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Russian Journal of Herpetology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.9), WoS SCIE. Published by Folium Ltd.
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ISSN 1026-2296Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Folium Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 262 / 520 | 49th | Q3 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 434 / 736 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.9.
Russian Journal of Herpetology is Q3 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 262 of 520) and Q3 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 434 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Russian Journal of Herpetology 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 49th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.616, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 17.
Russian Journal of Herpetology is published by Folium Ltd. Its ISSN is 1026-2296.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Russian Journal of Herpetology has an h-index of 27 and a 2-year mean of 0.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #295 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Russian Journal of Herpetology published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 95. 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 96 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Russia (35.9%), China (12.9%) and Vietnam (5.4%).
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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