Arctoa

KMK Scientific Press Ltd. · Russian Federation · Est. 1992

ISSN0131-1379

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.246

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.654

Total Worksi

684

Total Citationsi

7,551

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Arctoa is a peer-reviewed scientific international journal dedicated to mosses, liverworts and hornworts, and fossil plants that are putatively related to them.

General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

Frequencytwice a year

StatusActive

Total Publications684

Publisher OrgKMK Scientific Press Ltd.

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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

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7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KMK Scientific Press Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0131-1379

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

130

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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 SystematicsQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bryophyte Studies and RecordsLichen and fungal ecologyBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Arctoa

Is Arctoa a predatory journal?

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

Arctoa is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.246.

Is Arctoa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arctoa is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Arctoa?