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Zebrafish

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1961

ISSN1545-8547eISSN1557-8542

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.373

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.513

Total Worksi

1,196

Total Citationsi

27,658

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Developmental Biology; Zoology; Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1961

FrequencyBimonthly, 2014-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,196

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1545-8547 / 1557-8542

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

875

2019

612

2020

425

2021

270

2022

161

2023

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Developmental BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Developmental BiologyZoology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyAnimal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Zebrafish Biomedical Research ApplicationsFish Ecology and Management StudiesAquaculture disease management and microbiotaFish biology, ecology, and behaviorChromosomal and Genetic VariationsCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsFish Biology and Ecology StudiesAnimal Genetics and Reproduction

Frequently asked questions about Zebrafish

Is Zebrafish a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Zebrafish: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Zebrafish?

Zebrafish 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 0.97.

Is Zebrafish indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Zebrafish is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Zebrafish?