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Bird Study

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0006-3657eISSN1944-6705

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.389

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.374

Total Worksi

3,094

Total Citationsi

58,672

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Bird Study publishes research on birds, including studies on natal and breeding dispersal, return rates, and local phenology. The journal covers ornithological topics and has an international geographic scope.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,094

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0006-3657 / 1944-6705

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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?

English

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

539

2019

400

2020

218

2021

2022

2023

183

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.

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ornithology

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Avian ecology and behaviorWildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Frequently asked questions about Bird Study

Is Bird Study a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bird Study: 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 Bird Study?

Bird Study 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 2.73.

Is Bird Study indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bird Study is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.