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International Journal of Zoology

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1687-8485

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total27

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.249

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.63

Total Works

259

Total Citations

3,090

2yr Mean Citedness

0.88

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on the diversity, ecology, behavior, and conservation of animals, including studies on primate diets, fish reproductive biology, ant thermal tolerance, parasitic infections in canids, amphibian chondrocranial development, poultry egg production, guanaco skeletal morphology, gill fouling organisms in crabs, reptile fauna composition, feed resources for livestock, fiddler crab allometric scaling, ichthyofauna in rivers, wildlife diversity and threats, reptile color pattern polymorphism, clam reproductive dynamics, avian fauna in lakes, human-wildlife conflict, wetland biodiversity, and ethnozoological medicinal practices.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications259

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~26 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1687-8485

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2021

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2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeAvian ecology and behaviorAnimal Behavior and ReproductionRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyFish Biology and Ecology StudiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAmphibian and Reptile BiologyFish Ecology and Management StudiesPrimate Behavior and Ecology