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| Journal | Subsubject | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
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BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
ISSN 1471-2229 eISSN 1471-2229
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.800 | 5.400 | 1.310 | Q1 | BMC |
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
ISSN 2296-4185 eISSN 2296-4185
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.800 | 5.600 | 0.800 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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Frontiers in Plant Science
ISSN 1664-462X eISSN 1664-462X
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.800 | 5.700 | 1.130 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
ISSN 0021-8901 eISSN 1365-2664
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.800 | 6.100 | 1.310 | Q1 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 1018-9068 eISSN 1698-0808
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Immunology | 4.800 | 5.000 | 0.800 | Q1 | ESMON PUBLICIDAD S A, DEPT ALLERGY & CLIN IMMUNOL, CLIN UNIV NAVARRA |
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ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 1081-1206 eISSN 1534-4436
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Immunology | 4.700 | 5.000 | 0.960 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
ISSN 0098-8472 eISSN 1873-7307
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.700 | 5.400 | 1.100 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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GM Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain
ISSN 2164-5698 eISSN 2164-5701
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.700 | 4.000 | 1.010 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH
ISSN 2095-8137 eISSN 2095-8137
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Zoology & Animal Science | 4.700 | 4.700 | 2.230 | Q1 | SCIENCE PRESS |
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
ISSN N/A eISSN 2731-3654
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.600 | 4.600 | 0.810 | Q1 | BMC |
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
ISSN 1018-4813 eISSN 1476-5438
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.600 | 4.800 | 1.000 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 0740-0020 eISSN 1095-9998
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Microbiology | 4.600 | 5.100 | 1.080 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
ISSN 0146-6615 eISSN 1096-9071
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Microbiology | 4.600 | 4.700 | 1.290 | Q1 | WILEY |
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MicrobiologyOpen
ISSN 2045-8827 eISSN 2045-8827
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Microbiology | 4.600 | 3.800 | 0.790 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
ISSN 2169-1401 eISSN 2169-141X
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.500 | 4.500 | 0.910 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Current Plant Biology
ISSN N/A eISSN 2214-6628
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.500 | 5.400 | 1.200 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Frontiers in Microbiology
ISSN N/A eISSN 1664-302X
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Microbiology | 4.500 | 5.200 | 0.980 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0079-6107 eISSN 1873-1732
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 4.500 | 3.700 | 0.600 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART C-SEMINARS IN MEDICAL GENETICS
ISSN 1552-4868 eISSN 1552-4876
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.400 | 3.600 | 0.560 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Clinical Epigenetics
ISSN 1868-7075 eISSN 1868-7083
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.400 | 5.800 | 1.120 | Q1 | BMC |
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Mycology-An International Journal On Fungal Biology
ISSN 2150-1203 eISSN 2150-1211
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Microbiology | 4.400 | 5.000 | 1.090 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
ISSN 2405-805X eISSN 2405-805X
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.400 | 4.500 | 1.030 | Q1 | KEAI PUBLISHING LTD |
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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN 0175-7598 eISSN 1432-0614
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Microbiology | 4.300 | 5.100 | 0.810 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
ISSN 1051-0761 eISSN 1939-5582
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 5.100 | 1.110 | Q1 | WILEY |
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ECOLOGY
ISSN 0012-9658 eISSN 1939-9170
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 5.200 | 1.200 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Human Genomics
ISSN 1473-9542 eISSN 1479-7364
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.300 | 4.200 | 1.090 | Q1 | BMC |
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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
ISSN 0022-1317 eISSN 1465-2099
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Microbiology | 4.300 | 3.700 | 0.840 | Q1 | MICROBIOLOGY SOC |
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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN 1138-7548 eISSN 1877-8755
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.300 | 4.100 | 0.960 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
ISSN N/A eISSN 2056-3485
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 5.400 | 1.020 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Soil Ecology Letters
ISSN 2662-2289 eISSN 2662-2297
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.300 | 4.300 | 1.160 | Q1 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
ISSN 0040-5752 eISSN 1432-2242
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.200 | 4.900 | 1.200 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
ISSN 0925-8574 eISSN 1872-6992
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.100 | 4.300 | 0.770 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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PLANT SCIENCE
ISSN 0168-9452 eISSN 1873-2259
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Botany & Plant Science | 4.100 | 5.100 | 1.000 | Q1 | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD |
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MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
ISSN 0095-3628 eISSN 1432-184X
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.000 | 4.000 | 1.010 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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Microbial Genomics
ISSN 2057-5858 eISSN 2057-5858
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Genetics & Genomics | 4.000 | 4.600 | 1.100 | Q1 | MICROBIOLOGY SOC |
