Journal profile · Marine & Freshwater Biology
Aquaculture
ISSN 0044-8486 · Elsevier · NETHERLANDS · Weekly · Founded 1972
Aquaculture: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4.31; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,910; review about 4.6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 50%; 1,331 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aquaculture is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, together about 49.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Marine & Freshwater Biology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.1%
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology and Microbiology16.1%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.7%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science3.6%
- Physiological and biochemical adaptationsEnvironmental Science3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.31LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 152LetPub ·
- h-index
- 279OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19,330OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,237LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 27,559 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 840 | 227 | 355 |
| 2025 | 1,331 | 343 | 4,051 |
| 2024 | 1,394 | 375 | 11,906 |
| 2023 | 1,141 | 337 | 15,853 |
| 2022 | 1,202 | 298 | 22,112 |
| 2021 | 1,425 | 306 | 34,097 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4.6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,910 / EUR 3,660 / GBP 3,130 / JPY 484,960 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1972
- ISSN
- 0044-8486
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aquaculture
What CAS zone is Aquaculture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aquaculture is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Fisheries / Marine & Freshwater Biology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Aquaculture?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.31; CiteScore 9, h-index 279.
How long does peer review take at Aquaculture?
Authors report an average review time of about 4.6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “50%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Aquaculture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aquaculture is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Aquaculture open access, and what is the APC?
Aquaculture is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,910.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .