Journal profile · Zoology
Wildlife Monographs
ISSN 0084-0173 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Tri-annual · Founded 1957
Wildlife Monographs: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,750; review about 328 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 16 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Wildlife Monographs is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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, Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Avian ecology and behavior, together about 47.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Wildlife Monographs</em> is a wildlife research journal focusing on comprehensive syntheses of topics in wildlife science, management, and conservation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Zoology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science25%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science14.7%
- Avian ecology and behaviorEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Ecology and biodiversity studiesEnvironmental Science6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.3%
- Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyEnvironmental Science4%
- 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: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 1.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 6Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 20,984Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 211 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 2 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 | 5 | 59 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 52 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
328 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 328 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 81 daysPublisher 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 5,750 / EUR 5,220 / GBP 4,360 | — | — |
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- Founded
- 1957
- ISSN
- 0084-0173
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Wildlife Monographs
What CAS zone is Wildlife Monographs in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Wildlife Monographs 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 1 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Wildlife Monographs?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.8; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at Wildlife Monographs?
The publisher reports about 328 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32% (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.
Which databases index Wildlife Monographs?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Wildlife Monographs is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Wildlife Monographs open access, and what is the APC?
Wildlife Monographs is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,750.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .