Journal profile · ZOOLOGY
Animal Taxonomy and Ecology
ISSN 3004-300X · eISSN 2064-2474 · Akademiai Kiado
Animal Taxonomy and Ecology: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Animal Taxonomy and Ecology is published by Akademiai Kiado and is classed under Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution and Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Animal Taxonomy and Ecology publishes original works in the fields of animal taxonomy and systematics (both living and fossil), zoogeography, animal ecology and behaviour, population biology, biodiversity studies and nature conservation problems of international interest. Taxonomic revisions and monographs are especially welcome. Annotated checklists, type catalogues, etc. may also be considered. Short communications, or new species records for a given region are not in the focus of the scope of the journal, only if they are about important new locality data of currently spreading invasive species.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ZOOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mollusks and Parasites StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.4%
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogensAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Hemiptera Insect StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Scimago
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.27Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,017Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 63 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 5 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 43 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 38 |
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 500 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Gold Open Access Model summary
Animal Taxonomy and Ecology is a Gold Open Access journal.
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
- Akademiai Kiado
- ISSN
- 3004-300X
- Print ISSN
- 1217-8837
- Electronic ISSN
- 2064-2474
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Animal Taxonomy and Ecology
What CAS zone is Animal Taxonomy and Ecology in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 4.
Which databases index Animal Taxonomy and Ecology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Animal Taxonomy and Ecology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Animal Taxonomy and Ecology open access, and what is the APC?
Animal Taxonomy and Ecology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .