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Journal for Nature Conservation

Elsevier GmbH · Germany · Est. 1991

ISSN1617-1381eISSN1618-1093

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.772

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.896

Total Worksi

2,193

Total Citationsi

39,041

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,193

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1617-1381 / 1618-1093

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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

1.6k

2019

132

2.3k

2020

131

1.7k

2021

163

1.9k

2022

180

1.5k

2023

221

1.1k

2024

335

651

2025

179

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

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcology

Scopus Categories

EcologyNature and Landscape Conservation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementPlant and animal studiesWildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationEconomic and Environmental ValuationForest Management and PolicyAnimal and Plant Science Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal for Nature Conservation

Is Journal for Nature Conservation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal for Nature Conservation: 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 Journal for Nature Conservation?

Journal for Nature Conservation 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 2.05.

Is Journal for Nature Conservation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal for Nature Conservation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal for Nature Conservation?