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Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
ISSN 0048-3575 eISSN 1095-9939
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 4.000 | 4.500 | 1.520 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
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VIROLOGICA SINICA
ISSN 1674-0769 eISSN 1995-820X
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Microbiology | 4.000 | 4.100 | 0.930 | Q1 | KEAI PUBLISHING LTD |
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Virus Evolution
ISSN N/A eISSN 2057-1577
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Ecology & Evolution | 4.000 | 4.500 | 1.280 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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Ecological Processes
ISSN N/A eISSN 2192-1709
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 5.400 | 1.010 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 1050-4648 eISSN 1095-9947
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Immunology | 3.900 | 4.200 | 1.600 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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Journal of Plant Ecology
ISSN 1752-9921 eISSN 1752-993X
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 2.900 | 1.030 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
ISSN 0962-1083 eISSN 1365-294X
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 4.800 | 1.070 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Movement Ecology
ISSN 2051-3933 eISSN 2051-3933
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.900 | 4.500 | 1.090 | Q1 | BMC |
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EXERCISE IMMUNOLOGY REVIEW
ISSN 1077-5552 eISSN 1077-5552
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Immunology | 3.800 | 5.900 | 0.270 | Q1 | W W F VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT GMBH |
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PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0167-4412 eISSN 1573-5028
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 3.800 | 4.600 | 0.880 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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Evolution Letters
ISSN N/A eISSN 2056-3744
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 4.500 | 1.030 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
ISSN 0378-1127 eISSN 1872-7042
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 4.100 | 1.380 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0965-1748 eISSN 1879-0240
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 3.700 | 4.100 | 1.250 | Q1 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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Integrative Zoology
ISSN 1749-4877 eISSN 1749-4869
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Zoology & Animal Science | 3.700 | 3.000 | 1.690 | Q1 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
ISSN 0021-8790 eISSN 1365-2656
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 4.700 | 1.550 | Q1 | WILEY |
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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
ISSN 0921-2973 eISSN 1572-9761
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.700 | 5.100 | 1.020 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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ANNALS OF BOTANY
ISSN 0305-7364 eISSN 1095-8290
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Botany & Plant Science | 3.600 | 4.500 | 1.050 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
ISSN 1055-7903 eISSN 1095-9513
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.600 | 4.000 | 1.010 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
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PLANT BIOLOGY
ISSN 1435-8603 eISSN 1438-8677
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Botany & Plant Science | 3.600 | 4.400 | 0.890 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Archives of Microbiology & Immunology
ISSN 2572-9365 eISSN 2572-9365
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Microbiology | 3.500 | 3.800 | 1.540 | Q1 | FORTUNE JOURNALS |
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BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
ISSN 1439-1791 eISSN 1618-0089
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.500 | 4.000 | 0.950 | Q1 | ELSEVIER GMBH |
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Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
ISSN 2530-0644 eISSN 2530-0644
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.500 | 4.800 | 1.190 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCI LTD |
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Global Ecology and Conservation
ISSN N/A eISSN 2351-9894
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.400 | 4.300 | 0.970 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Palaeontographica Abteilung B-Palaeophytologie Palaeobotany-Palaeophytology
ISSN 2194-900X eISSN 2509-839X
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Botany & Plant Science | 3.300 | 1.900 | 1.140 | Q1 | E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG |
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EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
ISSN 1090-5138 eISSN 1879-0607
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.200 | 3.700 | 1.180 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN 2672-0191 eISSN 2055-0391
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Zoology & Animal Science | 3.200 | 3.200 | 0.990 | Q1 | KOREAN SOCIETY ANIMAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
ISSN 0960-3115 eISSN 1572-9710
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.100 | 3.700 | 0.690 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN 1060-1538 eISSN 1520-6505
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.100 | 3.900 | 1.490 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Forensic Science International-Genetics
ISSN 1872-4973 eISSN 1878-0326
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.100 | 3.500 | 1.380 | Q1 | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD |
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GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION
ISSN 0999-193X eISSN 1297-9686
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Genetics & Genomics | 3.100 | 4.200 | 1.260 | Q1 | BMC |
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JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
ISSN 0047-2484 eISSN 1095-8606
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Ecology & Evolution | 3.100 | 2.900 | 1.600 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
ISSN 0021-8812 eISSN 1525-3163
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.900 | 3.300 | 1.090 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
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Molecular Oral Microbiology
ISSN 2041-1006 eISSN 2041-1014
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Microbiology | 2.900 | 3.400 | 0.940 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports
