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Journal of Fisheries of China is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), DOAJ. Published by Shanghai Ocean University.
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ISSN 1000-0615Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Shanghai Ocean University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 451 / 736 | 38th | Q3 |
| Aquatic Science | 165 / 259 | 36th | Q3 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 291 / 432 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Journal of Fisheries of China is Q3 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 451 of 736), Q3 in Aquatic Science (rank 165 of 259) and Q3 in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (rank 291 of 432), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Fisheries of China is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3, 38th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.286, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 19.
Journal of Fisheries of China is published by Shanghai Ocean University. Its ISSN is 1000-0615.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Fisheries of China has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #652 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Journal of Fisheries of China published 22 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 285. 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.
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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