Australian Journal of Zoology

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ISSN: 0004959X, 14465698

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1
SJR
0.474
CiteScore
2.4
Categories
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Years of issue
1952-1966, 1968-2025
journal names
Australian Journal of Zoology
AUST J ZOOL
Publications
3 098
Citations
52 024
h-index
70
Publications
107
Citations
10 436
Top-3 citing journals
Austral Ecology
Austral Ecology (977 citations)
Journal of Zoology
Journal of Zoology (975 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
Australia (737 publications)
USA (71 publications)
New Zealand (33 publications)
Australia (27 publications)
Canada (1 publication)
United Kingdom (1 publication)

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Citing journals

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Australian Journal of Zoology
1485 citations, 2.85%
Austral Ecology
977 citations, 1.88%
Journal of Zoology
975 citations, 1.87%
Australian Journal of Entomology
897 citations, 1.72%
Australian Mammalogy
857 citations, 1.65%
PLoS ONE
764 citations, 1.47%
Wildlife Research
641 citations, 1.23%
Oecologia
509 citations, 0.98%
Animal Behaviour
471 citations, 0.91%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
468 citations, 0.9%
Journal of Mammalogy
458 citations, 0.88%
Journal of Experimental Biology
457 citations, 0.88%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
452 citations, 0.87%
Zootaxa
441 citations, 0.85%
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
430 citations, 0.83%
Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology
419 citations, 0.81%
Biological Reviews
398 citations, 0.77%
Biological Conservation
359 citations, 0.69%
International Journal for Parasitology
357 citations, 0.69%
Ecology and Evolution
346 citations, 0.67%
Emu
346 citations, 0.67%
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
337 citations, 0.65%
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology
331 citations, 0.64%
General and Comparative Endocrinology
328 citations, 0.63%
Molecular Ecology
320 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Morphology
319 citations, 0.61%
Scientific Reports
318 citations, 0.61%
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
291 citations, 0.56%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
284 citations, 0.55%
Bulletin of Entomological Research
268 citations, 0.52%
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
266 citations, 0.51%
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
243 citations, 0.47%
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
234 citations, 0.45%
Australian Veterinary Journal
226 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Thermal Biology
217 citations, 0.42%
Systematic Parasitology
217 citations, 0.42%
Canadian Journal of Zoology
215 citations, 0.41%
PeerJ
214 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Natural History
214 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Insect Physiology
214 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Biogeography
198 citations, 0.38%
ZooKeys
197 citations, 0.38%
Forest Ecology and Management
193 citations, 0.37%
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology
193 citations, 0.37%
Ecological Entomology
186 citations, 0.36%
Veterinary Parasitology
185 citations, 0.36%
Australian Zoologist
183 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Animal Ecology
171 citations, 0.33%
Austral Entomology
166 citations, 0.32%
Behavioral Ecology
166 citations, 0.32%
Parasitology Research
165 citations, 0.32%
Ecology
163 citations, 0.31%
Ethology
163 citations, 0.31%
Marine Mammal Science
162 citations, 0.31%
Anatomical Record
160 citations, 0.31%
Invertebrate Systematics
155 citations, 0.3%
American Naturalist
153 citations, 0.29%
Parasitology
150 citations, 0.29%
Heredity
150 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Anatomy
144 citations, 0.28%
Hydrobiologia
142 citations, 0.27%
Marine and Freshwater Research
142 citations, 0.27%
Mammalian Species
141 citations, 0.27%
Nature
141 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Mammalian Evolution
141 citations, 0.27%
Pacific Conservation Biology
134 citations, 0.26%
Mammal Review
134 citations, 0.26%
Systematic Entomology
131 citations, 0.25%
Animals
131 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
130 citations, 0.25%
Insects
128 citations, 0.25%
Functional Ecology
125 citations, 0.24%
Reproduction, Fertility and Development
122 citations, 0.23%
Zoologica Scripta
122 citations, 0.23%
Population Ecology
121 citations, 0.23%
Marine Biology
120 citations, 0.23%
Chromosoma
119 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Parasitology
118 citations, 0.23%
Oikos
117 citations, 0.22%
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
116 citations, 0.22%
Physiological Entomology
115 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
