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IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES
ISSN 1562-2916 · Iranian Fisheries Research Organization · IRAN · Tri-annual
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.83; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 79 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES is published by Iranian Fisheries Research Organization 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, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, together about 51.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aquatic Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
1- Living various species (contains animals and vegetal species) in various aquatic ecosystems. 2- Health and diseases of aquatic species. 3- Determining the stocks and specific time and location for catching and reliable exploitation for sustainable development. 4- Methods of propagation and culture of high value aquatic resources. 5- Aquatic stock assessment and the methods of restocking the high value species and suggestion for rate, areas and the time for releasing fish and other aquatic organisms fries. 6- Pollutant agents and their effects to the environments of aquatic species. 7- Feed and feeding in aquatic organisms. 8- Fish processing and producing new products. 9- The economic and social aspects of fisheries.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): FISHERIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences22.2%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.6%
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology and Microbiology11.4%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Aquatic life and conservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
- Identification and Quantification in FoodBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.2%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science2.8%
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
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
- 0.83LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 79LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 335 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | 0 | 83 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Iranian Fisheries Research Organization
- Country or region
- IRAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 1562-2916
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES
What CAS zone is IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES 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 IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.83; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES open access, and what is the APC?
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES SCIENCES is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .