African Journal of Wildlife Research
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

African Journal of Wildlife Research
Overview

Impact Factor

0.794

H Index

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Impact Factor

1.132

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

South Africa
Journal ISSN: 24107220, 24108200
Publisher: Southern African Wildlife Management Association
History: 2015-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The African Journal of Wildlife Research is an ISI ranked, leading peer reviewed scientific publication in wildlife research in Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, with a broad base covering scientific, applied, managerial, methodological and sociological issues related to wildlife research. The journal publishes original full-length scientific papers, short communications, book reviews as well as reviews on science-based research invited by the editor-in-chief. This research journal and has been published annually since 1971. Until 2014 (Volume 44) the journal was known as the South African Journal of Wildlife Research and from 2015 (volume 45) the name changed to African Journal of Wildlife Research. The journal reaches a wide readership, including both local and foreign wildlife managers, academics and wildlife owners, and libraries local and abroad. It is an important reference for anyone interested in the management and sustainable utilisation of natural resources.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



African Journal of Wildlife Research
SCR Impact Factor

African Journal of Wildlife Research
SCR Journal Ranking

African Journal of Wildlife Research
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

0.398

African Journal of Wildlife Research
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Wildlife Research
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Wildlife Research
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Wildlife Research
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    0.833 0.969 0.82
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    1.094 1.14 1.239
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    1.132 1.273 1.261
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.771 0.755 0.984
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.774 0.93 1.24
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.885 1.034 1.05
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.636 0.758 0.952
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.759 0.833 0.88
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    1.875 1.667 1.453
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.947 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.739 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.353 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    1.061 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.9 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.688 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.592 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.863 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.595 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.351 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.293 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.49 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.234 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.45 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.205 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

African Journal of Wildlife Research
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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African Journal of Wildlife Research
H-Index History