African Journal of Ecology

Wiley
Wiley
ISSN: 01416707, 13652028
SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q4
Impact factor
1.1
SJR
0.388
CiteScore
2.0
Categories
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Years of issue
1963-2025
journal names
African Journal of Ecology
AFR J ECOL
Publications
3 725
Citations
48 852
h-index
78
Publications
613
Citations
14 495
Top-3 citing journals
African Journal of Ecology
African Journal of Ecology (5675 citations)
Journal of Zoology
Journal of Zoology (1066 citations)
Biological Conservation
Biological Conservation (1046 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Makerere University
Makerere University (189 publications)
University of Nairobi
University of Nairobi (104 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (103 publications)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of KwaZulu-Natal (38 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (24 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (583 publications)
USA (518 publications)
United Kingdom (506 publications)
South Africa (165 publications)
USA (115 publications)
United Kingdom (106 publications)

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African Journal of Ecology
5675 citations, 11.62%
Journal of Zoology
1066 citations, 2.18%
Biological Conservation
1046 citations, 2.14%
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1002 citations, 2.05%
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533 citations, 1.09%
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461 citations, 0.94%
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449 citations, 0.92%
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393 citations, 0.8%
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390 citations, 0.8%
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381 citations, 0.78%
Journal of Mammalogy
378 citations, 0.77%
American Journal of Primatology
355 citations, 0.73%
International Journal of Primatology
351 citations, 0.72%
Biotropica
341 citations, 0.7%
Mammalian Biology
321 citations, 0.66%
Journal of Tropical Ecology
282 citations, 0.58%
PeerJ
269 citations, 0.55%
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265 citations, 0.54%
Mammal Review
261 citations, 0.53%
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248 citations, 0.51%
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248 citations, 0.51%
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246 citations, 0.5%
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240 citations, 0.49%
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236 citations, 0.48%
Wildlife Research
221 citations, 0.45%
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220 citations, 0.45%
Animals
209 citations, 0.43%
Biological Reviews
205 citations, 0.42%
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199 citations, 0.41%
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198 citations, 0.41%
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191 citations, 0.39%
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187 citations, 0.38%
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187 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Applied Ecology
186 citations, 0.38%
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184 citations, 0.38%
Austral Ecology
183 citations, 0.37%
African Zoology
180 citations, 0.37%
Quaternary International
178 citations, 0.36%
Acta Oecologica
178 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Animal Ecology
178 citations, 0.36%
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
175 citations, 0.36%
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166 citations, 0.34%
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163 citations, 0.33%
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163 citations, 0.33%
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161 citations, 0.33%
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161 citations, 0.33%
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158 citations, 0.32%
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155 citations, 0.32%
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154 citations, 0.32%
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152 citations, 0.31%
Diversity
150 citations, 0.31%
Wildlife Biology
148 citations, 0.3%
Mammalia
143 citations, 0.29%
Plant Ecology
142 citations, 0.29%
Ecology
142 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Vegetation Science
142 citations, 0.29%
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133 citations, 0.27%
Ecological Modelling
133 citations, 0.27%
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132 citations, 0.27%
Quaternary Science Reviews
128 citations, 0.26%
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122 citations, 0.25%
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122 citations, 0.25%
Diversity and Distributions
119 citations, 0.24%
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119 citations, 0.24%
Ecological Studies
118 citations, 0.24%
Oikos
117 citations, 0.24%
Ecological Indicators
116 citations, 0.24%
Sustainability
116 citations, 0.24%
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115 citations, 0.24%
Landscape Ecology
113 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Wildlife Management
113 citations, 0.23%
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111 citations, 0.23%
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111 citations, 0.23%
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110 citations, 0.23%
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109 citations, 0.22%
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107 citations, 0.22%
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106 citations, 0.22%
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104 citations, 0.21%
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102 citations, 0.21%
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101 citations, 0.21%
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100 citations, 0.2%
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96 citations, 0.2%
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92 citations, 0.19%
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87 citations, 0.18%
Remote Sensing
87 citations, 0.18%
Behavioural Processes
86 citations, 0.18%
Paleobiology
85 citations, 0.17%
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85 citations, 0.17%
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85 citations, 0.17%
Rangeland Ecology and Management
84 citations, 0.17%
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82 citations, 0.17%
Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management
82 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
82 citations, 0.17%
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81 citations, 0.17%
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79 citations, 0.16%
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78 citations, 0.16%
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75 citations, 0.15%
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75 citations, 0.15%
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Wiley
14755 citations, 30.2%
Elsevier
8403 citations, 17.2%
Springer Nature
6878 citations, 14.08%
Taylor & Francis
2144 citations, 4.39%
Cambridge University Press
1943 citations, 3.98%
Oxford University Press
1245 citations, 2.55%
MDPI
1205 citations, 2.47%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1068 citations, 2.19%
Frontiers Media S.A.
