Journal of Indonesian Tropical Fisheries (JOINT-FISH): Jurnal Akuakultur, Teknologi dan Manajemen Perikanan Tangkap dan Ilmu Kelautan (http://jurnal.fpik.umi.ac.id/index.php/JOINT-FISH) has p-ISSN 2655-4461; e-ISSN 2655-5883. Since 2018, this journal has been published twice a year on June and December.

Journal of Indonesian Tropical Fisheries (JOINT-FISH) is a peer-reviewed and open access journal based in Indonesia that globally/internationally (especially in tropical regions) accepts and publishes scientific articles in the field of capture fisheries and conservation. The journal is hosted and managed by Research Center for Fisheries, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and serving as a scientific platform to share research information in and contribute to the development of various disciplines including fish resources, fisheries biology, fisheries management, aquatic ecology related to marine, coastal and inland waters.

Only manuscripts with research contents that are in line with the focus and scope of the Journal of Indonesian Tropical Fisheries (JOINT-FISH) will be selected for further reviews. All selected manuscripts are then verified by the journal’s editors for writing format based on the journal guidelines and checked for potential plagiarism using plagiarism detection software (Plag Scan, Turnitin and Google Scholar). To comply with the Indonesian Fisheries Research Journal standard on plagiarism, the authors have to include the signed Authorship Statement when submitting the manuscript (the form can be downloaded here).

Only after satisfying the writing format requirements and passing plagiarism checks, the Editor in Chief will assign a manuscript to one of the members of the Editorial Board to determine if the manuscript is accepted for publication. A regular (semester) editorial board meeting is held to formally accept or reject manuscripts. The rejected manuscripts will be returned to the authors.

The accepted manuscripts will be sent to reviewers following a double-blind peer-review policy. The reviewed manuscripts are sent back to the authors for the necessary revision. The revised manuscripts from the authors will be rechecked for plagiarism to maintain high publication quality post-revision process.
The journal’s editors will carry out a final proofreading in consultation with the authors to improve the readability of the revised manuscripts for final publication. All review and publication processes within the Journal of Indonesian Tropical Fisheries (JOINT-FISH) are conducted through the journal online system.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Journal of Indonesian Tropical Fisheries (JOINT-FISH): Jurnal Akuakultur, Teknologi dan Manajemen Perikanan Tangkap dan Ilmu Kelautan (http://jurnal.fpik.umi.ac.id/index.php/JOINT-FISH) has p-ISSN 2655-4461; e-ISSN 2655-5883. that have been indexed in some indexers repute, among others: Google Scholar, GARUDA, ONESEARCH, ROAD and SINTA.