Journal profile · ORNITHOLOGY
Forktail
ISSN 0950-1746 · Oriental Bird Club · ENGLAND
Forktail: impact factor 0.62; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2013 (Volume 29): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forktail is published by Oriental Bird Club. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Avian ecology and behavior, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, together about 64.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Forktail is the Journal of Asian Ornithology published by Oriental Bird Club once a year. OBC members receive Forktail as a membership benefit.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ORNITHOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Avian ecology and behaviorEnvironmental Science33.3%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science21.4%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science9.5%
- Animal Vocal Communication and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.5%
- Bird parasitology and diseasesImmunology and Microbiology7.1%
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.4%
- Marine animal studies overviewEnvironmental Science2.4%
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)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ornithology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE for production reasons on 16 July 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 0.62LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Oriental Bird Club
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0950-1746
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29 (2013)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Forktail
What is the impact factor of Forktail?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.62; CiteScore 0, h-index 6.
How long does peer review take at Forktail?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Is Forktail open access, and what is the APC?
Forktail is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .