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Ecology and Evolution is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 2045-7758Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 237 / 736 | 67th | Q2 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 79 / 231 | 66th | Q2 |
| Ecology | 176 / 491 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.5.
Ecology and Evolution is Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 237 of 736), Q2 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 79 of 231) and Q2 in Ecology (rank 176 of 491), by CiteScore 2025.
Ecology and Evolution is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 67th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.804, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 121.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,570 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Ecology and Evolution is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its ISSN is 2045-7758.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Ecology and Evolution has an h-index of 145 and a 2-year mean of 2.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #139 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Ecology and Evolution published 2,024 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (25.3%), United States (15.3%) and United Kingdom (6.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 16 retracted papers are recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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