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Frontiers of Biogeography is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
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Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 104 / 736 | 85th | Q1 |
| Ecology | 96 / 491 | 80th | Q1 |
| Global and Planetary Change | 56 / 134 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–2025, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.7.
Frontiers of Biogeography is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 104 of 736), Q1 in Ecology (rank 96 of 491) and Q2 in Global and Planetary Change (rank 56 of 134), by CiteScore 2025.
Frontiers of Biogeography 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 5.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.766, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$300 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 of Biogeography is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its ISSN is 1948-6596.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers of Biogeography has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 2.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #185 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Frontiers of Biogeography published 32 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 51. 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 89 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (21.6%), Germany (7.6%) and United Kingdom (4.9%).
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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