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Ecological Applications

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1991

ISSN1939-5582

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.677

H-Indexi

307

SNIPi

1.537

Total Worksi

7,091

Total Citationsi

577,363

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Environmental Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 165 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,091

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-5582

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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

224

9.4k

2019

204

7.1k

2020

258

6.9k

2021

281

5.5k

2022

142

1.9k

2023

146

2024

206

598

2025

133

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.

EcologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Ecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeFire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife ManagementFish Ecology and Management StudiesPlant and animal studiesMarine and fisheries researchPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsAvian ecology and behavior

Frequently asked questions about Ecological Applications

Is Ecological Applications a predatory journal?

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

Ecological 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 2.79.

Is Ecological Applications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecological Applications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ecological Applications?