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Fish Physiology

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN1546-5098

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.11

H-Indexi

111

Total Worksi

902

Total Citationsi

44,039

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Animal Science and Zoology; Physiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications902

Publisher OrgAcademic Press

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1546-5098

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

1.6k

2016

449

2017

343

2019

239

2020

200

2022

2023

410

2024

2025

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 ZoologyQ4

PhysiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyPhysiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Physiological and biochemical adaptationsAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthFish Ecology and Management StudiesReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesAquaculture disease management and microbiotaIchthyology and Marine BiologyFish biology, ecology, and behaviorDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Frequently asked questions about Fish Physiology

Is Fish Physiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fish Physiology: it is indexed in 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 Fish Physiology?

Fish Physiology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.11.

Is Fish Physiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fish Physiology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fish Physiology?