Journal profile · Marine & Freshwater Biology
Environmental Biology of Fishes
ISSN 0378-1909 · eISSN 1573-5133 · Springer Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · Monthly · Founded 1976
Environmental Biology of Fishes: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.51; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,490; median 207 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 141 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Biology of Fishes is published by Springer Netherlands and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, together about 53% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nature and Landscape Conservation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmental Biology of Fishes is an international journal that publishes original studies on the ecology, life history, epigenetics, behavior, physiology, morphology, systematics and evolution of marine and freshwater fishes. Empirical and theoretical papers are published that deal with the relationship between fishes and their external and internal environment, whether natural or unnatural. The journal concentrates on papers that advance the scholarly understanding of life and draw on a variety of disciplines in reaching this understanding. Papers focusing on cartilaginous fishes are particularly welcome, in keeping with the journal’s expanded aim to serve as the leading venue for studies on the environmental biology of sharks, skates, and rays to complement those on the diversity of other marine and freshwater fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes publishes original papers, review papers, brief communications, editorials, book reviews and special issues. Find out more about Article Types and submission requirements in the journal's Submission Guidelines. There are no page charges to publish in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Marine & Freshwater Biology
Editor-in-chief Ricardo S. RosaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United States 8, Canada 8, Brazil 6, Mainland China 4, Japan 3 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science25.2%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science14.1%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.7%
- Fish biology, ecology, and behaviorEnvironmental Science7%
- Ichthyology and Marine BiologyEnvironmental Science6%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.7%
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 1.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 144OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,769OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 135LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 450,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,240 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 118 | 49 | 15 |
| 2025 | 141 | 51 | 167 |
| 2024 | 150 | 49 | 438 |
| 2023 | 120 | 56 | 530 |
| 2022 | 188 | 57 | 1,534 |
| 2021 | 145 | 27 | 1,156 |
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
207 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 153 days – 286 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 224 days
- Sample
- 104 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 ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 2,490 / EUR 3,590 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted11
- book reviewEnvironmental Biology of Fishes welcomes a variety of article types. Original Papers are original manuscripts that contain new findings in research consistent w…Length not stated
- book reviewsBook Reviews are welcome but are generally solicited by the Editorial Office.Length not stated
- brief communicationEnvironmental Biology of Fishes welcomes a variety of article types. Original Papers are original manuscripts that contain new findings in research consistent w…Length not stated
- brief communicationsBrief Communications contain research that does not meet all the criteria for Original Papers. Brief Communications are restricted to reports of unusual urgency…Length not stated
- editorialEnvironmental Biology of Fishes welcomes a variety of article types. Original Papers are original manuscripts that contain new findings in research consistent w…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials are used as a forum for the Editor-in-Chief to convey general information to the journal’s readership.Length not stated
- hypothesisEnvironmental Biology of Fishes welcomes a variety of article types. Original Papers are original manuscripts that contain new findings in research consistent w…Length not stated
- original paperEnvironmental Biology of Fishes welcomes a variety of article types. Original Papers are original manuscripts that contain new findings in research consistent w…Length not stated
- original papersOriginal Papers are original manuscripts that contain new findings in research consistent with the Journal’s aims and scope. This would include, but is not limi…Length not stated
- reviewEnvironmental Biology of Fishes welcomes a variety of article types. Original Papers are original manuscripts that contain new findings in research consistent w…Length not stated
- review papersReview Papers do not contain new information, but rather summarize emerging trends or recent developments. In this section, contributions will be published that…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship Guidelines
Authorship credit should be based on: 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; AND 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND 3) final approval of the version to be submitted for publication. All of these conditions should be met by all authors. Acquisition of funding, collecti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data transparency Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
Retrospective ethics approval Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Environmental Biology of Fishes, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Suggesting / excluding reviewers Model summary
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Netherlands
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0378-1909
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-5133
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Biology of Fishes
What CAS zone is Environmental Biology of Fishes in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Biology of Fishes is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ecology / Marine & Freshwater Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Biology of Fishes?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.51; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 144.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Biology of Fishes?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 207 days (interquartile range 153–286 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Environmental Biology of Fishes?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Environmental Biology of Fishes based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (8), Canada (8) and Brazil (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Biology of Fishes?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Biology of Fishes is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Biology of Fishes open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Biology of Fishes is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,490.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .