Journal profile · Zoology
American Museum Novitates
ISSN 0003-0082 · American Museum of Natural History · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 1921
American Museum Novitates: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.92; subscription journal; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Museum Novitates is published by American Museum of Natural History and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, together about 28.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Novitates (Latin for "new acquaintances"), published continuously and numbered consecutively since 1921, are short papers that contain descriptions of new forms and reports in zoology, paleontology, and geology.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Zoology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences12.5%
- Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEarth and Planetary Sciences10%
- Bat Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Ichthyology and Marine BiologyEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.2%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Fossil Insects in AmberAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.92LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 727OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,833 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 32 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 52 | 22 | 67 |
| 2023 | 32 | 12 | 60 |
| 2022 | 24 | 9 | 35 |
| 2021 | 48 | 18 | 177 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Museum of Natural History
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 1921
- ISSN
- 0003-0082
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Museum Novitates
What CAS zone is American Museum Novitates in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Museum Novitates is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biodiversity Conservation / Zoology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Museum Novitates?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.92; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at American Museum Novitates?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index American Museum Novitates?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Museum Novitates is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is American Museum Novitates open access, and what is the APC?
American Museum Novitates is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .