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Acta Arachnologica

Arachnological Society of Japan · Japan

ISSN0001-5202

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.25

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.519

Total Worksi

1,361

Total Citationsi

4,013

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Acta Arachnologica is a journal published by the Arachnological Society of Japan. It publishes research related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,361

Publisher OrgArachnological Society of Japan

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Arachnological Society of Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-5202

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spider Taxonomy and Behavior StudiesLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomyOrthoptera Research and TaxonomyStudy of Mite SpeciesInvertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Acta Arachnologica

Is Acta Arachnologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Arachnologica: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Arachnologica?

Acta Arachnologica is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.25.

Is Acta Arachnologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Arachnologica is indexed in Scopus.