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Avian Conservation and Ecology

Resilience Alliance · Canada · Est. 2005

ISSN1712-6568eISSN1712-6576

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.479

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.646

Total Worksi

650

Total Citationsi

8,977

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Avian Conservation and Ecology is an academic refereed journal indexed by: DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals; Google Scholar; Scopus; Science Citation Index Expanded (Current Contents – Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Zoological Record and BIOSIS Previews.)

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyTwo Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications650

Publisher OrgResilience Alliance

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~40 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Resilience Alliance

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1712-6568 / 1712-6576

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

CLOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

Citations received

482

2019

483

2020

467

2021

400

2022

162

2023

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

EcologyQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationOrnithology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Avian ecology and behaviorWildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife ManagementSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeFire effects on ecosystemsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorFish Ecology and Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Avian Conservation and Ecology

Is Avian Conservation and Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Avian Conservation and Ecology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Avian Conservation and Ecology?

Avian Conservation and Ecology 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 0.73.

Is Avian Conservation and Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Avian Conservation and Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.