The American Naturalist
Last updated ISSN 0003-0147
The American Naturalist is published by University of Chicago Press in agricultural and biological sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The American Naturalist concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0003-0147, 1537-5323 |
| Subject area | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 24,971 |
| Publishing since | 1867 |
| Journal website | www.journals.uchicago.edu/an |
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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