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Fish Pathology

Japanese Society of Fish Pathology · Japan · Est. 1966

ISSN1881-7335

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.

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📊 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

0.326

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.329

Total Worksi

1,981

Total Citationsi

30,484

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Veterinary Sciences; Animal Science and Zoology; Aquatic Science.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1966

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,981

Publisher OrgJapanese Society of Fish Pathology

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japanese Society of Fish Pathology

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1881-7335

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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?

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

2019

2020

156

2021

2022

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 ZoologyQ3

Aquatic ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FisheriesVeterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaParasite Biology and Host InteractionsAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthMyxozoan Parasites in Aquatic SpeciesIdentification and Quantification in FoodMicrobial infections and disease researchAnimal Virus Infections StudiesVibrio bacteria research studiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Fish Pathology

Is Fish Pathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fish Pathology: 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 Fish Pathology?

Fish Pathology 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 0.67.

Is Fish Pathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fish Pathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fish Pathology?