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Herpetozoa is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
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ISSN 1013-4425Verify ISSN ↗2682-955XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 236 / 520 | 54th | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 398 / 736 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present (also 2011), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
Herpetozoa is Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 236 of 520) and Q3 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 398 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Herpetozoa 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.556, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$539 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.
Herpetozoa is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1013-4425 and its online ISSN is 2682-955X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Herpetozoa has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 1.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #224 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Herpetozoa published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 41. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (14.1%), Greece (8.8%) and India (5.6%).
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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