114 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Medical Entomology
113 citations, 0.22%
Science
112 citations, 0.22%
Genetica
112 citations, 0.22%
Acta Zoologica
110 citations, 0.21%
Biodiversity and Conservation
109 citations, 0.21%
Royal Society Open Science
108 citations, 0.21%
Australian Forestry
108 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Applied Entomology
107 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
106 citations, 0.2%
Environmental Entomology
106 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Arid Environments
105 citations, 0.2%
Animal Conservation
105 citations, 0.2%
Conservation Genetics
102 citations, 0.2%
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
102 citations, 0.2%
Ecography
101 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Chemical Ecology
101 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Herpetology
101 citations, 0.19%
Cladistics
100 citations, 0.19%
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Citing publishers

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Wiley
12169 citations, 23.39%
Elsevier
8526 citations, 16.39%
Springer Nature
7199 citations, 13.84%
CSIRO Publishing
3961 citations, 7.61%
Oxford University Press
2540 citations, 4.88%
Taylor & Francis
2251 citations, 4.33%
Cambridge University Press
1390 citations, 2.67%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
811 citations, 1.56%
MDPI
719 citations, 1.38%
The Royal Society
627 citations, 1.21%
University of Chicago Press
597 citations, 1.15%
Magnolia Press
509 citations, 0.98%
The Company of Biologists
504 citations, 0.97%
Pensoft Publishers
372 citations, 0.72%
Frontiers Media S.A.
343 citations, 0.66%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
284 citations, 0.55%
Canadian Science Publishing
268 citations, 0.52%
PeerJ
222 citations, 0.43%
Entomological Society of America
191 citations, 0.37%
Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
188 citations, 0.36%
Inter-Research Science Center
185 citations, 0.36%
Annual Reviews
170 citations, 0.33%
SciELO
151 citations, 0.29%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
144 citations, 0.28%
Brill
141 citations, 0.27%
Pleiades Publishing
109 citations, 0.21%
Surey Beatty & Sons
107 citations, 0.21%
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
105 citations, 0.2%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
102 citations, 0.2%
SAGE
101 citations, 0.19%
S. Karger AG
85 citations, 0.16%
American Arachnological Society
81 citations, 0.16%
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
65 citations, 0.12%
American Society of Parasitologists
62 citations, 0.12%
American Society of Parasitology
57 citations, 0.11%
Hindawi Limited
51 citations, 0.1%
49 citations, 0.09%
Herpetologists League
49 citations, 0.09%
Biology Centre, AS CR
48 citations, 0.09%
American Physiological Society
47 citations, 0.09%
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
47 citations, 0.09%
IOP Publishing
46 citations, 0.09%
Helminthological Society
46 citations, 0.09%
Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology
45 citations, 0.09%
American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)
45 citations, 0.09%
44 citations, 0.08%
Zoological Society of Japan
44 citations, 0.08%
Society for the Study of Reproduction
42 citations, 0.08%
Orthopterist's Society
41 citations, 0.08%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
41 citations, 0.08%
39 citations, 0.07%
Bioscientifica
39 citations, 0.07%
37 citations, 0.07%
Florida Entomologist Society
36 citations, 0.07%
American Ornithologists' Union
36 citations, 0.07%
EDP Sciences
32 citations, 0.06%
Walter de Gruyter
31 citations, 0.06%
American Society for Microbiology
31 citations, 0.06%
Nordic Council for Wildlife Research
31 citations, 0.06%
28 citations, 0.05%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
28 citations, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
27 citations, 0.05%
Mary Ann Liebert
24 citations, 0.05%
Brazilian Herpetological Society
24 citations, 0.05%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
23 citations, 0.04%
Academy of Science of South Africa
23 citations, 0.04%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
22 citations, 0.04%
Chelonian Research Foundation
22 citations, 0.04%
Association of Avian Veterinarians
22 citations, 0.04%
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR)e
22 citations, 0.04%
Chelonian Conservation and Biology Journal
22 citations, 0.04%
World Scientific
21 citations, 0.04%
21 citations, 0.04%
Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande
21 citations, 0.04%
Colegio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal
21 citations, 0.04%
eLife Sciences Publications
21 citations, 0.04%
Research Square Platform LLC
21 citations, 0.04%
American Physical Society (APS)
20 citations, 0.04%
University of Hawaii Press
19 citations, 0.04%
