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Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5). Published by Bird Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society.
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ISSN 0250-4162Verify ISSN ↗2313-1799Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Bird Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 481 / 520 | 7th | Q4 |
| Ecology | 458 / 491 | 6th | Q4 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 703 / 736 | 4th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–2025 (also 2009–2011), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology is Q4 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 481 of 520), Q4 in Ecology (rank 458 of 491) and Q4 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 703 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology 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 0.5, quartile Q4, 7th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.170, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 7.
Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology is published by Bird Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society. Its print ISSN is 0250-4162 and its online ISSN is 2313-1799.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #453 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology published 3 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 123. 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.
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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