Acta Adriatica
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries · Croatia · Est. 1932
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Aims & Scope
About the Journal PUBLICATION INFORMATION ESSN: 1846-0453 ISSN: 0001-5113 Impact factor for 2024 = 0.6 Acta Adriatica is diamond open access, peer-reviewed international journal published continuously since 1932 by the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries. The journal publishes scientific papers on all aspects of marine sciences, preferably from the Mediterranean region. Acta Adriatica covers a broad range of topics related to the Mediterranean Sea, including: Biological, chemical and physical oceanography Marine ecology and biodiversity Fisheries and aquaculture Environmental and climate change including modelling Conservation biology and marine environmental management Marine geology All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found in accordance with the journal's scope and of acceptable content, to subsequent peer review by anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single blind and submission is online via Open Journal Systems software. Upon acceptance of the manuscript, authors must transfer copyright to the publisher. Contributions are published in online first format and later included in regularly printed issues (two issues published per year). Acta Adriatica is cited in the folowing databases: Agricola; Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts; CAB Abstracts; CNRS-INIST; Dialog; DOAJ; EBSCOhost; Fish & Fisheries Worldwide by NISC, South Africa; Georeference; HRČAK; ISI Web of Knowledge; Oceanic Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Proquest Referativnij Zhurnal; SCI Expanded; Scopus; Water Resources Abstracts; WoS-Web of Science; Zoological Record.
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Ethics & Quality
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Publication & Citation Trend
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
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Frequently asked questions about Acta Adriatica
Is Acta Adriatica a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Adriatica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.
What is the impact factor of Acta Adriatica?
Acta Adriatica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.14.
Is Acta Adriatica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Acta Adriatica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Acta Adriatica?
About the Journal PUBLICATION INFORMATION ESSN: 1846-0453 ISSN: 0001-5113 Impact factor for 2024 = 0.6 Acta Adriatica is diamond open access, peer-reviewed international journal published continuously since 1932 by the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries. The journal publishes scientific papers on all aspects of marine sciences, preferably from the Mediterranean region. Acta Adriatica covers a broad range of topics related to the Mediterranean Sea, including: Biological, chemical and physical oceanography Marine ecology and biodiversity Fisheries and aquaculture Environmental and climate c
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