Wilson Ornithological Society
19 citations, 0.04%
Wildlife Disease Association
18 citations, 0.03%
The Coleopterists Society
17 citations, 0.03%
Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria
17 citations, 0.03%
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
17 citations, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
16 citations, 0.03%
King Saud University
15 citations, 0.03%
Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia
15 citations, 0.03%
Entomological Society of Washington
15 citations, 0.03%
15 citations, 0.03%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
15 citations, 0.03%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
14 citations, 0.03%
Asian Network for Scientific Information
13 citations, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
13 citations, 0.02%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
13 citations, 0.02%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
13 citations, 0.02%
Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
13 citations, 0.02%
Mammal Research Institute
13 citations, 0.02%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
12 citations, 0.02%
Association Paleontologica Argentina
12 citations, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
12 citations, 0.02%
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
75 publications, 2.42%
University of Adelaide
69 publications, 2.23%
University of Queensland
65 publications, 2.1%
Australian National University
63 publications, 2.03%
University of Melbourne
62 publications, 2%
University of Sydney
53 publications, 1.71%
University of Western Australia
49 publications, 1.58%
Murdoch University
43 publications, 1.39%
University of New South Wales
42 publications, 1.36%
University of Tasmania
40 publications, 1.29%
James Cook University
39 publications, 1.26%
Macquarie University
38 publications, 1.23%
Flinders University
34 publications, 1.1%
Western Sydney University
29 publications, 0.94%
La Trobe University
28 publications, 0.9%
Griffith University
27 publications, 0.87%
Deakin University
25 publications, 0.81%
Charles Darwin University
24 publications, 0.77%
Southern Cross University
23 publications, 0.74%
Monash University
19 publications, 0.61%
University of New England
19 publications, 0.61%
Central Queensland University
15 publications, 0.48%
University of Canberra
15 publications, 0.48%
University of Wollongong
14 publications, 0.45%
Charles Sturt University
14 publications, 0.45%
Massey University
12 publications, 0.39%
University of Otago
9 publications, 0.29%
University of South Australia
9 publications, 0.29%
University of the Sunshine Coast
9 publications, 0.29%
Queensland Museum
9 publications, 0.29%
University of Canterbury
7 publications, 0.23%
Curtin University
7 publications, 0.23%
Edith Cowan University
7 publications, 0.23%
Queensland University of Technology
6 publications, 0.19%
University of Newcastle Australia
6 publications, 0.19%
Arizona State University
5 publications, 0.16%
University of Auckland
4 publications, 0.13%
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
4 publications, 0.13%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Liège
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Birmingham
3 publications, 0.1%
Victoria University of Wellington
3 publications, 0.1%
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
3 publications, 0.1%
Australian Defence Force Academy
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Southern Queensland
3 publications, 0.1%
University of California, Davis
3 publications, 0.1%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 0.1%
Hamburg University
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Reading
3 publications, 0.1%
Smithsonian Institution
3 publications, 0.1%
Isfahan University of Technology
2 publications, 0.06%
Shiraz University
2 publications, 0.06%
Tel Aviv University
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Science, Malaysia
2 publications, 0.06%
Lund University
2 publications, 0.06%
Stockholm University
2 publications, 0.06%
University Malaysia, Terengganu
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Technology Sydney
2 publications, 0.06%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.06%
Anhui Normal University
2 publications, 0.06%
Australian Institute of Marine Science
2 publications, 0.06%
Bond University
2 publications, 0.06%
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Pretoria
2 publications, 0.06%
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
2 publications, 0.06%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.06%
Utrecht University
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Sheffield
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 0.06%
University of New Mexico
2 publications, 0.06%
Saint Louis University
2 publications, 0.06%
Université de Montréal
2 publications, 0.06%
University of the South Pacific
