From 2020 onward, the journal moves forward with the new publisher 

International Aquatic Research (IAR) is an international journal that publishes original research articles, short communications, and review articles in a broad range of areas relevant to all aspects of aquatic sciences (freshwater and marine). The Journal specifically strives to increase the knowledge of most aspects of applied researches in both cultivated and wild aquatic animals in the world. The journal is fully sponsored, which means it is free of charge for authors. The journal operates a single-blind peer review process.

The main research areas in aquatic sciences include:

• Aquaculture
• Ecology
• Food science and technology
• Molecular biology
• Nutrition
• Physiology
• Water quality and pollution
• Climate Change

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. M.R. Ghomi, SRH University Heidelberg, Germany

Associate editors:

• Dr. Soottawat Benjakul, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
• Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Meena, ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), India
• Dr. Nicholas Romano, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, USA
• Dr. Elena Tricarico, University of Florence, Italy
• Dr. Wagner C. Valenti, Sao Paulo State University – UNESP, Brazil 

Print ISSN: 2008-4935

Online ISSN: 2008-6970

Frequency: Quarterly (March, June, September, December)

Publisher: IAU (Tonekabon)- Iran

Launch year: 2009

Publication platform: Open access (free) for readers, Free of charge for authors

Journal Metrics:

Impact factor: 1.4 (2023) 

5 year impact factor: 2.0

Downloads: 40,100 (2024)

Downloads: 111,149 (2019) from former publisher's site (is still downloadable for 2012-19)

Acceptance rate: 8.7% (2024)

Self-citation: <2% (2024)

Based on an update from Clarivate on 18.07.2024, the journal was de-listed in May 2024 due to not identifying our new URL recently changed, as 'production de-listing', not because of 'editorial selection criteria'. It was a quite strict decision despite informing Clarivate properly about this URL change, therefore we appreciate the authors' patience for the time to return back the journal to the list as before.

Authors are encouraged to submit their best works here in terms of having novelty, importance in the field, a good number of both dependent and independent variables with genuine originality, well-established statistics, and modified linguistic to be evaluated and proceeded in order.

For downloading the final PDF of published papers (2012-2019), you also could visit: http://link.springer.com/journal/40071.