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Journal of Vertebrate Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.6), WoS SCIE. Published by Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences.
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ISSN 2694-7684Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 195 / 520 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 332 / 736 | 54th | Q2 |
| Aquatic Science | 128 / 259 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.6.
Journal of Vertebrate Biology is Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 195 of 520), Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 332 of 736) and Q2 in Aquatic Science (rank 128 of 259), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Vertebrate Biology 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 2.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.462, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 44.
Journal of Vertebrate Biology is published by Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences. Its ISSN is 2694-7684.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Vertebrate Biology has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 1.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #196 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Journal of Vertebrate Biology published 34 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 48. 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 97 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Czechia (31.2%), Poland (8.2%) and Brazil (6.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3.9 per 1,000 papers). 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.
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