2 publications, 0.06%
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.03%
Saint Petersburg State University
1 publication, 0.03%
Koc University
1 publication, 0.03%
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
1 publication, 0.03%
Banaras Hindu University
1 publication, 0.03%
Van Yüzüncü Yıl University
1 publication, 0.03%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.03%
National University of Malaysia
1 publication, 0.03%
Uppsala University
1 publication, 0.03%
Heidelberg University
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.03%
Hainan Tropical Ocean University
1 publication, 0.03%
Ocean University of China
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.03%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.03%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 0.03%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.03%
Ã…bo Akademi University
1 publication, 0.03%
Aarhus University
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.03%
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.03%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.03%
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La Trobe University
3 publications, 2.8%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 1.87%
University of Western Australia
2 publications, 1.87%
University of Adelaide
2 publications, 1.87%
Griffith University
2 publications, 1.87%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 1.87%
University of Tasmania
2 publications, 1.87%
Flinders University
2 publications, 1.87%
Murdoch University
2 publications, 1.87%
Charles Sturt University
2 publications, 1.87%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.93%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.93%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.93%
Deakin University
1 publication, 0.93%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Wollongong
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Newcastle Australia
1 publication, 0.93%
University of the Sunshine Coast
1 publication, 0.93%
University of New England
1 publication, 0.93%
Queensland Museum
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Prince Edward Island
1 publication, 0.93%
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Australia, 737, 23.79%
Australia
737 publications, 23.79%
USA, 71, 2.29%
USA
71 publications, 2.29%
New Zealand, 33, 1.07%
New Zealand
33 publications, 1.07%
United Kingdom, 28, 0.9%
United Kingdom
28 publications, 0.9%
Germany, 16, 0.52%
Germany
16 publications, 0.52%
Canada, 14, 0.45%
Canada
14 publications, 0.45%
France, 8, 0.26%
France
8 publications, 0.26%
China, 8, 0.26%
China
8 publications, 0.26%
Sweden, 6, 0.19%
Sweden
6 publications, 0.19%
Israel, 5, 0.16%
Israel
5 publications, 0.16%
Iran, 5, 0.16%
Iran
5 publications, 0.16%
Malaysia, 5, 0.16%
Malaysia
5 publications, 0.16%
Argentina, 4, 0.13%
Argentina
4 publications, 0.13%
Netherlands, 4, 0.13%
Netherlands
4 publications, 0.13%
South Africa, 4, 0.13%
South Africa
4 publications, 0.13%
Belgium, 3, 0.1%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.1%
Indonesia, 3, 0.1%
Indonesia
3 publications, 0.1%
Spain, 3, 0.1%
Spain
3 publications, 0.1%
Switzerland, 3, 0.1%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.1%
Japan, 3, 0.1%
Japan
3 publications, 0.1%
Russia, 2, 0.06%
Russia
2 publications, 0.06%
Brazil, 2, 0.06%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.06%
Mexico, 2, 0.06%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.06%
Norway, 2, 0.06%
Norway
2 publications, 0.06%
Turkey, 2, 0.06%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.06%
Fiji, 2, 0.06%
Fiji
2 publications, 0.06%
Finland, 2, 0.06%
Finland
2 publications, 0.06%
Estonia, 1, 0.03%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.03%
Denmark, 1, 0.03%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.03%
Egypt, 1, 0.03%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.03%
India, 1, 0.03%
India
1 publication, 0.03%
Italy, 1, 0.03%
Italy
1 publication, 0.03%
New Caledonia, 1, 0.03%
New Caledonia
1 publication, 0.03%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.03%
Papua New Guinea
1 publication, 0.03%
Singapore, 1, 0.03%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.03%
Uruguay, 1, 0.03%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.03%
Chile, 1, 0.03%
Chile
1 publication, 0.03%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.03%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.03%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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Australia, 27, 25.23%
Australia
27 publications, 25.23%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.93%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.93%
Canada, 1, 0.93%
Canada
1 publication, 0.93%
Sweden, 1, 0.93%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.93%
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