Croatian Journal of Fisheries

The Croatian Journal of Fisheries was established in 1938 and today possesses a long-term tradition of publishing papers that deal with both freshwater and marine fisheries. Areas covered by the Journal include ichthyology, aquaculture, ecology and diseases of fish and other aquatic organisms, problems of open waters and other topics related to the fisheries field.

Prior to publication, articles pass through rigorous review by senior scientists from around the world. The Journal features articles that reflect original research, interpretative content and subject matter of interest to the fisheries profession. The journal owner University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (FAZ), founded in 1919, is the leading higher education and scientific institution in the field of agriculture and related sciences in the Republic of Croatia, occupying an important position within the country's educational, scientific and research system.

The Croatian Journal of Fisheries (CJF) is committed to real and immediate open access for academic work. All of the CJF’s articles are free to access immediately from the date of publication. There are no author charges (APCs) prior to publication, and no charge for any reader to download articles and reviews for their own scholarly use. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author (see Copyright). This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. To facilitate this the CJF depends upon the financial underwriting provided by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, Faculty of Agriculture, the goodwill of its editorial team and the continuing support of its network of peer reviewers.

Why read:

CJF is an English-language (additional abstract in Croatian language) peer-reviewed quarterly journal, publishing original research papers from the wide area of fisheries. It contains editorials, original scientific papers, preliminary and short communications, review papers, professional papers and supplements to fishing profession authored by researchers from all over the world, who appreciate fast, fair and constructive peer review provided by experts in the field of our profile. In a rapidly changing world where aquatic ecosystems and aquaculture face unprecedented challenges, staying at the forefront of science is not just an advantage, it is a necessity. The Croatian Journal of Fisheries serves as essential window into cutting-edge research and practical solutions in ichthyology, aquaculture, and fisheries science.

We bring together high-quality, peer-reviewed research that addresses both unique regional challenges (from the Mediterranean to inland European waters) and global aquatic issues.

Our scope spans the full spectrum of the field from marine and freshwater aquaculture and fish biology to environmental monitoring, river management, and sustainable fisheries policy.

As an open-access journal, we believe in breaking down barriers to knowledge. Reading and citing our articles connects you directly with a vibrant, global network of experts.

Why submit:

By submitting manuscripts in Croatian Journal of Fisheries authors can rely on fast peer review process and thorough editing by sector experts. CJF changed the Editorial Board to the Associate Editors system. In this way papers are more rigorously reviewed and the reviewing process is much faster. Consequently, the published papers are of much better quality.

Rejection rate:

30%

Information for subscribers

The Croatian Journal of Fisheries is published quarterly with a circulation of 500 copies per issue. Annual subscriptions (per volume, 4 issues): Institutional: € 150.00, Individual: € 50.00; International payments should be made by international bank transfer to the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, Croatia; Tax number: 76023745044; Bank name: Zagrebačka banka Zagreb, Trg bana Jelačića 10, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Swift: ZABAHR2X; IBAN no: HR1823600001101221840, with a note: Croat J Fish: Ribarstvo Ref. No. 28-33.

National payments should be made by bank transfer to Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Agronomski fakultet, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb; IBAN HR1823600001101221840, with a note: Ribarstvo-28-33.

Aims and scope

• Ichthyology
• Aquaculture 
• Ecology 
• Fish diseases
• Aquatic organisms
• Open waters
• Environmental aspects of fisheries
• Socioeconomics

Article types

Original scientific paper

CJF publishes papers containing unpublished results of original research. The material should not be previously published or under consideration elsewhere.

Review

Reviews provide an up-to-date survey of a particular problem or an area in which, preferably, the author himself is active. The usual division into “Materials and methods", "Results and discussion” may be replaced by more customized structure.

Preliminary communication

The Journal publishes short articles that reflect important research findings and should be published rapidly. These findings should be new and unpublished as part of original scientific papers.

Short communication

Reports unpublished results of short, but completed, original research, or describes original laboratory techniques (methods, apparatus etc.).

Conference paper

Presentation from a scientific congress related to agricultural profession, previously presented at a congress must be published in full form. As a rule, papers published in the congress proceedings are not published in the journal.

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• AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library)
• AGRIS, Baidu Scholar 
• Cabell's Directory 
• CABI (over 50 subsections) 
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• Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science 
• Clarivate Analytics - Zoological Record 
• CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) 
• CNPIEC, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 
• EBSCO (relevant databases) 
• EBSCO Discovery Service 
• Elsevier – SCOPUS 
• Google Scholar 
• Hrčak 
• Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) 
• J-Gate, JournalTOCs 
• KESLI-NDSL (Korean National Discovery for Science Leaders) 
• Microsoft Academic 
• Naviga (Softweco) 
• Primo Central (ExLibris)
• Publons 
• ReadCube 
• SCImago (SJR) 
• Summon (Serials Solutions/ProQuest) 
• TDNet 
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory/ulrichsweb 
• WanFang Dana
• WorldCat (OCLC)