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Western Birds

Western Field Ornithologists · United States

ISSN0160-1121

SJR Q3✓ 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.

📊 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

0.243

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Western Birds is the quarterly journal of Western Field Ornithologists. It solicits papers that contribute significantly to the scientific literature and are useful and accessible to both professional and amateur field ornithologists.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications0

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Western Field Ornithologists

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0160-1121

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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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Frequently asked questions about Western Birds

Is Western Birds a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Western Birds: 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 Western Birds?

Western Birds is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.243.

Is Western Birds indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Western Birds is indexed in Scopus.