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Asian Journal of Conservation Biology

TCRP FOUNDATION, India · India · Est. 2013

ISSN2278-7666
SJR Q4Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-25). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. 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.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.177
H-Indexi
6
SNIPi
0.243
Total Worksi
67
Total Citationsi
262
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.08
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The AJCB publishes important new ideas and findings that have general implications for the scientific basis of conservation of plants and animals. It includes research papers, reports, comments, subject reviews, and book reviews in the following subjects: Biodiversity Population biology Evolutionary ecology Taxonomy Conservation genetics Conservation biogeography Natural history Conservation economics Conservation management practices Epidemiology Freshwater and marine biology Bioclimatology GIS/spatial analysis in conservation planning Climate change and conservation Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and biodiversity  conservation Nanotechnology applications in conservation biology The AJCB is essential reading for conservation biologists,academicians, policy-makers, researchers and students.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2013
FrequencyBi-annual
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications67
Region🌍 Global South
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble blind peer-reviewed
OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
TCRP FOUNDATION, India
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2278-7666
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double blind peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
1
3
2018
4
5
2020
28
200
2021
16
47
2022
4
11
2023
5
2
2024
8
3
2025
16
0
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.

EcologyQ4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4
Nature and Landscape ConservationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeAmphibian and Reptile BiologyFish Ecology and Management StudiesLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyFish Biology and Ecology StudiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAvian ecology and behaviorConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementPlant and animal studies

Frequently asked questions about Asian Journal of Conservation Biology

Is Asian Journal of Conservation Biology a predatory journal?

Asian Journal of Conservation Biology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-25). 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 Asian Journal of Conservation Biology?

Asian Journal of Conservation Biology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.177.

Is Asian Journal of Conservation Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asian Journal of Conservation Biology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Asian Journal of Conservation Biology?

The AJCB publishes important new ideas and findings that have general implications for the scientific basis of conservation of plants and animals. It includes research papers, reports, comments, subject reviews, and book reviews in the following subjects: Biodiversity Population biology Evolutionary ecology Taxonomy Conservation genetics Conservation biogeography Natural history Conservation economics Conservation management practices Epidemiology Freshwater and marine biology Bioclimatology GIS/spatial analysis in conservation planning Climate change and conservation Climate-smart agriculture

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref