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Ecological Questions

Nicolaus Copernicus University · Poland · Est. 2003

ISSN1644-7298eISSN2083-5469

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.322

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.535

Total Worksi

651

Total Citationsi

2,512

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications651

OA Since2016

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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?

Nicolaus Copernicus University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1644-7298 / 2083-5469

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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

252

2019

292

2020

2021

206

2022

193

2023

128

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.

Ecological ModelingQ3

EcologyQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Scopus Categories

Ecological ModelingGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesLichen and fungal ecologyIntegrated Water Resources ManagementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyForest ecology and managementSustainability and Ecological Systems AnalysisEcology and biodiversity studiesPlant Ecology and Soil Science

Frequently asked questions about Ecological Questions

Is Ecological Questions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ecological Questions: 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 Ecological Questions?

Ecological Questions 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 1.38.

Is Ecological Questions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecological Questions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ecological Questions?