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West African Journal of Applied Ecology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.3). Published by Ecological Laboratory.
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ISSN 0855-4307Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Ecological Laboratory
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology | 351 / 491 | 28th | Q3 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 543 / 736 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.3.
West African Journal of Applied Ecology is Q3 in Ecology (rank 351 of 491) and Q3 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 543 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
West African Journal of Applied Ecology 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 1.3, quartile Q3, 28th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.204, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 19.
West African Journal of Applied Ecology is published by Ecological Laboratory. Its ISSN is 0855-4307.
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.
West African Journal of Applied Ecology has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #426 of 469 Scopus journals in Ecology.
West African Journal of Applied Ecology published 6 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 32. 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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