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Neotropical Biology and Conservation is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
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ISSN 1809-9939Verify ISSN ↗2236-3777Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insect Science | 104 / 193 | 46th | Q3 |
| Animal Science and Zoology | 294 / 520 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 139 / 231 | 40th | Q3 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 471 / 736 | 36th | Q3 |
| Plant Science | 358 / 541 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.7.
Neotropical Biology and Conservation is Q3 in Insect Science (rank 104 of 193), Q3 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 294 of 520) and Q3 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 139 of 231), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Neotropical Biology and Conservation is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.385, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$323 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.
Neotropical Biology and Conservation is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1809-9939 and its online ISSN is 2236-3777.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Neotropical Biology and Conservation has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 1.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #74 of 187 Scopus journals in Insect Science.
Neotropical Biology and Conservation published 20 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 85 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Mexico (19.2%), United States (18%) and Brazil (16.5%).
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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