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Peer Community Journal

Centre Mersenne · France · Est. 2021

ISSN2804-3871eISSN2804-3871

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.922

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.64

Total Worksi

571

Total Citationsi

3,363

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Peer Community Journal is a journal that publishes research articles, registered reports, and reviews. It covers a wide range of scientific disciplines, including Animal Science, Archaeology, Ecology, Ecotoxicology & Environmental Chemistry, Evolutionary Biology, Forest & Wood Sciences, Genomics, Health & Movement Sciences, Infections, Mathematical & Computational Biology, Microbiology, Network Science, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Organization Studies, Paleontology, Plants, Psychology, and Statistics & Machine learning. The journal aims to provide a platform for open science practices, including the publication of data, code, and protocols. It is supported by a network of thematic Peer Community In (PCI) journals.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 128 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications571

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Centre Mersenne

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2804-3871 / 2804-3871

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

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

685

2021

1.1k

2022

122

1.2k

2023

119

613

2024

142

282

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

GeneticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyGeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant and animal studiesAnimal Behavior and ReproductionGenetic diversity and population structureGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationEvolution and Genetic DynamicsSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesInsect-Plant Interactions and Control

Frequently asked questions about Peer Community Journal

Is Peer Community Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Peer Community Journal: 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 Peer Community Journal?

Peer Community Journal 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 2.32.

Is Peer Community Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Peer Community Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.