Fisheries

Aims & Scope

Fisheries is a monthly magazine established in January 1976, by the American Fisheries Society (AFS), the oldest and largest professional society representing fisheries scientists.

Fisheries features peer-reviewed technical articles on all aspects of aquatic resource-related subjects, as well as professional issues, new ideas and approaches, education, economics, administration, and law.

Issues contain features, essays, AFS news, current events, book reviews, editorials, letters, job notices, chapter activies, and a calendar of events.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7388

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	309

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.750

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	92

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Assessment of Biotic Integrity Using Fish Communities

  Citation: 1791

  Authors: James R.

• Instream Flow Regimens for Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Related Environmental Resources

  Citation: 753

  Authors: Donald Leroy

• Conservation Status of Freshwater Mussels of the United States and Canada

  Citation: 695

  Authors: James D., Melvin L., Kevin S., John L., Richard J.

• Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes

  Citation: 684

  Authors: Howard L., Stephen J., Noel M., Salvador, Edmundo, Dean A., John, Nicholas E., Frank, Joseph S., Steven P., Brady A., Claude B., Juan Jacobo, Eric B., Melvin L.

• Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads: Stocks at Risk from California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington

  Citation: 662

  Authors: Willa, Jack E., James A.

• Canada's Recreational Fisheries: The Invisible Collapse?

  Citation: 538

  Authors: John R., Michael, Sean, Nigel P., Carl J., Eric A., Andrew J., Leyland, Brian J.

• Ecological Impacts of Non-native Freshwater Fishes

  Citation: 509

  Authors: Julien, Julian D

• Fisheries Sustainability via Protection of Age Structure and Spatial Distribution of Fish Populations

  Citation: 509

  Authors: Steven A., Mark A., Ralph J., Milton S.

• Influences of Watershed Land Use on Habitat Quality and Biotic Integrity in Wisconsin Streams

  Citation: 409

  Authors: Lizhu, John, Paul, Ronald

• Nonindigenous Crayfishes Threaten North American Freshwater Biodiversity: Lessons from Europe

  Citation: 349

  Authors: David M., Christopher A., David M., Jostein

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