Fish and Fisheries

Top Research Topics at Fish and Fisheries?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Fishery, Ecology, Fisheries management, Fishing and Environmental resource management. The Fishery works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Stock (geology), Sustainability and Ecosystem. Ecology studies presented in Fish and Fisheries focus on topics such as Habitat, Predation, Ecology (disciplines), Marine ecosystem and Pelagic zone.

While work presented in Fish and Fisheries provided substantial information on Fisheries management, it also covered topics in Natural resource economics, Stock assessment and Fish stock. The works on Fishing deal in particular with Discards.

• Fishery (42.49%)
• Ecology (26.48%)
• Fisheries management (23.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios (989 citations)
• Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change on fisheries (792 citations)
• Extinction vulnerability in marine populations (746 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fish and Fisheries:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Fishery, Ecology, Fisheries management, Fishing and Environmental resource management. The journal publications are focused mainly on Fishery, particularly Overfishing. While the most cited papers focused on Ecology, they were also able to explore topics like Biological dispersal and Aquaculture.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Ecology
• Statistics
• IUCN Red List

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in Fish and Fisheries deals with Fishery, Fisheries management, Ecology, Fishing and Natural resource economics. Topics in Fishery were tackled in line with various other fields like Supply chain, Food systems and Aquaculture. The research on Fisheries management tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Stock assessment, Corporate governance, Overfishing and Environmental planning.

Ecosystem and Climate change are all topics related to Ecology research discussed. Some problems in Ecosystem that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Habitat and Predation. The journal connects research in Fishing with the related topic of Exclusive economic zone.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• “Two‐Eyed Seeing”: An Indigenous framework to transform fisheries research and management (36 citations)
• Early effects of COVID-19 on US fisheries and seafood consumption. (19 citations)
• Microplastics in freshwater fishes: Occurrence, impacts and future perspectives (8 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Fish and Fisheries (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chuck Hollingworth (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Steven J. Cooke (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Daniel Pauly (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• André E. Punt (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Paul J. B. Hart (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Fish and Fisheries (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of British Columbia (86 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Washington (80 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• National Marine Fisheries Service (60 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (48 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Tasmania (47 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.80% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.31% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.58% of all publications and 28.85% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.