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Fisheries Management and Ecology

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1365-2400

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.

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📊 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

0.588

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.899

Total Worksi

2,022

Total Citationsi

40,954

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Aquatic Science; Ecology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 93 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,022

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-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1365-2400

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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

1.2k

2019

629

2020

674

2021

775

2022

427

2023

108

299

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Fisheries

Scopus Categories

Aquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and fisheries researchFish Biology and Ecology StudiesFish biology, ecology, and behaviorCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesWildlife Ecology and ConservationReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species

Frequently asked questions about Fisheries Management and Ecology

Is Fisheries Management and Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fisheries Management and Ecology: 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 Management and Ecology?

Fisheries Management and Ecology 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 1.15.

Is Fisheries Management and Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fisheries Management and Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fisheries Management and Ecology?