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Sociobiology

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana · Brazil

ISSN0361-6525eISSN2447-8067

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.302

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.371

Total Worksi

1,773

Total Citationsi

16,533

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Entomology; Insect Science.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive

Total Publications1,773

Publisher OrgState University of Feira de Santana

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0361-6525 / 2447-8067

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

582

2019

558

2020

323

2021

177

2022

2023

120

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.

Insect ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Entomology

Scopus Categories

Insect Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorPlant and animal studiesInsect and Pesticide ResearchAnimal and Plant Science EducationPlant Parasitism and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about Sociobiology

Is Sociobiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sociobiology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Sociobiology?

Sociobiology 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 0.93.

Is Sociobiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sociobiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Sociobiology?