Journal profile · Ecology
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
ISSN 0003-0090 · eISSN 1937-3546 · American Museum of Natural History Library · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 1881
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: CAS Zone 2 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3; fully open access; review over 18 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 8 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History is published by American Museum of Natural History Library 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 Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, together about 31.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Bulletin, published continuously since 1881, consists of longer monographic volumes in the field of natural sciences relating to zoology, paleontology, and geology. Current numbers are published at irregular intervals. The Bulletin was originally a place to publish short papers, while longer works appeared in the Memoirs. However, in the 1920s, the Memoirs ceased and the Bulletin series began publishing longer papers. A new series, the Novitates, published short papers describing new forms.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Ecology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences18%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science7%
- Bat Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEarth and Planetary Sciences6.8%
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science4.3%
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 2 |
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
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 284OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 371 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 67 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 62 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 123 |
| 2021 | 11 | 10 | 292 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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 Library
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 1881
- ISSN
- 0003-0090
- Electronic ISSN
- 1937-3546
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
What CAS zone is Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 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 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3; CiteScore 8.3, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History?
Authors report an average review time of over 18 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .