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Canadian Field-Naturalist

Canadian Field-Naturalists' Club · Canada

ISSN0008-3550

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.137

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.199

Total Worksi

12,396

Total Citationsi

35,286

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications12,396

Publisher OrgOttawa Field-Naturalists' Club

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?

Canadian Field-Naturalists' Club

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0008-3550

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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

128

280

2019

122

141

2020

2021

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and biodiversity studiesAvian ecology and behaviorBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesBotany and Plant Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Canadian Field-Naturalist

Is Canadian Field-Naturalist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Canadian Field-Naturalist: 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 Canadian Field-Naturalist?

Canadian Field-Naturalist is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.137.

Is Canadian Field-Naturalist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Canadian Field-Naturalist is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Canadian Field-Naturalist?