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African Invertebrates

Pensoft Publishers · South Africa · Est. 1917

ISSN1681-5556eISSN2305-2562

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.294

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.059

Total Worksi

692

Total Citationsi

4,829

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1917

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications692

Publisher OrgPensoft Publishers

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pensoft Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1681-5556 / 2305-2562

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

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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 ZoologyQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Insect ScienceQ3

PaleontologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EntomologyPaleontologyZoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyPaleontologyInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diptera species taxonomy and behaviorInsect behavior and control techniquesHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomySpider Taxonomy and Behavior StudiesFossil Insects in AmberMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorPlant and animal studiesMollusks and Parasites Studies

Frequently asked questions about African Invertebrates

Is African Invertebrates a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Invertebrates: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 African Invertebrates?

African Invertebrates 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 0.42.

Is African Invertebrates indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Invertebrates is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.