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Western North American Naturalist

Brigham Young University · United States · Est. 1942

ISSN1527-0904eISSN1944-8341

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.243

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.367

Total Worksi

1,518

Total Citationsi

12,318

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The Western North American Naturalist publishes original research articles and reviews pertaining to the biological natural history of western North America. The journal focuses primarily on the Intermountain States and includes studies on flora, fauna, and ecosystems. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the natural world in this region.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1942

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,518

Publisher OrgBrigham Young University Press

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brigham Young University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-0904 / 1944-8341

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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

935

2019

255

2020

174

2021

176

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.

EcologyQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife ManagementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeFish Ecology and Management StudiesFire effects on ecosystemsAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesPlant and animal studiesBat Biology and Ecology StudiesBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

Frequently asked questions about Western North American Naturalist

Is Western North American Naturalist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Western North American Naturalist: 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 Western North American Naturalist?

Western North American Naturalist 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 0.54.

Is Western North American Naturalist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Western North American Naturalist is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.