Western North American Naturalist

Brigham Young University
ISSN: 15270904, 19448341

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q4
Impact factor
0.5
SJR
0.261
CiteScore
1.0
Categories
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science
Years of issue
2000-2025
journal names
Western North American Naturalist
WEST N AM NATURALIST
Publications
1 256
Citations
6 708
h-index
27
Publications
325
Citations
3 361
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Utah State University
Utah State University (68 publications)
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (58 publications)
Agricultural Research Service
Agricultural Research Service (44 publications)
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (12 publications)
Utah State University
Utah State University (11 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (279 publications)
Mexico (16 publications)
Canada (11 publications)
USA (85 publications)
Canada (2 publications)
Mexico (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Western North American Naturalist
433 citations, 6.45%
Rangeland Ecology and Management
218 citations, 3.25%
Ecology and Evolution
175 citations, 2.61%
Journal of Mammalogy
175 citations, 2.61%
Ecosphere
168 citations, 2.5%
Journal of Wildlife Management
138 citations, 2.06%
PLoS ONE
125 citations, 1.86%
Forest Ecology and Management
95 citations, 1.42%
Journal of Arid Environments
68 citations, 1.01%
Biological Invasions
67 citations, 1%
Biological Conservation
67 citations, 1%
North American Journal of Fisheries Management
67 citations, 1%
Ecological Applications
65 citations, 0.97%
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
56 citations, 0.83%
Global Ecology and Conservation
52 citations, 0.78%
Southwestern Naturalist
51 citations, 0.76%
Wildlife Biology
51 citations, 0.76%
Wildlife Society Bulletin
49 citations, 0.73%
Restoration Ecology
46 citations, 0.69%
Hydrobiologia
44 citations, 0.66%
PeerJ
42 citations, 0.63%
Science of the Total Environment
41 citations, 0.61%
Biological Reviews
41 citations, 0.61%
Landscape Ecology
40 citations, 0.6%
Diversity
39 citations, 0.58%
Scientific Reports
39 citations, 0.58%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
38 citations, 0.57%
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
38 citations, 0.57%
Environmental Management
36 citations, 0.54%
American Midland Naturalist
35 citations, 0.52%
Ecological Indicators
35 citations, 0.52%
Canadian Journal of Zoology
35 citations, 0.52%
Forests
33 citations, 0.49%
Invasive Plant Science and Management
33 citations, 0.49%
Global Change Biology
32 citations, 0.48%
Freshwater Biology
32 citations, 0.48%
Diversity and Distributions
31 citations, 0.46%
Ecohydrology
31 citations, 0.46%
Molecular Ecology
31 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
30 citations, 0.45%
Freshwater Science
28 citations, 0.42%
Journal of Raptor Research
27 citations, 0.4%
Zootaxa
27 citations, 0.4%
Animals
26 citations, 0.39%
River Research and Applications
26 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Applied Ecology
25 citations, 0.37%
Ecology
25 citations, 0.37%
Ornithological Applications
25 citations, 0.37%
Wildlife Research
25 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Wildland Fire
25 citations, 0.37%
Plant Ecology
23 citations, 0.34%
Southeastern Naturalist
23 citations, 0.34%
Oecologia
22 citations, 0.33%
Conservation Genetics
22 citations, 0.33%
American Journal of Botany
22 citations, 0.33%
ZooKeys
22 citations, 0.33%
Integrative Zoology
22 citations, 0.33%
Urban Ecosystems
21 citations, 0.31%
Environmental Entomology
21 citations, 0.31%
Environmental Biology of Fishes
21 citations, 0.31%
Rangelands
21 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Ecology
21 citations, 0.31%
Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist
21 citations, 0.31%
Natural Areas Journal
20 citations, 0.3%
Wilson Journal of Ornithology
20 citations, 0.3%
Wetlands
20 citations, 0.3%
Mammalia
20 citations, 0.3%
Sustainability
20 citations, 0.3%
Mammal Research
19 citations, 0.28%
Plants
18 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Environmental Management
18 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Animal Ecology
18 citations, 0.27%
Northwestern Naturalist
18 citations, 0.27%
Water (Switzerland)
17 citations, 0.25%
Ecological Modelling
16 citations, 0.24%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
16 citations, 0.24%
Northeastern Naturalist
16 citations, 0.24%
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
16 citations, 0.24%
Conservation Science and Practice
16 citations, 0.24%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
15 citations, 0.22%
Food Webs
15 citations, 0.22%
Biodiversity and Conservation
15 citations, 0.22%
Fire Ecology
15 citations, 0.22%
BioScience
15 citations, 0.22%
Ecosystems
15 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Biogeography
15 citations, 0.22%
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
14 citations, 0.21%
Land
14 citations, 0.21%
Animal Conservation
14 citations, 0.21%
Herpetologica
14 citations, 0.21%
Ecology of Freshwater Fish
14 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Zoology
14 citations, 0.21%
Population Ecology
13 citations, 0.19%
Global Ecology and Biogeography
13 citations, 0.19%
Holocene
13 citations, 0.19%
Mammalian Biology
13 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Field Ornithology
13 citations, 0.19%
Journal for Nature Conservation
13 citations, 0.19%
Functional Ecology
13 citations, 0.19%
Conservation Biology
12 citations, 0.18%
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Citing publishers

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Wiley
1658 citations, 24.72%
Elsevier
1078 citations, 16.07%
Springer Nature
821 citations, 12.24%
Oxford University Press
343 citations, 5.11%
Brigham Young University
286 citations, 4.26%
MDPI
260 citations, 3.88%
Western North American Naturalist
170 citations, 2.53%
Taylor & Francis
152 citations, 2.27%
Cambridge University Press
139 citations, 2.07%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
127 citations, 1.89%
Frontiers Media S.A.
