Journal profile · Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation
Amphibian & reptile conservation
ISSN 1083-446X · eISSN 1525-9153 · Amphibian & Reptile Conservation · UNITED STATES
Amphibian & reptile conservation: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.92; subscription journal; 13 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ARC publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, short communications, new species descriptions, country overviews, and more, focusing on a variety of topics relating to the biology, conservation, natural history, and diversity of the world's amphibians and reptiles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
DOAJPublisher website
Other: Essential Science Indicators, Biological Abstracts, Zoological Record, BIOSIS Previews, Biodiversity Heritage Library
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2023
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 27.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
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.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- country overviewsARC publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, short communications, new species descriptions, country overviews, and moreLength not stated
- new species descriptionsARC publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, short communications, new species descriptions, country overviews, and moreLength not stated
- original peer-reviewed researchARC publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, short communications, new species descriptions, country overviews, and moreLength not stated
- reviewsARC publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, short communications, new species descriptions, country overviews, and moreLength not stated
- short communicationsARC publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, short communications, new species descriptions, country overviews, and moreLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Model summary
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use for non-commercial and education purposes only, in any medium, provided the original author and the official and authorized publication sources are recognized and properly credited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review process and ethical standards required for publication. Model summary
Papers accepted for publication go through a rigorous peer-review process and must be deemed scientifically sound and meet professional standards of ethical conduct.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1083-446X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1525-9153
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Amphibian & reptile conservation
What CAS zone is Amphibian & reptile conservation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Amphibian & reptile conservation is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Zoology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Amphibian & reptile conservation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.92; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 0.
Which databases index Amphibian & reptile conservation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Amphibian & reptile conservation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Amphibian & reptile conservation open access, and what is the APC?
Amphibian & reptile conservation 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, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .