Journal profile
Gajah
ISSN 1391-1996 · eISSN 2773-6989 · International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) · Switzerland
Gajah: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 36 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gajah is published by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, together about 53.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gajah is the biannual journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG). The journal is intended as a medium of communication on issues that concern Asian elephants both in the wild and in captivity. Areas of interest include but are not limited to conservation, management, behaviour, ecology, health, history and cultural aspects related to Asian elephants. It is a means by which everyone concerned with the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), whether members of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group or not, can communicate their experiences, ideas and perceptions freely, so that the conservation of Asian elephants can benefit.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science30.2%
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife EducationEnvironmental Science14%
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationEnvironmental Science9.5%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary6.2%
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary2.8%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 72 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 4 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 9 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2022 | 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)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Unspecified 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Gajah is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The authors retain copyright without restrictions and grant the journal permission for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1391-1996
- Electronic ISSN
- 2773-6989
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gajah
How long does peer review take at Gajah?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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.
Which databases index Gajah?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gajah is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Gajah open access, and what is the APC?
Gajah is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .