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Ethology and Sociobiology
Ethology and Sociobiology is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 0162-3095Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Ethology and Sociobiology indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1979–1996).
What is the impact factor of Ethology and Sociobiology?
Ethology and Sociobiology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Ethology and Sociobiology and what is its ISSN?
Ethology and Sociobiology is published by Elsevier Inc. Its ISSN is 0162-3095.
Is Ethology and Sociobiology covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Ethology and Sociobiology in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Ethology and Sociobiology open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Ethology and Sociobiology for 18 years, between 1979 and 1996. Coverage ended in 1996, 30 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 678 works and 49,330 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1997, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1996, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Ethology and Sociobiology? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Ethology and Sociobiology has an h-index of 115 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Ethology and Sociobiology published 4 papers in 1997; its busiest recent year was 1989 with 81. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Ethology and Sociobiology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1996. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1996
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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