Drustvo za Opazovanje in Proucevanje Ptic Slovenije/Bird Watching and Bird Study Association of Slovenia · United States
ISSN0351-2851
SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access
Removed from DOAJ (2022-04-14). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
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.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.11
H-Indexi
11
Total Worksi
141
Total Citationsi
536
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative
Aims & Scope
Subject areas: Animal Science and Zoology.
General Information
Country / RegionUnited States
Primary Language—
1st Year Published—
Annual Volume~ 7 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications141
Publisher OrgSociety for Observation and Study of Birds of Slovenia
Drustvo za Opazovanje in Proucevanje Ptic Slovenije/Bird Watching and Bird Study Association of Slovenia
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Does the journal have a website?
No URL
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Is the ISSN verified?
0351-2851
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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
12
46
2015
14
48
2016
12
32
2017
14
56
2018
12
26
2019
10
8
2020
7
7
2021
3
0
2022
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.
Avian ecology and behaviorSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeWildlife Ecology and ConservationBird parasitology and diseasesFish Ecology and Management StudiesAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomySpider Taxonomy and Behavior StudiesMarine and fisheries research
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