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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag.
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ISSN 0947-5745Verify ISSN ↗1439-0469Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 168 / 520 | 67th | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 293 / 736 | 60th | Q2 |
| Genetics | 253 / 357 | 29th | Q3 |
| Molecular Biology | 325 / 414 | 21st | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1983–present (also 1963–1981), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research is Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 168 of 520), Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 293 of 736) and Q3 in Genetics (rank 253 of 357), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 67th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.599, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 62.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,350 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.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research is published by Wiley-VCH Verlag. Its print ISSN is 0947-5745 and its online ISSN is 1439-0469.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research has an h-index of 80 and a 2-year mean of 1.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #186 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 130. 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 87 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (23.4%), Spain (7.3%) and United States (5.8%).
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.
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