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Fisheries Science

Springer · Japan

ISSN0919-9268eISSN1444-2906

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.304

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.659

Total Worksi

5,485

Total Citationsi

90,657

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Fisheries Science is a hybrid journal internationally respected for its publication of basic and applied research articles in a broad range of subject areas relevant to fisheries science, such as Fisheries, Biology, Aquaculture, Environment, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Food Science and Technology. Official journal of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science. Leading journal in its field, with a long tradition of presenting quality research in fisheries science and a range of related subjects. Accepts Original Articles and Reviews

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 96 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,485

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0919-9268 / 1444-2906

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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

115

1.6k

2019

1.6k

2020

696

2021

396

2022

378

2023

247

2024

106

139

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 ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Fisheries

Scopus Categories

Aquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthMarine and fisheries researchFish Ecology and Management StudiesReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesAquaculture disease management and microbiota

Frequently asked questions about Fisheries Science

Is Fisheries Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fisheries Science: 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 Fisheries Science?

Fisheries Science 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 1.18.

Is Fisheries Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fisheries Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.