AMERICAN NATURALIST
| Country: | United States |
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| Journal ISSN: | 0003-0147 |
| Journal EISSN: | 1537-5323eissn |
| History | 1948, 1960-1961, 1973-1975, 1979, 1981-ongoing |
| Publisher | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS |
| Journal Hompage: | Link |
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AMERICAN NATURALIST
Since its inception in 1867, The American Naturalist has maintained its position as one of the world"s most renowned, peer-reviewed publications in ecology, evolution, and population and integrative biology research. While addressing topics in community and ecosystem dynamics, evolution of sex and mating systems, organismal adaptation, and genetic aspects of evolution, AmNat emphasizes sophisticated methodologies and innovative theoretical syntheses--all in an effort to advance the knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles.
Impact Factor Trend 2000 - 2025
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. In other words, the impact factor of 2024 - 2025 is the average of the number of cited publications divided by the citable publications of a journal. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Normally, journals with higher impact factors are often deemed to have more influence than those with lower ones. However, the science community has also noted that review articles typically are more citable than research articles.Here you can check the journal performance trends based on last 20 years of data, also check the latest journal citation reports 2025. Also Check H-Index, SCImago journal rank and journal impact factor 2025.
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