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Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries.
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ISSN 1687-4285Verify ISSN ↗2090-3278Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatic Science | 33 / 259 | 87th | Q1 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 93 / 736 | 87th | Q1 |
| Oceanography | 21 / 154 | 86th | Q1 |
| Water Science and Technology | 66 / 279 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.
Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research is Q1 in Aquatic Science (rank 33 of 259), Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 93 of 736) and Q1 in Oceanography (rank 21 of 154), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.678, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,200 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research is published by National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries. Its print ISSN is 1687-4285 and its online ISSN is 2090-3278.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research has an h-index of 67 and a 2-year mean of 3.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 254 Scopus journals in Aquatic Science.
Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research published 68 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 69. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Indonesia (25.1%), Egypt (16.5%) and Saudi Arabia (11.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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.
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