Parks

IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature · Switzerland

ISSN2411-2119

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

0.302

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.95

Total Worksi

489

Total Citationsi

4,330

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications489

Publisher OrgWorld Commission on Protected Areas

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicensePublisher's own license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2411-2119

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

N/A

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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

356

2019

269

2020

659

2021

2022

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.

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape Conservation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementWildlife Ecology and ConservationEconomic and Environmental ValuationEnvironmental Conservation and ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementWildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate Change

Frequently asked questions about Parks

Is Parks a predatory journal?

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

Parks is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.302.

Is Parks indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Parks is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Parks?