Biodiversity and Conservation

Aims & Scope

Biodiversity and Conservation is an international journal devoted to the publication of articles on all aspects of biological diversity - its description, analysis and conservation, and its controlled rational use by humankind.

The scope of Biodiversity and Conservation is wide and multidisciplinary, and embraces all life-forms.

Original research and review papers, as well as Editorials, Comments and Letters to the Editor, on biodiversity and conservation, and contributions which deal with the practicalities of conservation management, economic, social and political issues and with case studies are welcome.

The journal provides a forum for examining the conflict between sustainable development and human dependence on biodiversity, in such fields as agriculture, environmental management and biotechnology.

The Editors encourage contributors from developing countries in order to realize proper global perspectives on matters of biodiversity and conservation.

However, this is not a taxonomic journal and does not publish new scientific names of species or other ranks except in exceptional circumstances.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	3.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.907

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5629

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2115

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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 and Environmental Science, 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.

• Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity?

  Citation: 956

  Authors: Eckehard G., Hervé, John A., Christopher P., Jeffrey

• Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services

  Citation: 834

  Authors: Eckehard G., Luc, Bastien, David I., Barry, José Ramón, Phil O’B., Nicolas, Anne, Hisatomo, Ian D., Fons, Hervé

• Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

  Citation: 802

  Authors: Francesco, Sandra, Sandra, Richard, Johannes H. C., Richard D., Matty P., Pablo, Christian K., Daniel, Pedro, Simon G., Leonard, Jose Paulo, Jonathan, David A., Paula A.

• Regression and model-building in conservation biology, biogeography and ecology: The distinction between – and reconciliation of – ‘predictive’ and ‘explanatory’ models

  Citation: 786

  Authors: Ralph

• Predictors of Species Sensitivity to Fragmentation

  Citation: 774

  Authors: Klaus, Kendi F., Michael, Chris, Josef

• Ant biodiversity and its relationship to ecosystem functioning: a review

  Citation: 744

  Authors: Patricia J.

• Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as bioindicators

  Citation: 636

  Authors: Johanna, Jari

• DOMAIN: a flexible modelling procedure for mapping potential distributions of plants and animals

  Citation: 631

  Authors: G., A. N., J.

• Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods

  Citation: 528

  Authors: Alan C.

• Marine biodiversity: patterns, threats and conservation needs

  Citation: 516

  Authors: John S.

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