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European Journal of Ecology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.5), DOAJ. Published by University of Kansas.
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ISSN 1339-8474Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Kansas
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology | 333 / 491 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 509 / 736 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.5.
European Journal of Ecology is Q3 in Ecology (rank 333 of 491) and Q3 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 509 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
European Journal of Ecology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3, 32nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.231, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 16.
European Journal of Ecology is published by University of Kansas. Its ISSN is 1339-8474.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Journal of Ecology has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.83 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #288 of 469 Scopus journals in Ecology.
European Journal of Ecology published 8 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 27. 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 61 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from Poland (14.5%), India (10.7%) and Nepal (9.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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