Wildlife Biology

Aims & Scope

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY is a high-quality scientific forum directing concise and up-to-date knowledge to scientists, administrators, wildlife managers and conservationists.

The journal encourages and welcomes original papers and short communications written in English from throughout the world.

The journal accepts theoretical, empirical, and practical manuscripts of high standard from all areas of wildlife science, including human dimensions of wildlife, with the primary task of creating the scientific basis for the enhancement of wildlife management and conservation.

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY adopts a broad concept of wildlife management, including all policies and actions with the purpose of conservation, sustainable use, or control of wildlife and its habitats, in order to safeguard sustainable relationships between wildlife and other human interests.

We have a broad concept of 'wildlife' and studies of mammals, birds and other taxa or phenomena relevant to wildlife issues are all of great interest.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.568

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	66

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• Foraging in the ‘landscape of fear’ and its implications for habitat use and diet quality of elk Cervus elaphus and bison Bison bison

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Lucina, John W.

• The concept of overgrazing and its role in management of large herbivores

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Atle

• Human attitudes towards large carnivores in Norway

  Citation: 196

  Authors: Eivin, Barbara, Tore, Bjørn P.

• Risk of capture-related mortality in large free-ranging mammals: experiences from Scandinavia

  Citation: 159

  Authors: Jon M., Per, Roy, Finn, Göran, John, Sven, Peter, Jon E.

• Conservation Status of Grouse Worldwide: An Update

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Ilse

• Towards more compassionate wildlife research through the 3Rs principles: moving from invasive to non-invasive methods

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Miriam A.

• Red deer Cervus elephus vigilance behaviour differs with habitat and type of human disturbance

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Sevvandi, Angela M., Iain J., Xavier

• A Meta-analysis of Greater Sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Nesting and Brood-rearing Habitats

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Christian A., John W., Michael A.

• Denning behaviour of Scandinavian brown bears Ursus arctos

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Sabrina, Jon E.

• Patterns of crop raiding by primates around the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Mnason, Catherine M., Joseph

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