Journal profile · Environmental Science-Ecology
Frontiers of Biogeography
ISSN 1948-6596 · eScholarship University of California · United States
Frontiers of Biogeography: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers of Biogeography is published by eScholarship University of California and is classed under Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, together about 43.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Frontiers of Biogeography (FoB) is the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society (TIBS, www.biogeography.org), a not-for-profit, scholarly organization dedicated to promotion of and public understanding of the biogeographical sciences. TIBS launched FoB to provide an independent forum for biogeographical science, with the academic standards expected of a journal operated by and for an academic society. Subject Focus: We publish papers on the study of the geographical variations of life at all levels of organization, including studies on temporal and/or evolutionary variations in any component of biodiversity if they have a geographical perspective, as well as studies at relatively small scales if they have a spatially explicit component. We will consider work on all taxa, marine, aquatic and terrestrial systems, and within any major branch of the subject, e.g. ecological biogeography, evolutionary biogeography, phylogeography, conservation biogeography, applied biogeography, island biogeography, functional biogeography, historical biogeography, and following a broad array of recognized schools of thought and methodologies. Scholarly work on the teaching of biogeography at university level may also be considered (but pre-submission enquiries are recommended to ensure suitability). We aim to be flexible on article formats, principally publishing under the headings of research articles, perspectives, reviews/syntheses and book reviews. In a nutshell: Frontiers of Biogeography is an international peer review scientific journal, publishing scholarly articles by a globally diverse community of scientists, following a rigorous and constructive independent peer review process, overseen by a distinguished editorial board. Key points: FoB offers a Gold-standard Open Access peer review journal, operated on a not-for-profit basis and published since 1 July 2024 by Pensoft, previous to which it was hosted via the eScholarship (University of California) platform. FoB is on an enhanced platform, which includes fully searchable text, social media interfaces, direct dissemination efforts to biogeographers and greatly enhanced visibility through the standard search engines. FoB publishes original research articles, perspectives, reviews/syntheses, correspondence, and book reviews. FoB is open to submissions in any major branch of biogeography, on any taxon, and following varied schools of thought within the discipline. FoB offers a rigorous, fast, flexibl
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Ecology
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Norway 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science22.4%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science13.3%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.2%
- Genetic diversity and population structureBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.6%
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)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geography, Physical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.98Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 161OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,026Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,260 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 12 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 81 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 118 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 308 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 223 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 770 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | EUR 1,400 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 300 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,400 / EUR 700 / EUR 550 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Use of AI
Authors must be transparent about the use of Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and other large language models in the manuscript preparation, and disclose details of how the AI tool was used within the "Materials and Methods" section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship/Contributorship
Some journals are integrated with Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), in order to recognise individual author input within a publication, thereby ensuring professional and ethical conduct, while avoiding authorship disputes, gift / ghost authorship and similar pressing issues in academic publishing. During manuscript submission, the submitting author is strongly recommended to specify a contributo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
During the editorial process, the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts of interest: Colleagues currently working in the same research group or department, recent co-authors, and doctoral students for which the editor served as committee chair. During the submission process, the authors are kindly advised to identify possible conflicts of interest with the jo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
GeneralThe publishing ethics and malpractice policies follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, WAME, and OASPA), the NISO Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals (PIE-J), and, where relevant, the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License and Copyright Agreement
In submitting the manuscript to any of Pensoft’s journals, authors certify that: They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements. The work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review or thesis); it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; its publication has been approved by all author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
This journal uses a single-blind peer review process. This means that the names of reviewers are hidden from the authors (the author does not know the identity of the reviewer, but the reviewer knows the identity of the author). However, should reviewers make the decision to reveal their identity to the authors within their comments for authors, this choice will be respected. Each article is revie…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
This journal allows posting preprints of the manuscripts submitted for peer-review. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the ARPHA Preprints server for that as an option available during the submission process, which will save a double effort in manuscript submission and allows the preprint to be directly linked to the published article and vice versa. Manuscripts that contain nomenclatural acts…
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
- eScholarship University of California
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1948-6596
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers of Biogeography
What CAS zone is Frontiers of Biogeography in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Frontiers of Biogeography?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.7, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Frontiers of Biogeography?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Frontiers of Biogeography based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), United Kingdom (1) and Norway (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontiers of Biogeography?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers of Biogeography is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Frontiers of Biogeography open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers of Biogeography is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .