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Acta Zoologica

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1920

ISSN1463-6395

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.349

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.795

Total Worksi

2,767

Total Citationsi

44,032

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Acta Zoologica is a leading zoology journal publishing original research in animal organization, development, structure, and function. It publishes papers of interest to zoologists and physiologists worldwide.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1920

FrequencyQuarterly, <1980->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,767

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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1463-6395

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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

213

2019

236

2020

249

2021

193

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Cell BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anatomy & MorphologyZoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Amphibian and Reptile BiologyIchthyology and Marine BiologyMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchFish biology, ecology, and behaviorPlant and animal studiesFish Biology and Ecology StudiesPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsParasite Biology and Host InteractionsCrustacean biology and ecology

Frequently asked questions about Acta Zoologica

Is Acta Zoologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Zoologica: 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 Acta Zoologica?

Acta Zoologica 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 0.89.

Is Acta Zoologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Zoologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.