Journal profile · FISHERIES-MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
ISSN 1303-2712 · Central Fisheries Research Inst · TURKEY · Semiannual · Founded 2001
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.47; JCR Q3 (journal website); fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 67 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences is published by Central Fisheries Research Inst 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 41% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aquatic Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (TrJFAS) is a refereed academic journal has been published by Central Fisheries Research Institute of Türkiye and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and published in English. It aims to address research and needs of all working and studying within the many varied areas of fisheries and aquatic sciences. The Journal publishes English language original research papers, critical review articles, short communications and technical notes on applied or scientific research relevant to freshwater, brackish and marine environments.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FISHERIES-MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Nazlı KASAPOĞLUPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Türkiye 53, Italy 5, India 3, Japan 2, Iran 2 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.1%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.2%
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology and Microbiology8.6%
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.8%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Marine and environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences3.7%
- Identification and Quantification in FoodBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.6%
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 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Fisheries | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q3 · 2023
- JCR Q3 · best quartile · 2022
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- 1.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2022
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2022
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2023
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2022
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2024
- 0.32Publisher website ·
- SJR (publisher) 2023
- 0.32Publisher website ·
- SJR (publisher) 2022
- 0.34Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2024
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2023
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2022
- 0.71Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 651OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,261 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 2 |
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | 91 |
| 2024 | 87 | 87 | 179 |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | 374 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | 333 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | 691 |
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 ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 6.8%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 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
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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- critical review articlesThe Journal publishes English language original research papers, critical review articles, short communications and technical notes on applied or scientific res…Length not stated
- original research papersThe Journal publishes English language original research papers, critical review articles, short communications and technical notes on applied or scientific res…Length not stated
- short communicationsThe Journal publishes English language original research papers, critical review articles, short communications and technical notes on applied or scientific res…Length not stated
- technical notesThe Journal publishes English language original research papers, critical review articles, short communications and technical notes on applied or scientific res…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION
TrJFAS encourages transparency by publishing author contribution statements. Conforming with the guidelines of the Turksh Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (TrJFAS), designation as an author must satisfy four conditions. The author must have:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of Conflict of Interest
APA 7th Edition is in use; journal rules for APA referencing are available on the website and in author instructions. Model summary
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence their work on the cover letter. Authors should write the following statement* to the cover letter in the case of financial interests/personal relationships as potential conflict of interests: *The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics Committee Report and Copyright Release Forms are no longer required to be submitted by the authors; see Author Instructions for the renewed submission guideline. Model summary
Ethics Committee Report and Copyright Release Forms are no longer required to be submitted by the authors. See the Author Instructions for the renewed submission guideline.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Fully open access with no page charges or publication fees; no payment at any stage. Model summary
TrJFAS is a fully open access journal with free online access to all content. No page charges or publication fees are collected. There is no payment required at any stage of the article publishing process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-Review
Double-blind peer review with at least two reviewers. Model summary
Double-blind review system with at least two reviewers is used to evaluate manuscripts for publication. Editors have the right to reject the manuscripts without peer-review when 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
- Central Fisheries Research Inst
- Country or region
- TURKEY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1303-2712
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
What CAS zone is Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Fisheries / Marine & Freshwater Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.47; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6.8%. 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 JCR quartile is Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
What are the manuscript requirements of Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences based?
Of the 75 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (53), Italy (5) and India (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .