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California Fish and Game

Dept. of Fish and Game · United States

ISSN0008-1078

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.307

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

196

Total Citationsi

1,977

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

California Fish and Game focuses on the biology, ecology, and conservation of fish, wildlife, and plants in California and surrounding areas, including the northeastern Pacific. The journal publishes research relevant to conservation and management of the state's fish and wildlife resources, informing management practices and policy decisions.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 2 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications196

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dept. of Fish and Game

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0008-1078

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ3

Aquatic ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and fisheries researchWildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife ManagementEcology and biodiversity studies

Frequently asked questions about California Fish and Game

Is California Fish and Game a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for California Fish and Game: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 California Fish and Game?

California Fish and Game is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.307.

Is California Fish and Game indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

California Fish and Game is indexed in Scopus.