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Aquaculture Research

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN1365-2109

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.549

H-Indexi

130

SNIPi

0.729

Total Worksi

9,505

Total Citationsi

216,083

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Aquatic Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 146 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,505

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1365-2109

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

465

7.7k

2019

617

8.9k

2020

640

7.2k

2021

467

3.9k

2022

140

1.1k

2023

118

629

2024

180

534

2025

121

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Fisheries

Scopus Categories

Aquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquaculture disease management and microbiotaReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesFish Ecology and Management StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesMarine and fisheries researchAquatic life and conservationCrustacean biology and ecologyPhysiological and biochemical adaptations

Frequently asked questions about Aquaculture Research

Is Aquaculture Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aquaculture Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Aquaculture Research?

Aquaculture 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 2.19.

Is Aquaculture Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aquaculture Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Aquaculture Research?