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Pedobiologia

Elsevier GmbH · Germany

ISSN0031-4056eISSN1873-1511

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.726

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

0.798

Total Worksi

3,672

Total Citationsi

84,563

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Frequency6 No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,672

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0031-4056 / 1873-1511

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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?

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

647

2019

715

2020

666

2021

317

2022

257

2023

233

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 SystematicsQ1

Soil ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologySoil Science

Scopus Categories

Soil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Invertebrate Taxonomy and EcologySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsCollembola Taxonomy and Ecology StudiesStudy of Mite SpeciesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Frequently asked questions about Pedobiologia

Is Pedobiologia a predatory journal?

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

Pedobiologia 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 1.72.

Is Pedobiologia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pedobiologia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pedobiologia?