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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1746-4269eISSN1746-4269

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.965

H-Indexi

149

SNIPi

1.777

Total Worksi

1,375

Total Citationsi

85,976

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Plant Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Cultural Studies; Health (social science); Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 90 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,375

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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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?

1746-4269 / 1746-4269

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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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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

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

3.2k

2019

3.7k

2020

2.5k

2021

1.5k

2022

1.2k

2023

108

1.3k

2024

443

2025

102

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Complementary and Alternative MedicineQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Plant ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationPharmacology & PharmacyPlant Sciences

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Alternative MedicineAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesPlant ScienceHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesIndigenous Knowledge Systems and AgricultureAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesAnimal and Plant Science EducationPhytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementPharmacological Effects of Medicinal PlantsComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and BeyondSeed and Plant Biochemistry

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Is Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine: 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 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine?

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 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 5.28.

Is Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.