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General and Comparative Endocrinology

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1946

ISSN1095-6840

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

0.505

H-Indexi

182

SNIPi

0.785

Total Worksi

13,901

Total Citationsi

441,574

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

General and Comparative Endocrinology publishes articles concerned with the many complexities of vertebrate and invertebrate endocrine systems at the sub-molecular, molecular, cellular and organismal levels of analysis.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1946

FrequencyEighteen No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications13,901

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-6840

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

250

4.2k

2019

239

4.2k

2020

167

1.6k

2021

135

1.1k

2022

164

757

2023

121

445

2024

115

126

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

EndocrinologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & MetabolismZoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyEndocrinology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic speciesAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchAnimal Behavior and ReproductionGenetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal AbnormalitiesHypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesRegulation of Appetite and ObesityGrowth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth FactorsAnimal Nutrition and Physiology

Frequently asked questions about General and Comparative Endocrinology

Is General and Comparative Endocrinology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for General and Comparative Endocrinology: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 General and Comparative Endocrinology?

General and Comparative Endocrinology 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 1.64.

Is General and Comparative Endocrinology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

General and Comparative Endocrinology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.