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Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), DOAJ. Published by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.
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ISSN 1735-434XVerify ISSN ↗2423-4222Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 483 / 520 | 7th | Q4 |
| Insect Science | 185 / 193 | 4th | Q4 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 714 / 736 | 3rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics is Q4 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 483 of 520), Q4 in Insect Science (rank 185 of 193) and Q4 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 714 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 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 0.5, quartile Q4, 7th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.140, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 3.
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics is published by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Its print ISSN is 1735-434X and its online ISSN is 2423-4222.
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.
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics has an h-index of 6 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #453 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics published 2 papers in 2017; its busiest recent year was 2010 with 8. 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.
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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