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Frontiers in Zoology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1988

ISSN1742-9994eISSN1742-9994

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.908

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.508

Total Works

935

Total Citations

46,235

2yr Mean Citedness

2.39

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Frontiers in Zoology publishes research on animal biology, evolution, and ecology. Articles cover diverse topics including regeneration mechanisms in lizards, behavioral ecology of sea urchins, social behavior in insects, parasite population structure, marine invertebrate adhesion, locust pest management, animal personality, chromatin dynamics in oogenesis, avian phylogenomics, biomechanics of insect predation, rodent population dynamics, anti-predator behavior in spiders, neurobiology of dopamine in mollusks, insect gene function in molting, avian survival rates, freshwater flatworm diversity, termite distribution patterns, phoretic mite-carrier interactions, fossil insect classification, insect horn plasticity, wolf-prey associations, basal metazoan biology and evolution, photoperiodic regulation of spermatogenesis, and urban biodiversity impacts on bees.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications935

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2003

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~15 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1742-9994 / 1742-9994

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

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Times cited

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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 ZoologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Zoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Behavior and ReproductionNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchAmphibian and Reptile BiologyAvian ecology and behaviorInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationPrimate Behavior and EcologyPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorMarine Biology and Ecology Research