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Herpetology Notes

Societas Europaea Herpetologica · Belgium · Est. 2009

ISSN2071-5773

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.273

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.609

Total Worksi

797

Total Citationsi

1,786

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionBelgium

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 3 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications797

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Societas Europaea Herpetologica

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2071-5773

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

159

334

2018

116

249

2019

100

2020

168

145

2021

2023

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 ZoologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Amphibian and Reptile BiologySpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeAnimal and Plant Science EducationPlant and animal studiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationTurtle Biology and ConservationLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyWildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationAnimal Behavior and ReproductionBat Biology and Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Herpetology Notes

Is Herpetology Notes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Herpetology Notes: it is indexed in 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 Herpetology Notes?

Herpetology Notes is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.273.

Is Herpetology Notes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Herpetology Notes is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Herpetology Notes?