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California Fish and Game

California Fish and Game is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Department of Fish and Game.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 0008-1078Verify ISSN ↗2331-0405Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Department of Fish and Game

Scopus · InactiveOpen Access

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Inactive/Discontinued

Coverage

1996–2022 (also 1990, 1979–1984)

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

View this source on Scopus.com

Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is California Fish and Game indexed in Scopus?

No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1996–2022 (also 1990, 1979–1984)).

What is the impact factor of California Fish and Game?

California Fish and Game has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Who publishes California Fish and Game and what is its ISSN?

California Fish and Game is published by Department of Fish and Game. Its print ISSN is 0008-1078 and its online ISSN is 2331-0405.

Is California Fish and Game in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is California Fish and Game open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal per Scopus.

Scopus coverage history

Scopus indexed California Fish and Game for 34 years, between 1979 and 2022, with 10 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2022, 4 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.

Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 196 works and 1,972 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2019, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2022, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.

How well cited is California Fish and Game? — open metrics via OpenAlex

California Fish and Game has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).

h-index

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

196

works indexed

1,972

total citations

Papers published per year

California Fish and Game published 1 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 4. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and fisheries researchWildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife Management

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.

Are there integrity warnings for California Fish and Game? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2022. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2022
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged

Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0008-1078 ↗ISSN Portal · 2331-0405 ↗

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Department of Fish and Game has 1 other title in our data; 1 is currently indexed in Scopus.

Journal Scopus status

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Journal Indexed in

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