且未曾在别处发表，投稿指南重复了这一条件。
• Original research covers wetlands both natural and constructed, including the mechanisms behind ecosystem processes, the values wetlands hold for society, management, quality assessment and restoration.原创研究覆盖自然湿地与人工湿地，题材包括生态系统过程的机制、湿地对社会的价值，以及管理、质量评估与修复。
• Short communications keep the format of full articles and report findings judged very important or timely, and the guidelines bar preliminary data from that slot.短通讯沿用常规论文的格式，报告被认为十分重要或时效突出的发现，指南不允许以这一通道发表初步数据。
• The guidelines set no hard limit but suggest up to 4,000 words for short communications and 4,000 to 8,000 words for regular articles and reviews, with the Editor-in-Chief available for advice.指南不设硬性字数上限，建议短通讯不超过 4000 词，常规论文与综述为 4000 至 8000 词，拿不准的可向主编咨询。
• Review articles summarize past and recent work on a subject tied to wetland science and management, usually to draw out over-arching patterns or to argue a position.综述梳理湿地科学与管理某一课题的既往与近期工作，多用于归纳总体格局或提出立场。
• Topical Collections gather papers around a theme, and the journal points readers to its updates page for the calls that are open at any time.专题合集围绕主题汇集论文，任一时段开放的征稿由该刊的更新页公布。
• The cover letter has to explain why the work matters to the international readership, a question that keeps submissions pitched beyond one country or region.投稿信须说明工作为何能引起国际读者的兴趣，这一提问让稿件始终面向本国与本地区之外。

History

• The Society of Wetland Scientists founded the journal in 1981, and the first issue appeared that September as Volume 1, Issue 1, with the imprint set at Wilmington, North Carolina.国际湿地科学家学会于 1981 年创办该刊，当年 9 月出版第 1 卷第 1 期，出版地记为北卡罗来纳州的威尔明顿。
• The journal belongs to the Society of Wetland Scientists and is published by Springer, with the society carried as co-publisher at an office in McLean, Virginia.刊物属于国际湿地科学家学会，由 Springer 出版，学会以联合出版方身份列名，办事处设在弗吉尼亚州的麦克莱恩。
• Two identifiers run in parallel, the print ISSN 0277-5212 and the electronic ISSN 1943-6246, the second of which labels the online version.该刊并行使用两个标识，印刷版 ISSN 为 0277-5212，电子版 eISSN 为 1943-6246。
• The issue count has changed more than once. NLM still records a bimonthly rhythm from 2010 onward, while Crossref shows eight issues in each recent volume.期数改过不止一次，美国国家医学图书馆的刊目仍记 2010 年起为双月刊，Crossref 显示近年每卷都有 8 期。
• Volume 44 in 2024, Volume 45 in 2025 and Volume 46 in 2026 each run from issue 1 to issue 8, which fixes the present pattern at eight issues a year.第 44 卷（2024 年）、第 45 卷（2025 年）与第 46 卷（2026 年）都出满 1 至 8 期，每年 8 期由此成为现行节奏。
• The aims page, by contrast, still says the journal is published six times per year, a sentence that has not caught up with the volumes now going to press.宗旨页却仍写着每年出版 6 期，这句表述尚未跟上正在付印的卷次。
• The Mark Brinson Review series began in 2013, named for the late wetland scientist Mark Brinson, and gathers in-depth over-arching reviews across wetland science and management.Mark Brinson Review 系列自 2013 年设立，以已故湿地科学家 Mark Brinson 命名，汇集湿地科学与管理领域有深度的总体性综述。
• Publishing follows a hybrid model, with the Open Choice option for authors who want their paper free to read and a subscription route that costs authors nothing.出版采用混合模式，作者可选 Open Choice 让论文免费开放阅读，走订阅路线则不向作者收取费用。
• About 270 articles have appeared in open access so far, and gold open access made up 26.91 per cent of the output counted in the 2025 metrics.迄今已有约 270 篇论文以开放获取形式刊出，2025 年统计口径下金色开放获取占 26.91%。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 2.074 in 2022 to 1.8 in 2023, stood at 2 in 2024 and reached 2.4 in 2025, with a five-year figure of 2.3.影响因子从 2022 年的 2.074 降至 2023 年的 1.8，2024 年小幅回到 2，而 2025 年升至 2.4，五年影响因子为 2.3。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports the title sits in the third quartile twice, at 106 of 205 in ecology and 276 of 395 in environmental sciences, both in the Science Citation Index Expanded.在 2025 年的期刊引证报告中，该刊两度落在第三四分位，生态学排 106/205，环境科学排 276/395，两处都属 SCIE 版别。
• Speed counts among its selling points, with a median of 17 days from submission to first decision, and the 2025 volume drew 454.8k downloads.处理速度是卖点之一，投稿到首次决定的中位时间为 17 天，2025 年的下载量达到 45.48 万次。
• The citation base reached 5826 with roughly 108 articles a year and a cited half-life of 10.3 years, a profile of a literature still read long after publication.总被引达到 5826 次，每年发文约 108 篇，被引半衰期为 10.3 年，这批文献在发表多年之后仍被阅读。
• Abstracting and indexing take in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, BIOSIS, Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences and Zoological Record, with AGRICOLA and GEOBASE as well.收录范围含 SCIE 与 Scopus，也列入 BIOSIS 与 Biological Abstracts 及 CAB Abstracts，Current Contents 农业生物与环境科学版与 Zoological Record 同样在列，另有 AGRICOLA 与 GEOBASE。
• Two preservation services, CLOCKSS and Portico, hold the digital archive, and the journal reports that more than half of its 2025 articles bore on at least one of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.CLOCKSS 与 Portico 两项长期保存服务留存数字档案，刊方还说明 2025 年过半论文与联合国 17 项可持续发展目标中的至少一项相关。

Editors

• Marinus L. Otte of North Dakota State University in Fargo is Editor-in-Chief, and proposals for review articles are addressed to him at the editorial office.主编为 Marinus L. Otte，任职于法戈的北达科他州立大学（North Dakota State University），综述选题的商谈也由他受理。
• Fifty-eight associate editors carry the manuscript load, and between them they cover about twenty-five countries and territories.58 位副编辑分担稿件处理，合起来覆盖约 25 个国家与地区。
• The Americas are well represented, with Joanna Acosta-Velázquez of the Mexican forestry commission, Juan C. Benavides in Bogotá, Eduardo Guimarães Couto and Leonardo Maltchik in Brazil, and Cherie Westbrook in Saskatchewan.美洲的代表较为密集，墨西哥林业委员会由 Joanna Acosta-Velázquez 出任，波哥大一位是 Juan C. Benavides，巴西这边有 Eduardo Guimarães Couto 与 Leonardo Maltchik，加拿大一位是 Cherie Westbrook。
• Federal science supplies several of them, among them Nicholas M. Enwright, Michael Osland and Hongqing Wang of the U.S. Geological Survey, plus Jacob Berkowitz, Jacob F. Jung and Eric A. Weingarten of the Army Engineer Research and Development Center.联邦科研机构供职的副编辑不止一位，美国地质调查局有 Nicholas M. Enwright，同局的 Michael Osland 与 Hongqing Wang 也在，陆军工程研发中心派出 Jacob Berkowitz， Jacob F. Jung 与 Eric A. Weingarten 同属该中心。
• Europe supplies a broad share, from Boudewijn Beltman at Utrecht and Marco Cantonati at Bologna to Jan Vymazal in Prague, Ülo Mander and Mikk Espenberg at Tartu, and Teemu Tahvanainen in Kuopio.欧洲的分布同样宽，乌得勒支的 Boudewijn Beltman 与博洛尼亚的 Marco Cantonati 同在其中，布拉格的 Jan Vymazal 也参与，塔尔图有 Ülo Mander 与 Mikk Espenberg，库奥皮奥一位是 Teemu Tahvanainen。
• Chinese institutions hold a strong presence, with Jun Hong Bai and Baoshan Cui at Beijing Normal University, Zhao-Jun Bu and Xiaofei Yu at Northeast Normal University, Bin Zhao at Fudan and Haitao Wu at the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology.中国机构的席位不少，北京师范大学有 Jun Hong Bai 与 Baoshan Cui，东北师范大学有 Zhao-Jun Bu 与 Xiaofei Yu，复旦大学有 Bin Zhao，中国科学院东北地理与农业生态研究所的 Haitao Wu 也在。
• East Asia beyond the mainland is covered by Wei-Ta Fang in Taipei, Hsing-juh Lin in Taichung, Sam Lau in Hong Kong and Akira Haraguchi in Kitakyushu.大陆以外的东亚同样有人，台北的 Wei-Ta Fang 参与其中，台中的 Hsing-juh Lin 也在，香港的 Sam Lau 与北九州的 Akira Haraguchi 一并加入。
• Africa and the Middle East appear through Chris Curtis in Johannesburg, Heidi van Deventer in Pretoria, Jawad Al-Bakri in Amman, Amr Keshta in Tanta and Utku Zeybekoglu in Sinop.非洲与中东的身影见于约翰内斯堡的 Chris Curtis，比勒陀利亚的 Heidi van Deventer 同属其中，安曼的 Jawad Al-Bakri 也在，坦塔的 Amr Keshta 与锡诺普的 Utku Zeybekoglu 同样在册。
• The roster also reaches Georgetown in Guyana through Judith Rosales, Magadan in Russia through Diana V. Solovyeva and Sydney through Debashish Mazumder of the nuclear science organisation.名单还伸到圭亚那的乔治敦，由 Judith Rosales 出任，俄罗斯马加丹的 Diana V. Solovyeva 同在其内，悉尼的 Debashish Mazumder 来自澳大利亚核科学技术组织。
• Review runs through four hands, two qualified peers, one associate editor and the Editor-in-Chief, a sequence the aims page states as the standard path for every accepted paper.评审要经过四道手，两位同行审稿人在前，一位副编辑居中，主编收尾，宗旨页把这一顺序写成所有录用论文的必经之路。
• Authors must suggest at least five reviewers, two of them from different countries, each with an institutional email address, and they may ask for named individuals to be excluded.作者须推荐至少 5 位审稿人，其中两位来自不同国家，每位都要有机构邮箱，作者也可以要求排除特定人选。
• Editors and board members declare competing interests and step aside from papers that touch them, and a paper by a board member gets no priority over any other submission.编辑与编委须申报利益冲突，涉及冲突的稿件另行分配，编委自己投稿不享受优先处理。
• Manuscripts go through Editorial Manager at editorialmanager.com/wela, the cover letter has to answer four set questions, and the abstract runs 150 to 250 words with four to six keywords.稿件经 editorialmanager.com/wela 的 Editorial Manager 提交，投稿信须回答四个固定问题，摘要长度 150 至 250 词，关键词 4 至 6 个。
• Students and early career researchers, defined as within a year of the PhD, receive incentives for reviews and perspective papers, and invited Brinson reviews are arranged with the Editor-in-Chief.学生与早期职业研究者（界定为取得博士学位一年之内）投综述或观点文章可获激励，Brinson 系列的特邀综述由主编安排。