Journal of Herpetology
Last updated ISSN 0022-1511
Journal of Herpetology is published by The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles in environmental science. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Herpetology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Plant and animal studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Key facts
| Publisher | The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-1511, 1937-2418 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,971 |
| Publishing since | 1968 |
| Journal website | www.jstor.org/journals/00221511.html |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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