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Bonn Zoological Bulletin

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig · Germany · Est. 2010

ISSN2190-7307

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-03-14). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.366

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

112

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Bonn Zoological Bulletin is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to zoology. Its scope includes organismal zoology, terrestrial animals, taxonomy and systematics, evolution, biodiversity, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and animal science and zoology.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 3 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2017)

Total Publications8

Publisher OrgZoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig - Leibnitz Institute for Animal Biodiversity (ZFMK), Bonn

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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?

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2190-7307

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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

108

2010

2011

2014

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

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Insect ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Amphibian and Reptile BiologySpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionWildlife Ecology and ConservationLegal Cases and CommentaryAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesSpider Taxonomy and Behavior StudiesMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Frequently asked questions about Bonn Zoological Bulletin

Is Bonn Zoological Bulletin a predatory journal?

Bonn Zoological Bulletin was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-03-14). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Bonn Zoological Bulletin?

Bonn Zoological Bulletin is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.366.

Is Bonn Zoological Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bonn Zoological Bulletin is indexed in Scopus.