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Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 184 / 231 | 20th | Q4 |
| Animal Science and Zoology | 436 / 520 | 16th | Q4 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 646 / 736 | 12th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2025–present (also 2023), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.8.
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science is Q4 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 184 of 231), Q4 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 436 of 520) and Q4 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 646 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 0.8, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 20th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.382, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 4.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,353 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.
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2813-6780.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science has an h-index of 7 and a 2-year mean of 1.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #88 of 216 Scopus journals in Nature and Landscape Conservation.
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science published 31 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 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (53%), Brazil (7.6%) and Australia (5.2%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
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