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Conservation Biology

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1986

ISSN1523-1739

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.004

H-Indexi

336

SNIPi

2.086

Total Worksi

8,692

Total Citationsi

665,921

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Environmental Sciences; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyBimonthly, 1995-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,692

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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1523-1739

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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

203

7.7k

2019

252

9.9k

2020

199

2021

170

3.5k

2022

191

2.8k

2023

206

1.7k

2024

239

836

2025

181

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.

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcologyEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMedicine (miscellaneous)Ecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementRangeland and Wildlife ManagementPlant and animal studiesConservation, Ecology, Wildlife EducationEconomic and Environmental ValuationAvian ecology and behaviorFish Ecology and Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Conservation Biology

Is Conservation Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Conservation Biology: 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 Conservation Biology?

Conservation Biology 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 3.38.

Is Conservation Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Conservation Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Conservation Biology?