Now publishing 20 issues per year!

Journal of Fish Biology

The official journal of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles

Edited by:
J.F. Craig

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 15/41 (Fisheries)
Impact Factor: 1.393

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The Journal of Fish Biology is a leading international journal for scientists engaged in all aspects of fish and fisheries research, both freshwater and marine. The journal publishes high-quality papers relevant to the central theme of fish biology and aims to bring together under one cover an overall picture of the research in progress and to provide international communication among researchers in many disciplines with a common interest in the biology of fish.   Topics covered include: Aquaculture; Behaviour; Biochemistry; Diseases; Distribution; Ecology; Genetics; Growth; Immunology; Migration; Morphology; Parasitology; Physiology; Pollution; Population studies; Reproduction;  Taxonomy; Toxicology.

TopNews and Announcements

Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of this journal are available online by clicking here.  For further information on how to access these issues please visit our Librarian Site.

Online Open
Journal of Fish Biology participates in a Blackwells scheme to allow authors that wish to allow open access to their papers to pay for the publication cost. Authors should NOT indicate at the point of submission whether they will wish to make use of this facility. If the paper is accepted, they will be given an opportunity to make their wishes known at that time.  Read more.

Online Submission
The Journal of Fish Biology uses a web-based submission and peer review system called Editorial Manager®. All manuscripts should be submitted at http://jfb.editorialmanager.com/. This system is quick and convenient for both authors and reviewers. It also enables the Journal to reduce the time it takes to make a decision on a manuscript by reducing postal and other delays throughout the editorial process.

Free access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
 

TopHighlights

Click on the titles below to read the Featured Articles published in Journal of Fish Biology since 2003:

Life history and ecology of seahorses: implications for conservation and management
S. J. Foster, A. C. J. Vincent

Cytogenetic characterization of six species of flatfishes with comments to karyotype differentiation patterns in Pleuronectiformes (Teleostei)
M. F. C. Azevedo, C. Oliveira, B. G. Pardo and P. Martínez

Size-specific growth of bluegill, largemouth bass and channel catfish in relation to prey availability and limnological variables
D. E. Shoup, S. P. Callahan, D. H. Wahl and C. L. Pierce

Current issues in fish welfare
F. A. Huntingford, C. Adams, V. A. Braithwaite, S. Kadri, T. G. Pottinger, P. Sandøe, J. F. Turnbull