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European Journal of Wildlife Research

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1955

ISSN1612-4642eISSN1439-0574

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.517

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.865

Total Worksi

4,207

Total Citationsi

51,305

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,207

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1612-4642 / 1439-0574

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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

108

2019

1.6k

2020

116

1.3k

2021

582

2022

122

780

2023

127

483

2024

152

184

2025

100

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

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyZoology

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesAvian ecology and behaviorEcology and biodiversity studiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationGenetic diversity and population structure

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Wildlife Research

Is European Journal of Wildlife Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal of Wildlife Research: 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 European Journal of Wildlife Research?

European Journal of 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 1.49.

Is European Journal of Wildlife Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal of Wildlife Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of European Journal of Wildlife Research?