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Diversity

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1984

ISSN1424-2818eISSN1424-2818

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.603

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.933

Total Worksi

6,301

Total Citationsi

63,894

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Ecological Modeling; Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 955 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,301

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1424-2818 / 1424-2818

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

264

6.8k

2019

538

9.3k

2020

702

9.7k

2021

1.2k

12k

2022

1.2k

8.7k

2023

789

3.2k

2024

863

1.4k

2025

505

136

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Ecological ModelingQ2

EcologyQ2

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcology

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Ecological ModelingNature and Landscape ConservationEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant and animal studiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesGenetic diversity and population structureMarine and coastal plant biologyMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyFish Ecology and Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Diversity

Is Diversity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Diversity: 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 Diversity?

Diversity 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 1.74.

Is Diversity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Diversity?