水生植物學為廣大國際讀者提供了一個平臺，在生態學或環境生物學的背景下，就海洋和淡水宏觀植物的基礎和應用方面發表論文。這包括宏觀水生植物的分子、生化和生理方面，以及以植物為主的水生群落和生態系統的分類、結構、功能、動力學和生態相互作用。是一個出口的文件處理研究干擾和壓力的后果(如環境波動和氣候變化、污染、放牧和病原體),使用和管理的水生植物(工廠生產和分解、商業收獲植物控制)和水生植物群落的保護(育種、移植和修復)。關于某些稀有分類群的專門出版物或來自世界上代表性不足地區的關于水生宏觀植物的論文也可以找到它們的位置，但要經過編輯的評價。對真菌或微藻的研究將繼續超出水生植物學的范圍。

Aquatic Botany offers a platform for papers relevant to a broad international readership on fundamental and applied aspects of marine and freshwater macroscopic plants in a context of ecology or environmental biology. This includes molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of macroscopic aquatic plants as well as the classification, structure, function, dynamics and ecological interactions in plant-dominated aquatic communities and ecosystems. It is an outlet for papers dealing with research on the consequences of disturbance and stressors (e.g. environmental fluctuations and climate change, pollution, grazing and pathogens), use and management of aquatic plants (plant production and decomposition, commercial harvest, plant control) and the conservation of aquatic plant communities (breeding, transplantation and restoration). Specialized publications on certain rare taxa or papers on aquatic macroscopic plants from under-represented regions in the world can also find their place, subject to editor evaluation. Studies on fungi or microalgae will remain outside the scope of Aquatic Botany.