Journal profile · Ecology
Animal Conservation
ISSN 1367-9430 · eISSN 1469-1795 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1998
Animal Conservation: CAS Zone 2 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.08; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,430; median 270 days to acceptance (81 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 72 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Animal Conservation is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, together about 40.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Animal Conservation</em> is a conservation biology journal publishing novel, peer-reviewed research into the conservation of animal species and their habitats.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Ecology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science24.7%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science8.9%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Avian ecology and behaviorEnvironmental Science6.6%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Genetic diversity and population structureBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ecology | 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
- 3.08LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,488OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 60Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 337,720Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,372 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 39 | 7 |
| 2025 | 72 | 49 | 98 |
| 2024 | 88 | 66 | 431 |
| 2023 | 88 | 69 | 596 |
| 2022 | 87 | 47 | 1,067 |
| 2021 | 104 | 40 | 1,586 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
270 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 222 days – 361 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 313 days
- Sample
- 81 articles with submission and acceptance dates (145 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 12–24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 207 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,430 / EUR 3,700 / GBP 2,950 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1367-9430
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-1795
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Animal Conservation
What CAS zone is Animal Conservation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Animal Conservation is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Biodiversity Conservation / Ecology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Animal Conservation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.08; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Animal Conservation?
Based on the dates recorded on 81 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 270 days (interquartile range 222–361 days); authors report an average review time of 12–24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (2025). 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 Animal Conservation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Animal Conservation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Animal Conservation open access, and what is the APC?
Animal Conservation is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,430.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .