Nautilus

Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum · United States · Est. 1886

ISSN0028-1344eISSN0028-1344

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.172

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.453

Total Worksi

373

Total Citationsi

1,647

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Nautilus is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles on the biology, ecology, and systematics of mollusks.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1886

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications373

Publisher OrgBailey-Matthews Shell Museum

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0028-1344 / 0028-1344

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

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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.

Aquatic ScienceQ4

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Marine & Freshwater BiologyZoology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchMollusks and Parasites StudiesAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesMarine and environmental studies

Frequently asked questions about Nautilus

Is Nautilus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nautilus: 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 Nautilus?

Nautilus 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.

Is Nautilus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nautilus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nautilus?