Zoologia

Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia · Brazil · Est. 1926

ISSN1984-4689eISSN1984-4689

SJR Q2✓ 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 ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.407

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.549

Total Worksi

1,114

Total Citationsi

13,043

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Zoology; Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1926

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,114

Publisher OrgPensoft Publishers

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1984-4689 / 1984-4689

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

✅

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

270

2019

296

2020

116

2021

113

2022

122

2023

230

2024

2025

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Zoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fish biology, ecology, and behaviorPlant and animal studiesAmphibian and Reptile BiologyWildlife Ecology and ConservationFish Biology and Ecology StudiesLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchFish Ecology and Management StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Frequently asked questions about Zoologia

Is Zoologia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Zoologia: 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 Zoologia?

Zoologia 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 1.50.

Is Zoologia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Zoologia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Zoologia?