About

LimnoFish (Journal of Limnology and Freshwater Fisheries Research) is an international, open access and periodical scientific peer-reviewed journal, which is published three times a year, in April, August and December. LimnoFish is focused on fisheries management, ecology, biology, aquaculture, disease, socio-economy and fish processing technology topics related to only inland waters. This journal publishes research article, short communication, case report, review and letter to the Editor written in English and Turkish languages.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal are evaluated by at least two expert referees. In case of any doubts between the referees about the decision, the manuscripts are sent to another reviewer for final decision.

Evaluation process considers:

  • Originality and novelty,
  • If manuscript title fully represents the study: pay particular attention to use a crisp and inclusive title,
  • If abstract and selected key words sufficiently reflect the study and provide a concise information about the study with readers,
  • Literature background in the introduction about necessity of the study,
  • Clarity and robustness of materials and methods,
  • Relevance and accuracy of statistical  method used in data analysis,
  • If results are properly collected, evaluated and discussed with the existing literature in a way that contribution of the study to the science is clearly stressed,
  • Up-to-dateness and reliability of references in evaluation of the study

LimnoFish (Journal of Limnology and Freshwater Fisheries Research) is an international, open access and periodical scientific peer-reviewed journal, which is published three times a year, in April, August and December. LimnoFish is focused on fisheries management, ecology, biology, aquaculture, disease, socio-economy and fish processing technology topics related to only inland waters. This journal publishes research article, short communication, case report, review and letter to the Editor written in English and Turkish languages.

Scope:  LimnoFish comprises the following topics:

- Fisheries Management
- Biology
- Ecology
- Genetic
- Aquaculture and Disease
- Fish Processing Technology
- Fisheries Socio-Economics

Manuscript Process: Manuscripts must be submitted through the Journal’s website. After screening to ensure accordance with the Journal’s scope, the manuscript is sent out to at least two referees for peer-reviewing. Acceptance depends on approval from both referees. In case of disagreement between referees, the manuscript is sent to a third referee for final decision. A "Copyright Release Form" must be signed by all authors after scanning and sent before manuscript submission.

Article Types: 

  • Research Article
  • Short Communication
  • Case Report
  • Review
  • Letter to the Editor

Research Article: The research articles must contain the studies that carried out by using accepted or new scientific methods, include results based on experiments and observations and original and unique study that have differences from previous studies. The manuscript shouldn’t  exceed 15 pages with references.

Short Communication: The articles should be prepared according to the research paper format. It should include the findings and methods obtained during a study, currently ongoing, and considered to affect the other researches. It should not exceed 8 pages, including a reference list.

Case Report: This is a article reported of a biotic (disease, parasitism, individual increasing, mortality etc.) or abiotic (water quality, habitat, climate etc) case that encountered during the research. The case report shouldn’t exceed 8 pages with references.

Review: Review articles must be dealt with a guiding approach to the studies to be done on related topic and including the views and inferences of author in a flow on related topic, but not receiving absolute literature search. In the evaluation process, currency of the references is considered important and this matter is taken into account in the final decision phase. It should not exceed 20 pages, including a reference list. In the case of invited review, this restriction is not taken into consideration.

Letter to the Editor: The letter to the editor should include an idea, a hypothesis or a proposal for new research method related to the topic of the journal in the nature of response or comment to the article which published in the journal in company with scientific supports. The tables and figures may be used. It should not exceed 8 pages.

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