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Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Inter-Research · Germany · Est. 1923

ISSN1616-1580

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.344

H-Indexi

136

SNIPi

0.551

Total Worksi

4,464

Total Citationsi

162,621

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms is a research journal that covers all aspects of disease phenomena in aquatic organisms. Its scope includes research on diseases caused by coexisting organisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protistans, and metazoans, as well as diseases caused by abiotic factors.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1923

Annual Volume~ 63 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,464

Publisher OrgInter-Research

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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?

Inter-Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1616-1580

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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

111

1.5k

2019

130

1.4k

2020

587

2021

414

2022

295

2023

157

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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FisheriesVeterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaParasite Biology and Host InteractionsMyxozoan Parasites in Aquatic SpeciesInvertebrate Immune Response MechanismsMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAnimal Virus Infections StudiesMicrobial infections and disease researchAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorAmphibian and Reptile Biology

Frequently asked questions about Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Is Diseases of Aquatic Organisms a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Diseases of Aquatic Organisms: 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 Diseases of Aquatic Organisms?

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 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 Diseases of Aquatic Organisms indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.