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Australian Zoologist

Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales · Australia

ISSN0067-2238

SJR Q2✓ 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

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.352

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.554

Total Worksi

1,166

Total Citationsi

10,071

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,166

Publisher OrgRoyal Zoological Society of New South Wales

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0067-2238

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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

228

2019

381

2020

190

2021

267

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeAmphibian and Reptile BiologyBat Biology and Ecology StudiesFish Ecology and Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Australian Zoologist

Is Australian Zoologist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Australian Zoologist: 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 Australian Zoologist?

Australian Zoologist is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.352.

Is Australian Zoologist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Australian Zoologist is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Australian Zoologist?