80 citations, 1.19%
CSIRO Publishing
70 citations, 1.04%
Pensoft Publishers
62 citations, 0.92%
Canadian Science Publishing
56 citations, 0.83%
Southwestern Association of Naturalists
51 citations, 0.76%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
51 citations, 0.76%
University of Chicago Press
45 citations, 0.67%
Nordic Council for Wildlife Research
44 citations, 0.66%
PeerJ
42 citations, 0.63%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
39 citations, 0.58%
Magnolia Press
38 citations, 0.57%
The Royal Society
35 citations, 0.52%
University of Notre Dame
35 citations, 0.52%
University of Colorado
35 citations, 0.52%
Entomological Society of America
28 citations, 0.42%
Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.
27 citations, 0.4%
Walter de Gruyter
23 citations, 0.34%
SAGE
23 citations, 0.34%
Wilson Ornithological Society
20 citations, 0.3%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
20 citations, 0.3%
IOP Publishing
17 citations, 0.25%
JSTOR
17 citations, 0.25%
Herpetologists League
15 citations, 0.22%
Natural Areas Journal
14 citations, 0.21%
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
12 citations, 0.18%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
11 citations, 0.16%
Torrey Botanical Society
11 citations, 0.16%
Inter-Research Science Center
11 citations, 0.16%
Washington State University Press
10 citations, 0.15%
10 citations, 0.15%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
10 citations, 0.15%
California Botanical Society
10 citations, 0.15%
Brill
9 citations, 0.13%
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
9 citations, 0.13%
Waterbird Society
9 citations, 0.13%
American Bryological & Lichenological Society
9 citations, 0.13%
Wildlife Disease Association
9 citations, 0.13%
Pleiades Publishing
8 citations, 0.12%
Hindawi Limited
8 citations, 0.12%
Kansas Academy of Science
8 citations, 0.12%
EDP Sciences
7 citations, 0.1%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
7 citations, 0.1%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
7 citations, 0.1%
American Entomological Society
7 citations, 0.1%
Entomological Society of Washington
7 citations, 0.1%
Copernicus
7 citations, 0.1%
Mary Ann Liebert
6 citations, 0.09%
6 citations, 0.09%
American Geophysical Union
6 citations, 0.09%
Annual Reviews
6 citations, 0.09%
Academia Sinica
5 citations, 0.07%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
5 citations, 0.07%
The Company of Biologists
5 citations, 0.07%
Chelonian Research Foundation
5 citations, 0.07%
Northeast Forestry University
5 citations, 0.07%
Zoological Society of Japan
5 citations, 0.07%
National Research Council Canada
5 citations, 0.07%
California Fish and Wildlife Journal, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
5 citations, 0.07%
Research Square Platform LLC
5 citations, 0.07%
Chelonian Conservation and Biology Journal
5 citations, 0.07%
Southern California Academy of Sciences
5 citations, 0.07%
Pacific Coast Entomological Society
4 citations, 0.06%
Geological Society of America
4 citations, 0.06%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
4 citations, 0.06%
American Arachnological Society
4 citations, 0.06%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
4 citations, 0.06%
SciELO
4 citations, 0.06%
Helminthological Society
4 citations, 0.06%
American Society for Microbiology
3 citations, 0.04%
King Saud University
3 citations, 0.04%
American Society for Horticultural Science
3 citations, 0.04%
Soil Science Society of America
3 citations, 0.04%
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
3 citations, 0.04%
Surey Beatty & Sons
3 citations, 0.04%
BirdLife International
3 citations, 0.04%
Czech Phycological Society
3 citations, 0.04%
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
3 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3 citations, 0.04%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.04%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
3 citations, 0.04%
Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.