585 citations, 1.2%
CSIRO Publishing
414 citations, 0.85%
The Royal Society
343 citations, 0.7%
Southern African Wildlife Management Association
322 citations, 0.66%
PeerJ
277 citations, 0.57%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
241 citations, 0.49%
Hindawi Limited
237 citations, 0.49%
SAGE
226 citations, 0.46%
Walter de Gruyter
204 citations, 0.42%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
181 citations, 0.37%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
175 citations, 0.36%
AOSIS
170 citations, 0.35%
Canadian Science Publishing
163 citations, 0.33%
Academic Journals
156 citations, 0.32%
Nordic Council for Wildlife Research
142 citations, 0.29%
Pensoft Publishers
130 citations, 0.27%
121 citations, 0.25%
University of Chicago Press
121 citations, 0.25%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
106 citations, 0.22%
Science Alert
92 citations, 0.19%
Scientific Research Publishing
88 citations, 0.18%
IOP Publishing
80 citations, 0.16%
Mammal Research Institute
70 citations, 0.14%
Brill
68 citations, 0.14%
IntechOpen
62 citations, 0.13%
East African Natural History Society
60 citations, 0.12%
Annual Reviews
58 citations, 0.12%
SciELO
55 citations, 0.11%
Copernicus
53 citations, 0.11%
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52 citations, 0.11%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
48 citations, 0.1%
The Company of Biologists
45 citations, 0.09%
S. Karger AG
45 citations, 0.09%
Inter-Research Science Center
42 citations, 0.09%
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40 citations, 0.08%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
40 citations, 0.08%
EDP Sciences
39 citations, 0.08%
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39 citations, 0.08%
Pleiades Publishing
38 citations, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
38 citations, 0.08%
OpenEdition
34 citations, 0.07%
International Association for Great Lakes Research
27 citations, 0.06%
Entomological Society of America
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Academy of Science of South Africa
27 citations, 0.06%
24 citations, 0.05%
Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board
24 citations, 0.05%
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
24 citations, 0.05%
Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.
23 citations, 0.05%
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
22 citations, 0.05%
Ecological Society of China
21 citations, 0.04%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
20 citations, 0.04%
The Japan Society of Tropical Ecology
20 citations, 0.04%
Asian Network for Scientific Information
19 citations, 0.04%
IGI Global
19 citations, 0.04%
F1000 Research
19 citations, 0.04%
King Saud University
18 citations, 0.04%
Herpetologists League
18 citations, 0.04%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
18 citations, 0.04%
KMK Scientific Press
17 citations, 0.03%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
16 citations, 0.03%
American Geophysical Union
16 citations, 0.03%
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
16 citations, 0.03%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
16 citations, 0.03%
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
16 citations, 0.03%
Emerald
15 citations, 0.03%
15 citations, 0.03%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
15 citations, 0.03%
American Meteorological Society
14 citations, 0.03%
Wilson Ornithological Society
14 citations, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
14 citations, 0.03%
PAGEPress Publications
14 citations, 0.03%
Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem (SPVS)
14 citations, 0.03%
Duke University Press
13 citations, 0.03%
Geological Society of London
13 citations, 0.03%
Center for Western Studies
12 citations, 0.02%
Chelonian Research Foundation
12 citations, 0.02%
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
12 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Parasitology
12 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Microbiology
11 citations, 0.02%
Soil Science Society of America
11 citations, 0.02%