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Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.2). Published by Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.
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ISSN 0250-6408Verify ISSN ↗1813-1859Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology | 374 / 491 | 23rd | Q4 |
| Oceanography | 121 / 154 | 21st | Q4 |
| Aquatic Science | 210 / 259 | 19th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present (also 2014–2017, 2012, 1996–2010, 1989–1994, 1984, 1980), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.2.
Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science is Q4 in Ecology (rank 374 of 491), Q4 in Oceanography (rank 121 of 154) and Q4 in Aquatic Science (rank 210 of 259), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science 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 1.2, quartile Q4, 23rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.243, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 47.
Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science is published by Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. Its print ISSN is 0250-6408 and its online ISSN is 1813-1859.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science has an h-index of 59 and a 2-year mean of 0.93 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #272 of 469 Scopus journals in Ecology.
Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science published 3 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 6. 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 26 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Canada (46.2%), United States (36.5%) and Denmark (7.7%).
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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