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Animal Conservation

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1367-9430eISSN1469-1795

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.017

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

1.133

Total Worksi

2,326

Total Citationsi

82,904

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,326

Publisher OrgWiley

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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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1367-9430 / 1469-1795

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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?

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

2.2k

2019

106

2.4k

2020

104

1.6k

2021

2022

581

2023

408

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.

EcologyQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcology

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAvian ecology and behaviorAmphibian and Reptile BiologyGenetic diversity and population structureAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionMarine animal studies overviewWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

Frequently asked questions about Animal Conservation

Is Animal Conservation a predatory journal?

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

Animal Conservation 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 2.12.

Is Animal Conservation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Animal Conservation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Animal Conservation?