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New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0028-8330eISSN1175-8805

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.507

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.832

Total Worksi

3,417

Total Citationsi

74,350

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Oceanography; Aquatic Science; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,417

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0028-8330 / 1175-8805

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

690

2019

648

2020

335

2021

264

2022

206

2023

183

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.

Aquatic ScienceQ2

EcologyQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FisheriesMarine & Freshwater BiologyOceanography

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and fisheries researchMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorFish Biology and Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Is New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research?

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 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 1.26.

Is New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research?