Journal profile · Evolutionary Biology
Cladistics
ISSN 0748-3007 · eISSN 1096-0031 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1985
Cladistics: CAS Zone 1 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 8.85; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,960; median 163 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cladistics is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 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 Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Genetic diversity and population structure and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, together about 35% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cladistics publishes high quality research papers on systematics, encouraging debate on all aspects of the field, from philosophy, theory and methodology to empirical studies and applications in biogeography, coevolution, conservation biology, ontogeny, genomics and paleontology. Cladistics is read by scientists working in the research fields of evolution, systematics and integrative biology and enjoys a consistently high position in the ISI® rankings for evolutionary biology.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Evolutionary Biology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences13.3%
- Genetic diversity and population structureBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11%
- Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences5.7%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science3.7%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
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 | Zoology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | 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
- 8.85LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 149OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,255OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,206 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 35 | 13 |
| 2025 | 54 | 31 | 121 |
| 2024 | 40 | 24 | 263 |
| 2023 | 47 | 34 | 1,097 |
| 2022 | 37 | 11 | 441 |
| 2021 | 48 | 15 | 832 |
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
163 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 119 days – 204 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (84 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 189 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (97 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 acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
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 3,960 / EUR 3,300 / GBP 2,640 | — | — |
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 Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0748-3007
- Electronic ISSN
- 1096-0031
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cladistics
What CAS zone is Cladistics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cladistics is in Zone 1 of Biology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Zoology / Evolutionary Biology; 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 Cladistics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.85; CiteScore 12.5, h-index 149.
How long does peer review take at Cladistics?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 163 days (interquartile range 119–204 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 Cladistics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cladistics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Cladistics open access, and what is the APC?
Cladistics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,960.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .