Journal profile · Fisheries
Aquaculture Research
ISSN 1355-557X · eISSN 1365-2109 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Semimonthly · Founded 1995
Aquaculture Research: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.38; fully open access; APC about USD 2,970; median 121 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 180 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aquaculture Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). 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 50.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aquatic Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aquaculture Research is international in perspective and aims to publish original research and review articles that advance scientific understanding in the various research topics important to aquaculture production. It covers research on all aquatic organisms, floristic and faunistic, related directly or indirectly to human consumption. The following topics are usually not considered for publication in Aquaculture Research: research using outdated genetic markers and genetic studies utilizing allozymes, AFLP, RAPD, microsatellites, specifically for utilization of evaluation of genetic variation of atypical aquaculture species.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Fisheries
Editor-in-chief Christyn BaileyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences26.9%
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology and Microbiology14.5%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science8%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Aquatic life and conservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECCASPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.38LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 132OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,763OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 176LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 175Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 515,584Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,596 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 140 | 140 | 34 |
| 2025 | 180 | 180 | 587 |
| 2024 | 118 | 118 | 661 |
| 2023 | 140 | 140 | 1,100 |
| 2022 | 467 | 190 | 3,992 |
| 2021 | 640 | 468 | 7,298 |
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 Crossref · to
121 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 177 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (310 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,970 / GBP 1,990 / EUR 2,570 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,700 / EUR 2,340 / GBP 1,990 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
Article types accepted13
- hypothesisThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- opinionThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- perspectiveThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research study.Length not stated
- reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- reviewsReview articles should synthesise and critically evaluate the current state of knowledge on a clearly defined topic.Length not stated
- short communicationA Short Communication is a brief article type designed to report on significant yet preliminary or novel findings. Unlike a Technical Note, which focuses on the…Length not stated
- technical noteThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- technical notesA Technical Note may include detailed descriptions of research methods, new tools, experimental setups, or advancements in farming techniques, as well as the pr…Length not stated
- viewpointThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original hypothesis driven research …Length not stated
- viewpointsThese are concise pieces that focus on key challenges, issues, or recent developments.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Title and authorship information
The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest
Concurrent submission limit Model summary
Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data availability statement required Model summary
Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and permissions
Copyright policy Model summary
Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review model Model summary
The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1355-557X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-2109
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aquaculture Research
What CAS zone is Aquaculture Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aquaculture Research is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Fisheries. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Aquaculture Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.38; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 132.
How long does peer review take at Aquaculture Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 121 days (interquartile range 82–177 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32% (2025). 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 Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aquaculture Research is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Aquaculture Research open access, and what is the APC?
Aquaculture Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,970.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .