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ZooKeys is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
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ISSN 1313-2970Verify ISSN ↗1313-2989Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insect Science | 73 / 193 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Animal Science and Zoology | 209 / 520 | 59th | Q2 |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | 115 / 253 | 54th | Q2 |
| Paleontology | 56 / 121 | 54th | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 353 / 736 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
ZooKeys is Q2 in Insect Science (rank 73 of 193), Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 209 of 520) and Q2 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 115 of 253), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
ZooKeys 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.649, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 73.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$754 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.
ZooKeys is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1313-2970 and its online ISSN is 1313-2989.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
ZooKeys has an h-index of 82 and a 2-year mean of 1.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #74 of 187 Scopus journals in Insect Science.
ZooKeys published 602 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 616. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (36.1%), United States (4.7%) and Russia (4.6%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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