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Ecological Modelling

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1975

ISSN1872-7026

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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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📊 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

0.859

H-Indexi

230

SNIPi

1.035

Total Worksi

11,894

Total Citationsi

475,953

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Ecological Modeling.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 318 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,894

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-7026

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

270

7.5k

2019

332

6.5k

2020

243

4.4k

2021

291

3.9k

2022

270

3.1k

2023

316

2024

367

874

2025

286

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.

Ecological ModelingQ1

EcologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Scopus Categories

Ecological ModelingEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsFish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and fisheries researchSustainability and Ecological Systems AnalysisSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeMarine and coastal ecosystemsWildlife Ecology and ConservationLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesPlant and animal studies

Frequently asked questions about Ecological Modelling

Is Ecological Modelling a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ecological Modelling: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Ecological Modelling?

Ecological Modelling 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 2.56.

Is Ecological Modelling indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecological Modelling is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ecological Modelling?