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Population Ecology

Springer Japan · Japan · Est. 1952

ISSN1438-3896eISSN1438-390X

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.449

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.643

Total Worksi

2,326

Total Citationsi

53,097

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

FrequencyThree Issues Per 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?

Springer Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1438-3896 / 1438-390X

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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

922

2019

372

2020

229

2021

162

2022

2023

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorAnimal Behavior and ReproductionInsect and Pesticide ResearchForest Insect Ecology and ManagementEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Population Ecology

Is Population Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Population Ecology: 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 Population Ecology?

Population Ecology 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 0.60.

Is Population Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Population Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Population Ecology?