Journal profile · Zoology
Mammal Review
ISSN 0305-1838 · eISSN 1365-2907 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1970
Mammal Review: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.31; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,100; median 189 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mammal Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, together about 47.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mammal Review is the official scientific periodical of the Mammal Society, and covers all aspects of mammalian biology and ecology, including behavioural ecology, biogeography, conservation, ecology, ethology, evolution, genetics, human ecology, management, morphology, and taxonomy. We publish Reviews drawing together information from various sources in the public domain for a new synthesis or analysis of mammalian biology; Predictive Reviews using quantitative models to provide insights into mammalian biology; Perspectives presenting original views on any aspect of mammalian biology; Comments in response to papers published in Mammal Review; and Short Communications. The key benefits of publishing in Mammal Review include: Online submission Efficient and helpful editorial office Early View publication before full issue compilation Open access publication is available; all online appendices are published free access International audience Available in developing countries through the OARE initiative Articles are included in over 40 abstracting and indexing services. Author Services allow a host of benefits to Wiley authors Keywords Mammal Review, animal conservation, animal populations, biogeography, conservation biology, ecology, game management, individual models, mammals, population biology, population viability analysis, species distribution models, wildlife management, zoology
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Zoology
Editor-in-chief Robyn GrantPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 7, Italy 4, Australia 3, Brazil 2, United States 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science24.8%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science14.2%
- Bat Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- Marine animal studies overviewEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences5%
- Ecology and biodiversity studiesEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview 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 | Ecology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 3.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 9.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 837OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 49.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 22Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 254,581Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,428 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 19 | 15 |
| 2025 | 30 | 17 | 71 |
| 2024 | 44 | 27 | 267 |
| 2023 | 39 | 29 | 403 |
| 2022 | 32 | 15 | 655 |
| 2021 | 54 | 26 | 1,277 |
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
189 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 229 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 210 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 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 review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 181 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 4,100 / EUR 3,400 / GBP 2,720 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- commentsComments, in which authors respond to papers published in Mammal Review,Length not stated
- hypothesisMammal Review is a review journal intended for a wide international readership, and is used by both academics and practitioners in mammalian biology and managem…Length not stated
- meta-analysisMammal Review is a review journal intended for a wide international readership, and is used by both academics and practitioners in mammalian biology and managem…Length not stated
- perspectiveMammal Review is a review journal intended for a wide international readership, and is used by both academics and practitioners in mammalian biology and managem…main text ≤ 7,500 words
- perspectivesPerspectives present an original point of view on any aspect of mammalian biology, or on a management issue in mammalogy (including applied management issues, p…Length not stated
- practice insightsPractice Insights present a comprehensive review of relevant methods, techniques, conservation management practices or case studies.Length not stated
- predictive reviewsPredictive Reviews use quantitative models to provide major new insights into mammalian biology.Length not stated
- reviewMammal Review is a review journal intended for a wide international readership, and is used by both academics and practitioners in mammalian biology and managem…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviewsReviews should draw together information from various sources in the public domain (e.g. journal papers, theses, reports, data archives, gene bank sequences) fo…Length not stated
- systematic reviewMammal Review is a review journal intended for a wide international readership, and is used by both academics and practitioners in mammalian biology and managem…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
To decide who should be included as an author, please follow the guidelines produced by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html, which state that authorship should be based on all four of the following criteria: Substantial contributions to the conception or desi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Mammal Review requires that all authors disclose potential sources of conflict of interest. Papers for which a conflict of interest exists may not be considered suitable for double-blind review, and reviewers may be provided with the authors' names and informed of the conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, that might be perceived as influencing an author's obje…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing
Data sharing expected Model summary
This journal expects data sharing and will ask for the data sharing plan on the editorial submission system. Please review Wiley's policy here. If appropriate, we expect authors to deposit the data underlying their manuscript in a suitable archive or public repository (e.g. GenBank, Dryad, Figshare), or to include the data for publication by Mammal Review as an online-only supplement. Supplementar…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Transfer Agreement
Submitting authors of accepted papers that will not be published Open Access receive an email prompting them to log into Author Services, where, via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS), they complete the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) on behalf of all authors. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associated with the Copyright FAQs: http://exchanges.wiley.co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open Access is available as an option to authors of accepted articles who wish to make their article freely available to read, download and share. With Open Access the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley Online Library and deposited in PubMed Central and PMC mirror sit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Preparation of Documents for Online Submission and Double-blind Peer Review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Prepare your documents in an editable format (i.e. not as PDF files; MS Word documents are preferred), and do not include your name in the file name. Double-space the lines in all documents, and include continuous line numbers and page numbers throughout the document. Do not restart line numbers on each page. There is no requirement to use a particular font, although common fonts are preferred (e.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism check Model summary
All papers submitted to Mammal Review are checked for plagiarism.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints allowed Model summary
Mammal Review will consider peer review articles that are available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, etc., though double-blind review of these articles may not be possible. Authors may post the submitted version of their manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any preprint versions with a link to the final article, if it is ac…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1970
- ISSN
- 0305-1838
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-2907
- Society / sponsor
- Mammal Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mammal Review
What CAS zone is Mammal Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mammal Review is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Zoology / Ecology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Mammal Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.31; CiteScore 9.3, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Mammal Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 189 days (interquartile range 114–229 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Mammal Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Graphical abstract: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Mammal Review based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (7), Italy (4) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Mammal Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mammal Review is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Mammal Review open access, and what is the APC?
Mammal Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,100.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .