Aquatic Botany is a peer-review

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ed scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 dedicated to research on structure, function, dynamics, and classification of plant-dominated aquatic communities and ecosystem

Ecosystem

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s, as well as molecular, biochemical

Biochemistry

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, and physiological

Physiology

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 aspects of aquatic plant

Aquatic plant

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s. It publishes fundamental

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 as well as applied research

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. The journal was founded by Cees den Hartog, who still serves as consulting editor.

Abstracting and indexing

Aquatic Botany is indexed by Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, BIOSIS, Current Contents

Current Contents

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/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, EMBiology, Ecological Abstracts, Ecology Abstracts, Fisheries Review, Freshwater and Aquaculture Contents Tables, Marine Science Contents Tables, and Scopus

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2010 impact factor

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 of 2.087.

Article categories

The journal publishes articles in the following categories:

• Original research papers
  Empirical
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• Review
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• Short Communications
• Letters to the Editor
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