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Acta Ornithologica

Polish Academy of Sciences · Poland

ISSN0001-6454eISSN1734-8471

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.574

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.644

Total Worksi

932

Total Citationsi

12,119

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ornithology; Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, <1999- >

StatusActive

Total Publications932

Publisher OrgPolish Academy of Sciences

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Polish Academy of Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-6454 / 1734-8471

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

197

2019

247

2020

128

2021

163

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ornithology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Avian ecology and behaviorWildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Behavior and ReproductionBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Frequently asked questions about Acta Ornithologica

Is Acta Ornithologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Ornithologica: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Ornithologica?

Acta Ornithologica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.43.

Is Acta Ornithologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Ornithologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Ornithologica?