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Primate Conservation

IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN0898-6207

SJR Q2✓ 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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.407

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.647

Total Worksi

194

Total Citationsi

5,543

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Primate Conservation plays a central role in the publication of conservation research on primate species — in particular status surveys and studies on distribution, which are a fundamental component of conservation endeavor. Primate Conservation is also an ideal forum for longer articles, and has the flexibility to publish a variety of supporting materials such as color illustrations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 2 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications194

Publisher OrgConservation International

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0898-6207

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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?

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

1.1k

2009

337

2010

537

2013

295

2014

220

2015

2016

2018

2019

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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primate Behavior and EcologyWildlife Ecology and ConservationAmphibian and Reptile BiologyAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Frequently asked questions about Primate Conservation

Is Primate Conservation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Primate Conservation: 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 Primate Conservation?

Primate Conservation is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.407.

Is Primate Conservation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Primate Conservation is indexed in Scopus.