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Fish and Fisheries

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1467-2960eISSN1467-2979

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

205

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 182d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.808

H-Indexi

170

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.441

Total Worksi

1,700

Total Citationsi

105,731

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Oceanography.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,700

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1467-2960 / 1467-2979

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

4.4k

2019

4.1k

2020

113

3.3k

2021

1.9k

2022

1.5k

2023

613

2024

251

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 ScienceQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

OceanographyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Fisheries

Scopus Categories

OceanographyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine and fisheries researchFish Ecology and Management StudiesCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesIchthyology and Marine BiologyCoastal and Marine ManagementMarine animal studies overviewFish biology, ecology, and behaviorIsotope Analysis in Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Fish and Fisheries

Is Fish and Fisheries a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fish and Fisheries: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Fish and Fisheries?

Fish and Fisheries 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 3.40.

Is Fish and Fisheries indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fish and Fisheries is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fish and Fisheries?