Journal profile · Fisheries
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
ISSN 0021-5392 · eISSN 1349-998X · Nihon Suisan Gakkai · JAPAN · Bimonthly · Founded 1935
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.35; fully open access; review 12–24 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 169 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI is published by Nihon Suisan Gakkai 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, Marine and fisheries research and Meat and Animal Product Quality, together about 35.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information not localized.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Fisheries
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.7%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science12.9%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science7.4%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Food Industry and Aquatic BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesEnvironmental Science5%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
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 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
- 0.35LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,254OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.97%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 26Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 17,177 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 98 | 98 | 1 |
| 2025 | 169 | 169 | 10 |
| 2024 | 174 | 174 | 25 |
| 2023 | 168 | 168 | 50 |
| 2022 | 183 | 183 | 89 |
| 2021 | 218 | 218 | 148 |
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)
- 12–24 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Open-access articles display a Creative Commons (CC) license and can be reused under the terms of the license. Model summary
Open-access articles display a Creative Commons (CC) license and can be reused under the terms of the license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Promotion of open access
Open access policy: free access to articles and specified conditions of reuse including modification or redistribution. Model summary
J-STAGE promotes open access, which (1) provides free access to articles and (2) specifies the conditions of reuse including modification or redistribution. Over 90% of articles on J-STAGE are free to read. Open-access articles display a Creative Commons (CC) license and can be reused under the terms of the license. CC license on an article page CC license on an article PDF For more information ab…
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
- Nihon Suisan Gakkai
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1935
- ISSN
- 0021-5392
- Electronic ISSN
- 1349-998X
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Society of Fisheries Science written in Japanese only
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
What CAS zone is NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI 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 NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.35; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI?
Authors report an average review time of 12–24 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 NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI open access, and what is the APC?
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .