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Evolution Letters

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN2056-3744eISSN2056-3744

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.738

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.303

Total Worksi

554

Total Citationsi

12,166

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Evolutionary Biology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications554

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, 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

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-3744 / 2056-3744

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, 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

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

2.1k

2019

2.5k

2020

1.4k

2021

641

2022

1.3k

2023

631

2024

125

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

GeneticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Evolutionary Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionEvolution and Genetic DynamicsGenetic diversity and population structureInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Frequently asked questions about Evolution Letters

Is Evolution Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Evolution Letters: 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 Evolution Letters?

Evolution Letters 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 4.06.

Is Evolution Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Evolution Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Evolution Letters?