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Acta Adriatica

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries · Croatia · Est. 1932

ISSN0001-5113eISSN1846-0453

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.305

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.376

Total Worksi

380

Total Citationsi

1,814

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1932

Frequencybimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications380

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~18 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-5113 / 1846-0453

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

142

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

OceanographyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

Oceanography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine Ecology and Invasive SpeciesIdentification and Quantification in FoodMarine and fisheries researchMarine Biology and Ecology Research

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. 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?

How much does it cost to publish in Acta Adriatica?

Acta Adriatica is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.