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Conservation Science and Practice

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United States · Est. 2018

ISSN2578-4854eISSN2578-4854

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.079

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.056

Total Worksi

1,684

Total Citationsi

18,602

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Nature and Landscape Conservation; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,684

Publisher OrgSociety for Conservation Biology

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2578-4854 / 2578-4854

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

169

2019

201

4.7k

2020

274

2021

279

3.6k

2022

205

1.7k

2023

233

959

2024

268

442

2025

180

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.

EcologyQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity Conservation

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wildlife Ecology and ConservationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEconomic and Environmental ValuationAnimal and Plant Science EducationForest Management and PolicyLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesRangeland and Wildlife ManagementWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

Frequently asked questions about Conservation Science and Practice

Is Conservation Science and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Conservation Science and Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Conservation Science and Practice?

Conservation Science and Practice is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.79.

Is Conservation Science and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Conservation Science and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Conservation Science and Practice?