ISSN 2667-0119 eISSN 2667-0119
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Immunology | 2.800 | 2.700 | 0.720 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN 1436-2228 eISSN 1436-2236
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 2.800 | 3.000 | 0.820 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
ISSN 0024-4082 eISSN 1096-3642
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.800 | 2.900 | 1.600 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS
ISSN 1058-0468 eISSN 1573-7330
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Genetics & Genomics | 2.700 | 3.100 | 0.890 | Q1 | SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS |
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PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
ISSN 0031-0182 eISSN 1872-616X
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Ecology & Evolution | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0.990 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN 0378-1135 eISSN 1873-2542
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Microbiology | 2.700 | 2.900 | 1.050 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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AQUATIC BOTANY
ISSN 0304-3770 eISSN 1879-1522
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Botany & Plant Science | 2.600 | 2.200 | 0.710 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Frontiers in Zoology
ISSN 1742-9994 eISSN 1742-9994
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.600 | 2.900 | 1.460 | Q1 | BMC |
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JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH
ISSN 0947-5745 eISSN 1439-0469
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Ecology & Evolution | 2.600 | 2.000 | 0.780 | Q1 | WILEY |
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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 0145-305X eISSN 1879-0089
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Immunology | 2.400 | 2.700 | 1.080 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCI LTD |
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Frontiers in Animal Science
ISSN N/A eISSN 2673-6225
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.400 | 2.600 | 0.920 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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Myrmecological News
ISSN 1994-4136 eISSN N/A
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Ecology & Evolution | 2.400 | 3.200 | 1.190 | Q1 | OESTERREICHISCHE GESELL ENTOMOFAUNISTIK, C/O NATURHISTOR MUSEUM WIEN |
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Evolutionary Human Sciences
ISSN N/A eISSN 2513-843X
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Ecology & Evolution | 2.300 | 2.600 | 1.100 | Q1 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
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INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 0962-1075 eISSN 1365-2583
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 2.300 | 2.900 | 0.800 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Italian Journal of Animal Science
ISSN 1594-4077 eISSN 1828-051X
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.300 | 2.400 | 0.960 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
ISSN 1369-3786 eISSN 1460-2709
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Microbiology | 2.300 | 2.700 | 0.860 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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Vertebrate Zoology
ISSN 1864-5755 eISSN N/A
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.300 | 2.200 | 1.500 | Q1 | STAATLICHES MUSEUM TIERKUNDE DRESDEN |
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Annals of Animal Science
ISSN 1642-3402 eISSN 2300-8733
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.200 | 2.100 | 0.770 | Q1 | WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH |
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BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
ISSN 1045-2249 eISSN 1465-7279
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Ecology & Evolution | 2.200 | 2.300 | 0.870 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
ISSN 1095-6433 eISSN 1531-4332
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Biochemistry & Biotechnology | 2.200 | 2.400 | 0.870 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
ISSN 1383-4517 eISSN 1875-9866
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.200 | 2.400 | 1.340 | Q1 | BRILL |
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Veterinary and Animal Science
ISSN N/A eISSN 2451-943X
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.200 | 2.300 | 0.950 | Q1 | ELSEVIER |
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Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology
ISSN 1932-8486 eISSN 1932-8494
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Ecology & Evolution | 2.100 | 2.100 | 1.210 | Q1 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION
ISSN 1064-7554 eISSN 1573-7055
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Ecology & Evolution | 2.100 | 1.900 | 0.840 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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Zoological Letters
ISSN 2056-306X eISSN 2056-306X
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.100 | 2.600 | 1.320 | Q1 | BMC |
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Current Zoology
ISSN 1674-5507 eISSN 2396-9814
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.000 | 2.100 | 1.020 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA
ISSN 0300-3256 eISSN 1463-6409
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Zoology & Animal Science | 2.000 | 2.400 | 0.970 | Q1 | WILEY |
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BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
ISSN 0340-5443 eISSN 1432-0762
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Ecology & Evolution | 1.900 | 2.100 | 0.820 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION
ISSN 1439-6092 eISSN 1618-1077
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Ecology & Evolution | 1.900 | 2.000 | 0.800 | Q1 | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG |
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VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY
ISSN 0939-6314 eISSN 1617-6278
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Botany & Plant Science | 1.900 | 2.300 | 0.790 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 1096-4959 eISSN 1879-1107
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Molecular & Cell Biology | 1.800 | 2.100 | 0.750 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS
ISSN 1352-8505 eISSN 1573-3009
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Ecology & Evolution | 1.800 | 2.400 | 0.970 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
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