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Aquaculture and Fisheries

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 2016

ISSN2096-1758eISSN2468-550X

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ 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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · 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 (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.901

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.186

Total Worksi

720

Total Citationsi

10,853

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyUnknown

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications720

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~19 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, 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

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2096-1758 / 2468-550X

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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

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 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

1.1k

2019

110

2.4k

2020

1.7k

2021

1.8k

2022

914

2023

310

2024

111

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

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FisheriesMarine & Freshwater Biology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquaculture disease management and microbiotaFish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and fisheries researchMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsInvertebrate Immune Response MechanismsGenetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Frequently asked questions about Aquaculture and Fisheries

Is Aquaculture and Fisheries a predatory journal?

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

Aquaculture and 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 1.74.

Is Aquaculture and Fisheries indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aquaculture and Fisheries is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Aquaculture and Fisheries?