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Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1942-5120eISSN1942-5120

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.697

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.829

Total Worksi

754

Total Citationsi

12,488

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Fisheries; Marine & Freshwater Biology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications754

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2008

Visit Journal Website

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1942-5120 / 1942-5120

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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

349

2019

533

2020

505

2021

179

2022

368

2023

153

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 ScienceQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FisheriesMarine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine and fisheries researchFish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine animal studies overviewIchthyology and Marine BiologyIsotope Analysis in EcologyHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Is Marine and Coastal Fisheries a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Marine and Coastal Fisheries: 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 Marine and Coastal Fisheries?

Marine and Coastal Fisheries 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 1.42.

Is Marine and Coastal Fisheries indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Marine and Coastal Fisheries is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Marine and Coastal Fisheries?