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Mammalian Biology

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1994

ISSN1616-5047eISSN1618-1476

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.595

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.93

Total Worksi

2,046

Total Citationsi

35,865

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Mammalian Biology publishes research on all aspects of mammalian biology. Formerly Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. Official journal of the German Society for Mammalian Biology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde). Primarily of interest to scientists working in the listed various fields of mammalogy but also to biologists and zoologists in general, as well as to veterinarians and medical scientists Investigations using mammals merely as models or emphasizing experimental or veterinary aspects are of interest only if they are of substantial relevance to mammalogists. Publishes original research reports, short communications, and reviews.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,046

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1616-5047 / 1618-1476

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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

1.3k

2019

1.2k

2020

101

1.1k

2021

148

1.6k

2022

227

2023

245

2024

108

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 ZoologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Zoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesBat Biology and Ecology StudiesEvolution and Paleontology StudiesGenetic diversity and population structureSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeMarine animal studies overviewGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Mammalian Biology

Is Mammalian Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mammalian 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 Mammalian Biology?

Mammalian 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 1.37.

Is Mammalian Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mammalian Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.