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Wildlife Research

CSIRO Publishing · Australia · Est. 1955

ISSN1448-5494

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.621

H-Indexi

111

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.665

Total Worksi

3,462

Total Citationsi

103,265

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

Annual Volume~ 95 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,462

Publisher OrgCSIRO Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CSIRO Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1448-5494

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.2k

2019

1.6k

2020

931

2021

781

2022

441

2023

294

2024

104

128

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

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyZoology

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeAvian ecology and behaviorRangeland and Wildlife ManagementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesAmphibian and Reptile BiologyBat Biology and Ecology StudiesHuman-Animal Interaction Studies

Frequently asked questions about Wildlife Research

Is Wildlife Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Wildlife Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Wildlife Research?

Wildlife Research 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 1.53.

Is Wildlife Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Wildlife Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Wildlife Research?