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Acta Chiropterologica

Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS · Poland · Est. 1999

ISSN1508-1109eISSN1733-5329

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.422

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.616

Total Worksi

980

Total Citationsi

18,144

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Zoology; Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications980

Publisher OrgMuseum and Institute of Zoology

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1508-1109 / 1733-5329

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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

511

2019

545

2020

112

2021

187

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Zoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bat Biology and Ecology StudiesMarine animal studies overviewSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeWildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorEvolution and Paleontology StudiesViral Infections and VectorsYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites researchAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesAmphibian and Reptile Biology

Frequently asked questions about Acta Chiropterologica

Is Acta Chiropterologica a predatory journal?

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

Acta Chiropterologica 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 1.22.

Is Acta Chiropterologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Chiropterologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Chiropterologica?