Journal profile · FISHERIES
Journal of Fisheries
ISSN 2311-729X · eISSN 2311-3111 · BdFISH · Bangladesh
Journal of Fisheries: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 144 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Fisheries is published by BdFISH 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 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, together about 48.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nature and Landscape Conservation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
1 | AIM AND SCOPEJournal of Fisheries is an international journal that publishes original research, reviews and short communication dealing with aquatic systems (ponds, wetlands, freshwater and marine systems) and their boundaries, including the impact of human activities on these systems. The coverage ranges from molecular-level mechanistic studies to investigations at the whole ecosystem scale, including fish biology and ecology. The journal also publishes multidisciplinary articles including studies examining interactions among biological, chemical, physical, hydrological and societal processes. In addition, Journal of Fisheries welcomes submission related to open water fisheries management and post-harvest technologies of fish and other aquatic animals / plants. We welcome studies from all countries, especially those from less-researched regions. Studies based on commercial products provided by business entities (e.g. fish feeds, chemicals) are generally discouraged unless written authorisation from the respective company is obtained and submitted with the manuscript. 2 | JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AT A GLANCE ISSN: 2311-3111 (Online) and 2311-729X (Print) Year of launching: December, 2013 Editor-in-Chief: Professor Martyn C. Lucas (Durham University, UK) and Professor M. Nazrul Islam (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh) Journal policy: Open Access, Peer Reviewed, Online First! Journal issues: 3 issues in a year (April, August, and December), accepted article is published online as Online First! and will be included to the contents of the upcoming issue DOI prefix: 10.17017 Journal owner: BdFISH Web: journal.bdfish.org 3 | JOURNAL ABSTRACTING / INDEXING CAB Abstracts (CABI) CAB Global Health (CABI) Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) COBISS+ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) FAO AGRIS Google Scholar JournalSeek JournalTOCs NAAS (National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India) Norwegian Scientific Index ProQuest Web of Science Core Collection (Emerging Sources Citation Index; Clarivate Analytics) WorldCat 4 | PEER-REVIEW POLICYJournal of Fisheries is a double blind peer reviewed journal.4.1 Initial submissionAfter submission, Editorial Assistant will checks the paper’s composition and arrangement against the JFish’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylisations. The quality of the paper is not assessed at this point. If a manuscript passes this stage it will be forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) / Executive Editor
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FISHERIES
Editor-in-chief Martyn C. LucasPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Bangladesh 3, United States 1, Australia 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.6%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science11.7%
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology and Microbiology8.6%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Fisheries and Aquaculture StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Identification and Quantification in FoodBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Fish biology, ecology, and behaviorEnvironmental Science4.2%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest
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 (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 506 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 63 | 6 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | 25 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 32 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 38 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 101 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 71 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
144 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 8 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 144 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 22 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 | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 150 / GBP 120 / EUR 135 / INR 3,500 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- USD 150
- Submission fee
- USD 600
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 5
Article types accepted5
- opinionIn addition, the journal also publishes Opinions which should present a brief commentary on a topical or emerging issue in fisheries that has broad readership a…Length not stated
- regular articleThe following types of manuscripts may be submitted: Regular Article, Short Communication, Reviews and Special Article.Length not stated
- reviewThe following types of manuscripts may be submitted: Regular Article, Short Communication, Reviews and Special Article.Length not stated
- short communicationThe following types of manuscripts may be submitted: Regular Article, Short Communication, Reviews and Special Article.Length not stated
- special articleSpecial Article: Peer-reviewed papers on any special topics of fishery science such as country and organisation profiles.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- AI use 9| AI use policy
AI use policy Model summary
The journal permits the use of AI tools solely to enhance the readability, grammar and language of manuscripts. However, AI must not be employed to generate any creative or intellectual content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 8| Data availability statement
Data availability statement required Model summary
Authors must provide a data availability statement with the submission. Following are few examples of such statement
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 6 | PUBLICATION ETHICS AND PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT
Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement of Journal of Fisheries is primarily based on the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics 2011).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 5 | COPYRIGHT POLICY / OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT
Journal of Fisheries articles are published OA under a CC-BY NC SA (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license). Under Creative Commons licenses, authors retain copyright of their articles. The CC BY NC SA license allows researchers to distribute and use data from the original source provided it is distributed free of cost for non-commercial purposes with adequate credits to the origin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 5 | COPYRIGHT POLICY / OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT
Journal of Fisheries articles are published OA under a CC-BY NC SA (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license). Under Creative Commons licenses, authors retain copyright of their articles. The CC BY NC SA license allows researchers to distribute and use data from the original source provided it is distributed free of cost for non-commercial purposes with adequate credits to the origin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 2| Review Process
After submission, Editorial Assistant will checks the paper’s composition and arrangement against the JFish’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations. The quality of the paper is not assessed at this point. If a manuscript passes this stage it will be forwarded to the EIC checks that the paper is appropriate for the journal and is sufficiently original and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Suggesting reviewers Model summary
Corresponding author must submit names of at least five (5) potential reviewers with their academic titles (e.g. Professor, Dr etc.), affiliations and email addresses on the TITLE page of the manuscript.
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
- BdFISH
- Country or region
- Bangladesh
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2311-729X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2311-3111
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Journal of Fisheries
What CAS zone is Journal of Fisheries in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Fisheries 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 Journal of Fisheries?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Fisheries?
The publisher reports about 144 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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 Journal of Fisheries?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 5. 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 Journal of Fisheries based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Bangladesh (3), United States (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Fisheries?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Fisheries is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Fisheries open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Fisheries 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .