Journal profile · ORNITHOLOGY
Avian Research
ISSN 2053-7166 · BioMed Central · PEOPLES R CHINA · Founded 2014
Avian Research: CAS Zone 1 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 2.19; fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 113 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Avian Research is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 1 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Avian ecology and behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, together about 45.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
At present, the article publishing charge (APC) of the journal is covered by the sponsors, so authors do not need to pay an APC for articles accepted...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ORNITHOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Fumin LeiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 47 in mainland China (about 61%); most named Mainland China 47, United States 9, Netherlands 4, United Kingdom 2, Denmark 2 (77 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Avian ecology and behaviorEnvironmental Science22%
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science11.1%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Animal Vocal Communication and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Genetic diversity and population structureBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ornithology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ornithology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ornithology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.19LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 232OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 93LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 741 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 101 | 101 | 30 |
| 2025 | 113 | 113 | 269 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 269 |
| 2023 | 84 | 84 | 602 |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | 568 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | 849 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,000 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 6
Article types accepted11
- brief reportContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- commentaryContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- editorialContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- letter to the editorContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- letters to the editorContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- mini reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- original researchContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- original research paperContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- perspectiveContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
- viewpointContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
Corresponding authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
This journal is a peer-reviewed, fully open access journal owned by Beijing Forestry University, who retains copyright of the overall compiled journal and the compiled issues. For the single article, Authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights, and KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. and Editorial Office of Avian Research will be granted non-exclusive publishing and distribution right…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Avian Research is an open access journal, which means that all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. Permitted third party (re)use is defined by the following Creative Commons user licenses. Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY): Allows users to copy, to create extracts, abstracts and new works from the Article, to alter and revise the Article and to m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
This journal adopts a single anonymized review process. All contributions are sent to a minimum of two independent reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. For more information on the types of peer review, please visit: https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/what-is…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2014
- ISSN
- 2053-7166
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Avian Research
What CAS zone is Avian Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Avian Research is in Zone 1 of Biology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Ornithology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Avian Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.19; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Avian Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Avian Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 6. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Avian Research based?
Of the 77 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 47 (about 61%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (47), United States (9) and Netherlands (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Avian Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Avian Research is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Avian Research open access, and what is the APC?
Avian Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .