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Evolutionary Applications

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1966

ISSN1752-4571eISSN1752-4571

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.957

H-Indexi

126

SNIPi

1.293

Total Worksi

2,453

Total Citationsi

94,028

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Evolutionary Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencySix Issues A Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,453

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1752-4571 / 1752-4571

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, 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

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

163

6.1k

2019

241

7.2k

2020

185

4.3k

2021

189

2.9k

2022

150

1.3k

2023

200

1.4k

2024

150

384

2025

130

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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

GeneticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Evolutionary Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genetic diversity and population structureFish Ecology and Management StudiesGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockPlant and animal studiesEvolution and Genetic DynamicsWildlife Ecology and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeMarine and fisheries researchEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Frequently asked questions about Evolutionary Applications

Is Evolutionary Applications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Evolutionary Applications: 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 Evolutionary Applications?

Evolutionary Applications 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 3.36.

Is Evolutionary Applications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Evolutionary Applications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Evolutionary Applications?