Journal profile · Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation
Pacific Conservation Biology
ISSN 1038-2097 · eISSN 2204-4604 · CSIRO Publishing · Australia · 6 issues per year · Founded 1994
Pacific Conservation Biology: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; community-reported acceptance: 80%; 71 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pacific Conservation Biology is published by CSIRO Publishing and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishes research on regional conservation problems, priorities and mechanisms for conservation oriented biological research, and dissemination of the results of research.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science18.3%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science10.4%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science8.2%
- Avian ecology and behaviorEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biodiversity Conservation | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 599OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 68.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,798 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 34 | 16 |
| 2025 | 71 | 56 | 174 |
| 2024 | 64 | 50 | 182 |
| 2023 | 52 | 36 | 206 |
| 2022 | 48 | 34 | 212 |
| 2021 | 93 | 55 | 802 |
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 acceptance (community reports)
- 80%LetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1038-2097
- Electronic ISSN
- 2204-4604
- Society / sponsor
- Australian Academy of Science and a range of society partners
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pacific Conservation Biology
What CAS zone is Pacific Conservation Biology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pacific Conservation Biology is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biodiversity Conservation / Ecology. 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.
Which databases index Pacific Conservation Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pacific Conservation Biology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Pacific Conservation Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Pacific Conservation Biology is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .