Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
Ecologica Montenegrina
ISSN 2337-0173 · eISSN 2336-9744 · Center for Biodiversity of Montenegro · Montenegro
Ecologica Montenegrina: fully open access; APC about USD 161; review about 3 weeks (community reports); 195 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ecologica Montenegrina is published by Center for Biodiversity of Montenegro. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ecologica Montenegrina is a fast-track and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. The papers are in the fields of systematics, biogeography, landscape and biodiversity conservation, fundamental and applied ecology and environmental monitoring. Ecologica Montenegrina is indexed in Scopus, and DOAJ. It is archived in Biotaxa. Scopus CiteScore 2025: 2.6 CiteScoreTracker 2026: 2.8 (updated monthly)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
Editor-in-chief Vladimir PešićPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 9, Serbia 6, United States 2, Germany 2, Iran 2 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Lepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology19%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Biological Control of Invasive SpeciesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Study of Mite SpeciesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Marine and environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences3.8%
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
DOAJPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,429 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 134 | 134 | 52 |
| 2025 | 195 | 195 | 282 |
| 2024 | 217 | 217 | 833 |
| 2023 | 128 | 128 | 384 |
| 2022 | 114 | 114 | 383 |
| 2021 | 121 | 121 | 456 |
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 3 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 150 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 150 | No | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; journal gets right of first publication Model summary
Ecologica Montenegrina allow self-archiving, but also to deposit manuscripts (currently under review or those for intended submission to EM Journal) in non-commercial, pre-print servers such as ArXiv. Moreover, the authors present and discuss their findings ahead of publication: at biological or scientific conferences, on preprint servers, in public databases, and in blogs, wikis, tweets, and othe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving and preprint deposit allowed Model summary
Ecologica Montenegrina allow self-archiving, but also to deposit manuscripts (currently under review or those for intended submission to EM Journal) in non-commercial, pre-print servers such as ArXiv.
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
- Center for Biodiversity of Montenegro
- Country or region
- Montenegro
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2337-0173
- Electronic ISSN
- 2336-9744
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 101 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ecologica Montenegrina
How long does peer review take at Ecologica Montenegrina?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Ecologica Montenegrina based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (9), Serbia (6) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Ecologica Montenegrina?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ecologica Montenegrina is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Ecologica Montenegrina open access, and what is the APC?
Ecologica Montenegrina is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 161.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .