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BMC Zoology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2056-3132eISSN2056-3132

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total68

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.513

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.875

Total Works

259

Total Citations

2,400

2yr Mean Citedness

1.80

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on animal behavior, ecology, and conservation, with recent articles focusing on communication in insects, brood parasitism in birds, seed dispersal by primates, the effects of resource scarcity on bees, bird community dynamics in wetlands, marine fish distribution shifts, chemical cue recognition in nudibranchs, age determination in raccoon dogs, butterfly diversity in marshlands, human-carnivore conflict, fossil felid hindlimb anatomy, primate habitat use, wildlife strikes with aircraft, dung beetle ecology, and the reproductive cycle of sea urchins.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications259

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~24 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-3132 / 2056-3132

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationAnimal Behavior and ReproductionAvian ecology and behaviorPrimate Behavior and EcologySpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeAmphibian and Reptile BiologyBat Biology and Ecology StudiesAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesGenetic diversity and population structurePhysiological and biochemical adaptations