3 citations, 0.04%
Herzogia
3 citations, 0.04%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
2 citations, 0.03%
Liverpool University Press
2 citations, 0.03%
Duke University Press
2 citations, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.03%
2 citations, 0.03%
The Coleopterists Society
2 citations, 0.03%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2 citations, 0.03%
International Association for Bear Research and Management, University of Tennessee
2 citations, 0.03%
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Publishing organizations

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Utah State University
68 publications, 5.41%
Brigham Young University
58 publications, 4.62%
Agricultural Research Service
44 publications, 3.5%
Colorado State University
43 publications, 3.42%
University of New Mexico
38 publications, 3.03%
Northern Arizona University
35 publications, 2.79%
Oregon State University
28 publications, 2.23%
University of Nebraska at Kearney
27 publications, 2.15%
United States Geological Survey
27 publications, 2.15%
Texas A&M University
26 publications, 2.07%
University of Nevada, Reno
26 publications, 2.07%
University of Wyoming
26 publications, 2.07%
University of Idaho
22 publications, 1.75%
Texas Tech University
21 publications, 1.67%
University of Arizona
20 publications, 1.59%
University of California, Davis
18 publications, 1.43%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
18 publications, 1.43%
Washington State University
15 publications, 1.19%
New Mexico State University
15 publications, 1.19%
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
13 publications, 1.04%
University of Colorado Boulder
12 publications, 0.96%
Montana State University
12 publications, 0.96%
Universidad de Guadalajara
12 publications, 0.96%
University of Utah
11 publications, 0.88%
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste
11 publications, 0.88%
Idaho State University
11 publications, 0.88%
University of Montana
11 publications, 0.88%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
10 publications, 0.8%
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
10 publications, 0.8%
Arizona State University
9 publications, 0.72%
Colorado State University Pueblo
9 publications, 0.72%
University of Washington
9 publications, 0.72%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
9 publications, 0.72%
California State University, Stanislaus
9 publications, 0.72%
University of California, Santa Barbara
8 publications, 0.64%
University of California, Riverside
8 publications, 0.64%
Kansas State University
8 publications, 0.64%
Boise State University
8 publications, 0.64%
Utah Valley University
8 publications, 0.64%
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
8 publications, 0.64%
University of Missouri
8 publications, 0.64%
South Dakota State University
8 publications, 0.64%
University of California, Berkeley
7 publications, 0.56%
Brigham Young University - Idaho
7 publications, 0.56%
University of Nebraska at Omaha
7 publications, 0.56%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
6 publications, 0.48%
University of Saskatchewan
6 publications, 0.48%
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco
6 publications, 0.48%
California State University, Channel Islands
6 publications, 0.48%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
5 publications, 0.4%
San Diego State University
5 publications, 0.4%
University of Alberta
5 publications, 0.4%
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
5 publications, 0.4%
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
5 publications, 0.4%
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
5 publications, 0.4%
Oklahoma State University
5 publications, 0.4%
Smithsonian Institution
5 publications, 0.4%
California State University, Bakersfield
5 publications, 0.4%
California State University, Chico
5 publications, 0.4%
Iowa State University
4 publications, 0.32%
University of California, San Diego
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Minnesota Duluth
4 publications, 0.32%
Metropolitan State University of Denver
4 publications, 0.32%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4 publications, 0.32%
Texas A&M University – Kingsville
4 publications, 0.32%
Weber State University
4 publications, 0.32%
San Jose State University
4 publications, 0.32%
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
4 publications, 0.32%
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
4 publications, 0.32%
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Alaska Fairbanks
4 publications, 0.32%
Yale University
3 publications, 0.24%
North Dakota State University
3 publications, 0.24%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 0.24%
Auburn University
3 publications, 0.24%
Clemson University
3 publications, 0.24%
San Francisco State University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of California, Santa Cruz
3 publications, 0.24%
Lehigh University
3 publications, 0.24%
Mississippi State University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Texas at Arlington
3 publications, 0.24%
Texas State University
3 publications, 0.24%
Portland State University
3 publications, 0.24%
Colegio de Postgraduados
3 publications, 0.24%
University of South Dakota
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Oregon
3 publications, 0.24%
Pittsburg State University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Alaska Anchorage
3 publications, 0.24%
Emporia State University
3 publications, 0.24%
Fort Hays State University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Maine
3 publications, 0.24%
Ataturk University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.16%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.16%
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
2 publications, 0.16%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.16%
Eastern Washington University
2 publications, 0.16%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.16%
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Brigham Young University
12 publications, 3.69%
Utah State University
11 publications, 3.38%
University of Nebraska at Kearney
10 publications, 3.08%
Universidad de Guadalajara
9 publications, 2.77%
Colorado State University
