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Ecologica Montenegrina

Center for Biodiversity of Montenegro · Montenegro · Est. 2014

ISSN2337-0173

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-08-30). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.588

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.723

Total Worksi

1,341

Total Citationsi

4,388

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Ecologica Montenegrina publishes peer-reviewed scientific articles and reports in the fields of taxonomy, biogeography, and ecology. The journal accepts papers on new taxa for science, taxonomic revisions, and fundamental ecology and biogeography.

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General Information

Country / RegionMontenegro

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 180 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,341

Publisher OrgCentre for Biodiversity of Montenegro

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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?

Center for Biodiversity of Montenegro

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2337-0173

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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

563

2019

134

474

2020

121

450

2021

114

364

2022

128

378

2023

217

813

2024

195

266

2025

116

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 ZoologyQ1

Insect ScienceQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyPlant and animal studiesColeoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorBiological Control of Invasive SpeciesStudy of Mite SpeciesMarine and environmental studiesHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlSpecies Distribution and Climate Change

Frequently asked questions about Ecologica Montenegrina

Is Ecologica Montenegrina a predatory journal?

Ecologica Montenegrina was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2024-08-30). 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 Ecologica Montenegrina?

Ecologica Montenegrina is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.588.

Is Ecologica Montenegrina indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecologica Montenegrina is indexed in Scopus.