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Journal of Herpetology

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles · United States

ISSN0022-1511eISSN1937-2418

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.586

Total Worksi

4,947

Total Citationsi

101,980

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Zoology; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,947

Publisher OrgThe Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

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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?

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0022-1511 / 1937-2418

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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

445

2019

396

2020

218

2021

232

2022

134

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 ZoologyQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Zoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Amphibian and Reptile BiologyAnimal Behavior and ReproductionSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeTurtle Biology and ConservationWildlife Ecology and Conservation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Herpetology

Is Journal of Herpetology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Herpetology: 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 Journal of Herpetology?

Journal of Herpetology 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 0.67.

Is Journal of Herpetology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Herpetology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Herpetology?