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Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Escuela de Ciencias del Mar.
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ISSN 0718-560XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatic Science | 166 / 259 | 36th | Q3 |
| Oceanography | 101 / 154 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research is Q3 in Aquatic Science (rank 166 of 259) and Q3 in Oceanography (rank 101 of 154), by CiteScore 2025.
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.285, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 41.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$350 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.
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research is published by Escuela de Ciencias del Mar. Its ISSN is 0718-560X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 0.97 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #161 of 254 Scopus journals in Aquatic Science.
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research published 70 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 240. 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 Mexico (58.2%), Chile (8.8%) and Brazil (8.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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