Bird Study

Aims & Scope

Bird Study publishes high quality papers relevant to the sphere of interest of the British Trust for Ornithology: broadly defined as field ornithology; especially when related to evidence-based bird conservation.

Papers are especially welcome on: patterns of distribution and abundance, movements, habitat preferences, developing field census methods, ringing and other techniques for marking and tracking birds.

Bird Study concentrates on birds that occur in the Western Palearctic.

This includes research on their biology outside of the Western Palearctic, for example on wintering grounds in Africa.

Bird Study also welcomes papers from any part of the world if they are of general interest to the broad areas of investigation outlined above.

Bird Study publishes the following types of articles: -Original research papers of any length -Short original research papers (less than 2500 words in length) -Scientific reviews -Forum articles covering general ornithological issues, including non-scientific ones -Short feedback articles that make scientific criticisms of papers published recently in the Journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.290

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16959

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	75

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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.

• Program MARK: survival estimation from populations of marked animals

  Citation: 5833

  Authors: Gary C., Kenneth P.

• The field determination of body size and condition in passerines: a report to the British Ringing Committee

  Citation: 157

  Authors: A.G., J.J.D., J.K., N.C.

• Multi-way comparisons and generalized linear models of nest success: extensions of the Mayfield method

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Nicholas J.

• Effects of human disturbance on spatial and temporal feeding patterns of Blackbird<i>Turdus merula</i>in urban parks in Madrid, Spain

  Citation: 146

  Authors: E., J.L.

• Variation in the survival rates of some British passerines with respect to their population trends on farmland

  Citation: 135

  Authors: G.M., S.R., J.D.

• Competing events, mixtures of information and multistratum recapture models

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Jean-Dominique, Tancrède, Roger

• First‐egg date and air temperature affect nest construction in Blue Tits<i>Cyanistes caeruleus</i>, but not in Great Tits<i>Parus major</i>

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Jennifer, D. Charles

• Field use by farmland birds in winter: an analysis of field type preferences using resampling methods

  Citation: 110

  Authors: J.D., R., L.B.

• COMDYN: software to study the dynamics of animal communities using a capture—recapture approach

  Citation: 107

  Authors: James E., Thierry, James D., John R., Kenneth H.

• Long-term effects of North American Mink<i>Mustela vison</i>on seabirds in western Scotland

  Citation: 100

  Authors: C.

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