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JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

WILEY · US

ISSN1095-8649eISSN1095-8649

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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SNIPi

0.938

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Marine & Freshwater Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 380 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WILEY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-8649 / 1095-8649

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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

337

6.7k

2019

427

6.3k

2020

338

2.8k

2021

321

2.8k

2022

358

2023

411

1.3k

2024

372

474

2025

310

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FisheriesMarine & Freshwater Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine and fisheries researchAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthIchthyology and Marine BiologyReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesFish biology, ecology, and behaviorPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsAquaculture disease management and microbiotaIdentification and Quantification in Food

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Is JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY?

JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 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.

Is JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY is indexed in Web of Science.

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