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Journal of Cetacean Research and Management is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), DOAJ. Published by International Whaling Commission.
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ISSN 1561-0713Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Whaling Commission
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 254 / 520 | 51st | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 429 / 736 | 41st | Q3 |
| Aquatic Science | 159 / 259 | 38th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004 (also 2008–2015, 2017–present), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management is Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 254 of 520), Q3 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 429 of 736) and Q3 in Aquatic Science (rank 159 of 259), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 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 2, quartile Q2, 51st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.283, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 32.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management is published by International Whaling Commission. Its ISSN is 1561-0713.
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.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #453 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
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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