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Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Wiley-VCH Verlag · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN1439-0426

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.313

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.46

Total Worksi

5,222

Total Citationsi

88,713

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Aquatic Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,222

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-VCH Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1439-0426

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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

139

1.1k

2019

164

2020

146

647

2021

315

2022

110

2023

148

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 ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FisheriesMarine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Aquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine and fisheries researchAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesFish biology, ecology, and behaviorAquaculture disease management and microbiotaAquatic Ecosystems and BiodiversityIchthyology and Marine BiologyIdentification and Quantification in Food

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Is Journal of Applied Ichthyology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Applied Ichthyology: 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 Journal of Applied Ichthyology?

Journal of Applied Ichthyology 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 1.29.

Is Journal of Applied Ichthyology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Applied Ichthyology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Applied Ichthyology?