水生昆蟲是一種國際期刊，出版關(guān)于水生和半水生昆蟲的系統(tǒng)學、生物學和生態(tài)學的原始研究。本研究的主題是水生和半水生昆蟲，包括四個初級目的分類群：麻黃目、蜻蜓目、多翅目和三翅目，以及半翅目、鞘翅目和雙翅目的水生和半水生科，以及膜翅目、鱗翅目、甲翅目、巨翅目和神經(jīng)翅目的特定代表。在它們生命周期的一部分時間里出現(xiàn)在多情的和慢性子的棲息地。只有在空間允許的情況下，才能接受對其他水生六足類動物（即彈尾目）的研究。除與水生和半水生昆蟲（如水螨作為昆蟲寄生蟲）密切相關(guān)者外，其他水生節(jié)肢動物（如甲殼類動物）的論文將不予考慮。這項研究的主題可能包括廣泛的生物領(lǐng)域。對于個別物種的分類修訂和描述將被接受，特別是如果更多的信息包括對國際讀者普遍感興趣的棲息地偏好、共同存在的物種、行為、物候、收集方法等。不鼓勵基于單個樣本的描述。歡迎對水生昆蟲的形態(tài)、生理學、行為和生命周期各個階段的物候?qū)W進行詳細的研究，并歡迎進行分子和系統(tǒng)發(fā)育分析的論文，特別是當它們討論群體的生物、生態(tài)和動物形成的進化過程時。在各種淡水環(huán)境中，水生昆蟲通常是種類和數(shù)量最多、種類最多的生物群，對群落結(jié)構(gòu)和功能以及作為生態(tài)指標至關(guān)重要。因此，將考慮關(guān)于水生和半水生昆蟲生態(tài)的不同方面的論文，但重點關(guān)注環(huán)境評估的應(yīng)用方面（例如水質(zhì)）的論文除外。將優(yōu)先考慮包含自然生態(tài)或合成生態(tài)數(shù)據(jù)的論文。純粹的動物研究和其他只涉及區(qū)域的論文將不予考慮。為了加強水生昆蟲專家之間的交流和信息交流，還將出版書評和訃告。所有提交的手稿都要經(jīng)過編輯的初步評估，如果認為適合進一步考慮，還需要由獨立的匿名專家評審員進行同行評審。所有同行評審都是單盲評審。

Aquatic Insects is an international journal publishing original research on the systematics, biology, and ecology of aquatic and semi-aquatic insects.The subject of the research is aquatic and semi-aquatic insects, comprising taxa of four primary orders, the Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera but also aquatic and semi-aquatic families of Hemiptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera, as well as specific representatives of Hymenoptera , Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera , and Neuroptera that occur in lotic and lentic habitats during part of their life cycle. Studies on other aquatic Hexapoda (i.e., Collembola) will be only accepted if space permits. Papers on other aquatic Arthropoda (e.g., Crustacea) will not be considered, except for those closely related to aquatic and semi-aquatic insects (e.g., water mites as insect parasites).The topic of the research may include a wide range of biological fields. Taxonomic revisions and descriptions of individual species will be accepted especially if additional information is included on habitat preferences, species co-existing, behavior, phenology, collecting methods, etc., that are of general interest to an international readership. ?Descriptions based on single specimens are discouraged.? Detailed studies on morphology, physiology, behavior, and phenology of aquatic insects in all stadia of their life cycle are welcome as well as the papers with molecular and phylogenetic analyses, especially if they discuss evolutionary processes of the biological, ecological, and faunistic formation of the group.? In all kinds of freshwater environments, aquatic insects are usually the largest and most diverse group of organisms, by species and abundance, and are of paramount importance to the community structure and function, as well as serving as ecological indicators. Therefore, papers on different aspects of aquatic and semi-aquatic insect ecology will be considered, except for those that focus on applied aspects of environmental assessment (e.g., water quality).?Papers that include autecological or synecological data will be preferred. Purely faunistic studies and other papers of only regional interest will not be considered. To increase communication and information flow among the aquatic insect specialists, book reviews and obituaries will also be published.? All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.?All peer review is single blind.