Archives of Natural History

Aims & Scope

Archives of Natural History (formerly the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History) publishes peer-reviewed papers on the history and bibliography of natural history in its broadest sense, and in all periods and all cultures.

This is taken to include botany, general biology, geology, palaeontology and zoology, the lives of naturalists, their publications, correspondence and collections, and the institutions and societies to which they belong.

Bibliographical papers concerned with the study of rare books, manuscripts and illustrative material, and analytical and enumerative bibliographies are also published.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22381

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	23

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.181

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Natural history as stamp collecting: a brief history

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Kristin

• Georges Cuvier's paper museum of fossil bones

  Citation: 28

  Authors: MARTIN

• On parallel lines: natural history and biology from the late Victorian period

  Citation: 25

  Authors: D.E.

• On the external appearance of the dodo,<i>Raphus cucullatus</i>(L, 1758)

  Citation: 24

  Authors: ANDREW C.

• How to “grow” a natural history museum: the building of colonial collections, 1850–1900

  Citation: 23

  Authors: SUSAN SHEETS

• Bibliography in the British Museum (Natural History)

  Citation: 20

  Authors: William T.

• William Benson and the early study of land snails in British India and Ceylon

  Citation: 20

  Authors: FRED

• <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz (1837–1920)</i>, bibliography of the volumes in Göttingen

  Citation: 20

  Authors: F.W.

• Linnaeus's <i>Ordines naturales</i>

  Citation: 18

  Authors: A. J.

• The development of ornithology in Mexico and the importance of access to scientific information

  Citation: 16

  Authors: A. Townsend, Adolfo G., Alejandro

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