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Crustaceana

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 1960

ISSN1568-5403
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.217
H-Indexi
68
SNIPi
0.435
Total Worksi
6,496
Total Citationsi
63,383
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.49
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Animal Science and Zoology; Aquatic Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary Language
1st Year Published1960
Annual Volume~ 85 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications6,496
Publisher OrgBrill
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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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Brill Academic Publishers
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1568-5403
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
103
355
2019
97
375
2020
98
290
2021
84
193
2022
94
155
2023
94
103
2024
66
17
2025
66
7
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 ZoologyQ3
Aquatic ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crustacean biology and ecologyMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchMarine and fisheries researchFish Biology and Ecology StudiesParasite Biology and Host InteractionsAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthFish biology, ecology, and behaviorMarine Ecology and Invasive Species

Frequently asked questions about Crustaceana

Is Crustaceana a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Crustaceana: 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 Crustaceana?

Crustaceana 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 0.49.

Is Crustaceana indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Crustaceana is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Crustaceana?

Subject areas: Marine & Freshwater Biology; Animal Science and Zoology; Aquatic Science.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref