Fish and Fisheries

Fish and Fisheries adopts a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the subject of fish biology and fisheries. It draws contributions in the form of major synoptic papers and syntheses or meta-analyses that lay out new approaches, re-examine existing findings, methods or theory, and discuss papers and commentaries from diverse areas. Focal areas include fish palaeontology, molecular biology and ecology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, ecology, behaviour, evolutionary studies, conservation, assessment, population dynamics, mathematical modelling, ecosystem analysis and the social, economic and policy aspects of fisheries where they are grounded in a scientific approach. A paper in Fish and Fisheries must draw upon all key elements of the existing literature on a topic, normally have a broad geographic and/or taxonomic scope, and provide general points which make it compelling to a wide range of readers whatever their geographical location. So, in short, we aim to publish articles that make syntheses of old or synoptic, long-term or spatially widespread data, introduce or consolidate fresh concepts or theory, or, in the Ghoti section, briefly justify preliminary, new synoptic ideas. Please note that authors of submissions not meeting this mandate will be directed to the appropriate primary literature.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Aquatic Science	2002	Q2
Aquatic Science	2003	Q1
Aquatic Science	2004	Q1
Aquatic Science	2005	Q1
Aquatic Science	2006	Q1
Aquatic Science	2007	Q1
Aquatic Science	2008	Q1
Aquatic Science	2009	Q1
Aquatic Science	2010	Q1
Aquatic Science	2011	Q1
Aquatic Science	2012	Q1
Aquatic Science	2013	Q1
Aquatic Science	2014	Q1
Aquatic Science	2015	Q1
Aquatic Science	2016	Q1
Aquatic Science	2017	Q1
Aquatic Science	2018	Q1
Aquatic Science	2019	Q1
Aquatic Science	2020	Q1
Aquatic Science	2021	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2002	Q2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2003	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2004	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2005	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2006	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2007	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2008	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2009	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2010	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2011	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2012	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2013	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2014	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2015	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2016	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2017	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2018	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2019	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2020	Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2021	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2002	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2003	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2004	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2005	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2006	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2007	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2008	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2009	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2010	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2011	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2012	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2013	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2014	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2015	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2016	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2017	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2018	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2019	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2020	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2021	Q1
Oceanography	2002	Q1
Oceanography	2003	Q1
Oceanography	2004	Q1
Oceanography	2005	Q1
Oceanography	2006	Q1
Oceanography	2007	Q1
Oceanography	2008	Q1
Oceanography	2009	Q1
Oceanography	2010	Q1
Oceanography	2011	Q1
Oceanography	2012	Q1
Oceanography	2013	Q1
Oceanography	2014	Q1
Oceanography	2015	Q1
Oceanography	2016	Q1
Oceanography	2017	Q1
Oceanography	2018	Q1
Oceanography	2019	Q1
Oceanography	2020	Q1
Oceanography	2021	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2002	0.772
2003	1.332
2004	1.899
2005	2.432
2006	2.880
2007	2.907
2008	2.745
2009	2.622
2010	3.569
2011	4.014
2012	3.608
2013	3.503
2014	3.485
2015	3.736
2016	3.703
2017	3.615
2018	3.242
2019	3.001
2020	2.747
2021	2.242

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2001	17
2002	22
2003	20
2004	20
2005	18
2006	18
2007	21
2008	28
2009	27
2010	29
2011	29
2012	26
2013	35
2014	37
2015	39
2016	61
2017	77
2018	72
2019	75
2020	76
2021	96

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.647
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	2.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	3.119
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	4.266
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	5.063
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	5.882
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	5.636
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	6.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	6.979
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	7.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	7.106
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	7.847
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	7.538
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	8.441
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	8.737
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	8.599
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	8.019
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	8.321
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	7.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	8.437
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.647
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	2.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	3.119
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	4.226
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	5.638
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	4.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	4.982
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	5.388
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	6.947
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	7.262
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	6.718
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	7.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	8.078
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	8.357
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	8.658
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	8.423
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	7.701
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	7.614
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	7.094
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	8.202
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.647
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	2.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	3.190
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	4.975
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	4.211
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	3.778
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	4.694
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	7.291
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	6.107
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	5.103
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	7.473
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	7.705
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	8.153
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	8.724
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	7.740
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	6.797
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	7.034
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	6.565
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	7.106

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	3
Self Cites	2003	7
Self Cites	2004	20
Self Cites	2005	16
Self Cites	2006	15
Self Cites	2007	15
Self Cites	2008	11
Self Cites	2009	20
Self Cites	2010	8
Self Cites	2011	18
Self Cites	2012	22
Self Cites	2013	18
Self Cites	2014	18
Self Cites	2015	32
Self Cites	2016	51
Self Cites	2017	86
Self Cites	2018	84
Self Cites	2019	92
Self Cites	2020	68
Self Cites	2021	88
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	28
Total Cites	2003	78
Total Cites	2004	184
Total Cites	2005	262
Total Cites	2006	327
Total Cites	2007	248
Total Cites	2008	284
Total Cites	2009	361
Total Cites	2010	528
Total Cites	2011	610
Total Cites	2012	571
Total Cites	2013	603
Total Cites	2014	727
Total Cites	2015	819
Total Cites	2016	961
Total Cites	2017	1154
Total Cites	2018	1363
Total Cites	2019	1599
Total Cites	2020	1589
Total Cites	2021	1829

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2001	0
External Cites per document	2002	1.471
External Cites per document	2003	1.821
External Cites per document	2004	2.780
External Cites per document	2005	3.968
External Cites per document	2006	5.379
External Cites per document	2007	4.236
External Cites per document	2008	4.875
External Cites per document	2009	5.246
External Cites per document	2010	7.027
External Cites per document	2011	7.309
External Cites per document	2012	6.778
External Cites per document	2013	7.222
External Cites per document	2014	8.057
External Cites per document	2015	8.031
External Cites per document	2016	8.198
External Cites per document	2017	7.796
External Cites per document	2018	7.226
External Cites per document	2019	7.176
External Cites per document	2020	6.790
External Cites per document	2021	7.807
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	1.647
Cites per document	2003	2.000
Cites per document	2004	3.119
Cites per document	2005	4.226
Cites per document	2006	5.638
Cites per document	2007	4.429
Cites per document	2008	4.982
Cites per document	2009	5.388
Cites per document	2010	6.947
Cites per document	2011	7.262
Cites per document	2012	6.718
Cites per document	2013	7.179
Cites per document	2014	8.078
Cites per document	2015	8.357
Cites per document	2016	8.658
Cites per document	2017	8.423
Cites per document	2018	7.701
Cites per document	2019	7.614
Cites per document	2020	7.094
Cites per document	2021	8.202

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2001	29.41
2002	22.73
2003	30.00
2004	20.00
2005	33.33
2006	55.56
2007	61.90
2008	25.00
2009	51.85
2010	37.93
2011	41.38
2012	46.15
2013	48.57
2014	51.35
2015	43.59
2016	57.38
2017	55.84
2018	56.94
2019	58.67
2020	60.53
2021	52.08

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	3
Non-citable documents	2012	4
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	2
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	0
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Citable documents	2001	0
Citable documents	2002	17
Citable documents	2003	39
Citable documents	2004	59
Citable documents	2005	62
Citable documents	2006	58
Citable documents	2007	55
Citable documents	2008	56
Citable documents	2009	65
Citable documents	2010	74
Citable documents	2011	81
Citable documents	2012	81
Citable documents	2013	81
Citable documents	2014	88
Citable documents	2015	98
Citable documents	2016	111
Citable documents	2017	137
Citable documents	2018	177
Citable documents	2019	210
Citable documents	2020	224
Citable documents	2021	223

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2001	0
Uncited documents	2002	8
Uncited documents	2003	18
Uncited documents	2004	14
Uncited documents	2005	9
Uncited documents	2006	3
Uncited documents	2007	8
Uncited documents	2008	10
Uncited documents	2009	5
Uncited documents	2010	8
Uncited documents	2011	10
Uncited documents	2012	6
Uncited documents	2013	7
Uncited documents	2014	3
Uncited documents	2015	6
Uncited documents	2016	2
Uncited documents	2017	7
Uncited documents	2018	8
Uncited documents	2019	10
Uncited documents	2020	13
Uncited documents	2021	12
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	9
Cited documents	2003	21
Cited documents	2004	45
Cited documents	2005	53
Cited documents	2006	55
Cited documents	2007	48
Cited documents	2008	47
Cited documents	2009	62
Cited documents	2010	68
Cited documents	2011	74
Cited documents	2012	79
Cited documents	2013	77
Cited documents	2014	87
Cited documents	2015	92
Cited documents	2016	109
Cited documents	2017	130
Cited documents	2018	169
Cited documents	2019	200
Cited documents	2020	211
Cited documents	2021	211