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Contemporary Problems of Ecology

PLEIADES PUBLISHING LTD · Russian Federation · Est. 2008

ISSN1995-4255eISSN1995-4263

SJR Q4✓ 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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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.214

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.363

Total Worksi

1,727

Total Citationsi

8,360

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 101 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,727

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

Region🌍 Global South

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

PLEIADES PUBLISHING LTD

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1995-4255 / 1995-4263

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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

514

2019

490

2020

365

2021

224

2022

206

2023

104

111

2024

102

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil and Environmental StudiesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesGeological Studies and ExplorationFire effects on ecosystemsLichen and fungal ecologyMarine and environmental studiesEcology and biodiversity studiesTree-ring climate responsesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesBryophyte Studies and Records

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Is Contemporary Problems of Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary Problems of Ecology: 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 Contemporary Problems of Ecology?

Contemporary Problems of Ecology 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 0.42.

Is Contemporary Problems of Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary Problems of Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contemporary Problems of Ecology?