Journal profile · Fisheries
Fishery Bulletin
ISSN 0090-0656 · eISSN 1937-4518 · US National Marine Fisheries Services · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1971
Fishery Bulletin: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.69; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 24 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 48 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fishery Bulletin is published by US National Marine Fisheries Services 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 Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Marine animal studies overview, together about 55.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The quarterly Fishery Bulletin is one of the oldest and most respected fisheries journals in the world. It has been an official publication of the U.S. Government since 1881, under various titles, and is the U.S. counterpart to other highly regarded governmental fisheries science publications. It publishes original research and interpretative articles in all scientific fields that bear on marine fisheries and marine mammal science.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Fisheries
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science31.7%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science16.9%
- Marine animal studies overviewEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Ichthyology and Marine BiologyEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science6.3%
- Identification and Quantification in FoodBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.8%
- Isotope Analysis in EcologyEnvironmental Science2.9%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 4 |
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
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
- 0.69LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 279OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 882 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 19 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 8 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 23 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 45 |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | 72 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 101 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | Publisher's own license | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- original research articlesIt carries original research and interpretative articles on all fields of marine fisheries science and marine biology.Length not stated
- review articlesFishery Bulletin is now accepting submissions of review articles of exceptional quality.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
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
- US National Marine Fisheries Services
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1971
- ISSN
- 0090-0656
- Electronic ISSN
- 1937-4518
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fishery Bulletin
What CAS zone is Fishery Bulletin in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fishery Bulletin 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 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Fishery Bulletin?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.69; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Fishery Bulletin?
Authors report an average review time of over 24 weeks; 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.
Which databases index Fishery Bulletin?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fishery Bulletin is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Fishery Bulletin open access, and what is the APC?
Fishery Bulletin is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .