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Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN1749-7345

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 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?

200

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 174d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.827

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.068

Total Worksi

3,134

Total Citationsi

72,621

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of the World Aquaculture Society publishes research on aquaculture, aquatic plants, and aquatic animals. It focuses on technological innovations and solutions for the growth of global aquaculture, including sustainable production, nutrition, disease, genetics and breeding, and physiology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 96 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,134

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~21 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1749-7345

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

104

2019

2.2k

2020

112

1.7k

2021

630

2022

113

1.6k

2023

487

2024

167

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

Aquatic ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Fisheries

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquaculture disease management and microbiotaReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesFish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesCrustacean biology and ecologyMarine and fisheries researchAquatic life and conservationPhysiological and biochemical adaptations

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Is Journal of the World Aquaculture Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the World Aquaculture Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal of the World Aquaculture Society?

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 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 2.59.

Is Journal of the World Aquaculture Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.