Reviewer Guideline

  • Hydrobiological Research publishes original articles, reviews, short communications, method reports, and letters to the editor that examine the biology of marine and freshwater resources.
  • The journal is an international, peer-reviewed, and open-access journal. The journal publishes articles in English in 2 volumes (January, July) per year.
  • The review and decision time of the submitted articles is 45 working days from the date of submission.
  • The manuscript is assigned to Section Editors by the Editor-in-Chief after a pre-review process by Technical Editor. Reviewers are chosen by the Section Editors. Every attempt is made to obtain two reviews of each manuscript.
  • The journal is an open-access journal with NO publishing and processing fees. All articles can be downloaded FREE of charge.
  • Reviewers should agree to review articles only in subject areas in which they have proven expertise.
  • Reviewers must disclose to the editors if an article under review has not properly cited sources, or contains errors or material omissions.
  • Reviewers should read all articles objectively, without any bias based on the origin of the article; gender, race, national origin, ethnicity, religious or political beliefs, sexual orientation, or age of the authors; or commercial considerations.
  • Before agreeing to review an article, a reviewer must ensure he/she has sufficient time and other resources to complete a comprehensive assessment of the article in the time frame given.
  • Reviewers should turn down invitations to review articles that create a conflict of interest (resulting from collaborative, financial, institutional, personal, or other relationships or connections with any of the companies, institutions, or people connected to the papers) or the appearance of it. In the event of uncertainty, reviewers should disclose the potential conflict of interest to the editors and seek advice before proceeding further.
  • Reviews provided should be constructive and impartial, and free of any hostile, inflammatory, libelous, unfair, or unnecessarily derogatory comments.
  • During and after the peer review process, reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of unpublished articles, including refraining from discussing them with others.
  • Reviewers must refrain from using research or information contained in unpublished articles for any purpose, including for personal gain or for the advantage or disadvantage of any other person or organization.