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Ornithology

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2732-4613

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

0.565

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

393

Total Citationsi

2,141

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ornithology; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications393

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2732-4613

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

2019

2020

1.2k

2021

406

2022

310

2023

295

2024

120

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ornithology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Avian ecology and behaviorAnimal Behavior and ReproductionSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeWildlife Ecology and ConservationPlant and animal studiesGenetic diversity and population structureAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesBird parasitology and diseasesPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Frequently asked questions about Ornithology

Is Ornithology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ornithology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Ornithology?

Ornithology 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 2.01.

Is Ornithology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ornithology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ornithology?

Subject areas: Ornithology; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Ornithology

Aims & Scope

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about Ornithology

Is Ornithology a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of Ornithology?

Is Ornithology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

What is the aims and scope of Ornithology?

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