7 publications, 2.15%
Texas A&M University
7 publications, 2.15%
University of New Mexico
7 publications, 2.15%
Agricultural Research Service
7 publications, 2.15%
Texas Tech University
6 publications, 1.85%
Brigham Young University - Idaho
6 publications, 1.85%
Colorado State University Pueblo
5 publications, 1.54%
Oregon State University
5 publications, 1.54%
University of Washington
5 publications, 1.54%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
5 publications, 1.54%
University of Wyoming
5 publications, 1.54%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
4 publications, 1.23%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
4 publications, 1.23%
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
4 publications, 1.23%
Northern Arizona University
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Minnesota Duluth
3 publications, 0.92%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Colorado Boulder
3 publications, 0.92%
Utah Valley University
3 publications, 0.92%
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
3 publications, 0.92%
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
3 publications, 0.92%
Pittsburg State University
3 publications, 0.92%
University of Montana
3 publications, 0.92%
California State University, Bakersfield
3 publications, 0.92%
California State University, Stanislaus
3 publications, 0.92%
San Francisco State University
2 publications, 0.62%
San Diego State University
2 publications, 0.62%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 0.62%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 0.62%
Kansas State University
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Saskatchewan
2 publications, 0.62%
Boise State University
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Nebraska at Omaha
2 publications, 0.62%
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
2 publications, 0.62%
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
2 publications, 0.62%
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
2 publications, 0.62%
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco
2 publications, 0.62%
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste
2 publications, 0.62%
New Mexico State University
2 publications, 0.62%
University of Nevada, Reno
2 publications, 0.62%
Montana State University
2 publications, 0.62%
Idaho State University
2 publications, 0.62%
Christopher Newport University
2 publications, 0.62%
Ankara University
1 publication, 0.31%
Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.31%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.31%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.31%
Northwest University
1 publication, 0.31%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.31%
Central Washington University
1 publication, 0.31%
Eastern Washington University
1 publication, 0.31%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.31%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.31%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.31%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.31%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.31%
Loyola University Chicago
1 publication, 0.31%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.31%
Jiangxi Agricultural University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.31%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.31%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1 publication, 0.31%
Pacific Lutheran University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Salamanca
1 publication, 0.31%
Western Carolina University
1 publication, 0.31%
Universidade Estadual Paulista
1 publication, 0.31%
Lehigh University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Manitoba
1 publication, 0.31%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.31%
Mississippi State University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1 publication, 0.31%
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 publication, 0.31%
Texas A&M University – Kingsville
1 publication, 0.31%
Southern Utah University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Tennessee
1 publication, 0.31%
San Jose State University
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Plymouth
1 publication, 0.31%
University of Lethbridge
1 publication, 0.31%
United States Geological Survey
1 publication, 0.31%
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
1 publication, 0.31%
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
1 publication, 0.31%
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
1 publication, 0.31%
Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
1 publication, 0.31%
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
1 publication, 0.31%
Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
1 publication, 0.31%
Universidad Autónoma de Campeche
1 publication, 0.31%
Colegio de Postgraduados
1 publication, 0.31%
Eastern New Mexico University
1 publication, 0.31%
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USA, 279, 22.21%
USA
279 publications, 22.21%
Mexico, 16, 1.27%
Mexico
16 publications, 1.27%
Canada, 11, 0.88%
Canada
11 publications, 0.88%
Italy, 5, 0.4%
Italy
5 publications, 0.4%
China, 3, 0.24%
China
3 publications, 0.24%
United Kingdom, 2, 0.16%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 0.16%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.08%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.08%
Australia, 1, 0.08%
Australia
1 publication, 0.08%
Greece, 1, 0.08%
Greece
1 publication, 0.08%
Georgia, 1, 0.08%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.08%
New Zealand, 1, 0.08%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.08%
Chile, 1, 0.08%
Chile
1 publication, 0.08%
Switzerland, 1, 0.08%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.08%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 85, 26.15%
USA
85 publications, 26.15%
Canada, 2, 0.62%
Canada
2 publications, 0.62%
Mexico, 2, 0.62%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.62%
China, 1, 0.31%
China
1 publication, 0.31%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.31%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.31%
Georgia, 1, 0.31%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.31%
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