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Global Ecology and Conservation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 100 / 736 | 86th | Q1 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 38 / 231 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Ecology | 93 / 491 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.
Global Ecology and Conservation is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 100 of 736), Q1 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 38 of 231) and Q1 in Ecology (rank 93 of 491), by CiteScore 2025.
Global Ecology and Conservation 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.027, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 93.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,980 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.
Global Ecology and Conservation is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2351-9894.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Global Ecology and Conservation has an h-index of 104 and a 2-year mean of 2.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #118 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Global Ecology and Conservation published 642 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 82 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (36.6%), United States (11.3%) and United Kingdom (4.1%).
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 1 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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