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NORTHWEST SCIENCE

NORTHWEST SCIENTIFIC ASSOC · US

ISSN0029-344XeISSN2161-9859

SJR Q4✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.153

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.294

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Northwest Science publishes original papers on a wide range of natural history and general science topics. The journal has a geographic focus on the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgWashington State University Press

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Submission Info

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?

NORTHWEST SCIENTIFIC ASSOC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0029-344X / 2161-9859

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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

100

2019

150

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

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish Ecology and Management StudiesRangeland and Wildlife ManagementFire effects on ecosystemsWildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesSpecies Distribution and Climate Change

Frequently asked questions about NORTHWEST SCIENCE

Is NORTHWEST SCIENCE a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for NORTHWEST SCIENCE: 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 NORTHWEST SCIENCE?

NORTHWEST SCIENCE 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 NORTHWEST SCIENCE indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

NORTHWEST SCIENCE is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.