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WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #5,240Top JournalGold OA

Evolutionary Applications

Acronym:eva
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Abbreviation (ISO):EVOL. APPL
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Identifier (ISSN):1752-4571(Online)
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Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
Clarivate IF (2026)
3.2– 0
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Evolutionary Applications

WoS Q2
24574.6920185.0420194.0120205.1820214.9320224.120233.520243.220253.22026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):3.2
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.957
#5,240

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
102

102 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate5.7%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessGold OA
144articles/year
100% Gold OA•91.82% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Evolutionary Applications is a fully peer reviewed open access journal. It publishes papers that utilize concepts from evolutionary biology to address biological questions of health, social and economic relevance. Papers are expected to employ evolutionary concepts or methods to make contributions to areas such as (but not limited to): medicine, agriculture, forestry, exploitation and management (fisheries and wildlife), aquaculture, conservation biology, environmental sciences (including climate change and invasion biology), microbiology, and toxicology. All taxonomic groups are covered from microbes, fungi, plants and animals. In order to better serve the community, we also now strongly encourage submissions of papers making use of modern molecular and genetic methods (population and functional genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenetics, quantitative genetics, association and linkage mapping) to address important questions in any of these disciplines and in an applied evolutionary framework. Theoretical, empirical, synthesis or perspective papers are welcome.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology99.9%Ecology85.8%Medicine67.7%Genetics66.5%Sociology61.2%Demography59.8%Environmental health59.8%Population59.7%Chemistry55.3%Biochemistry53.7%Gene51.2%Evolutionary biology39.6%Geology35.7%Botany27.9%Computer science27.4%Paleontology26.3%Zoology25%Genetic diversity23.4%Genetic variation22.7%Physics22.2%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSCIE2026

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Q2
Rank16/54
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Q2
Rank18/54
IndexSCIE

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF3.2
Articles / Year130
Total Citations55
2025
IF3.2
Articles / Year150
Total Citations384
2024
IF3.5
Articles / Year200
Total Citations1,434
2023
IF4.1
Articles / Year150
Total Citations1,260
2022
IF4.929
Articles / Year189
Total Citations2,878

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #5,240Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2008-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Agricultural and Biological SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.957

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
3.27

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,492 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,722
3-Year Documents464
Citable Documents461

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)3

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate40.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1
GeneticsQ2
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 5.7%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Biology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Evolutionary Applications (acronym: eva, abbr: EVOL. APPL) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Biology, published by Wiley-Blackwell in England since 2008. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 3.20, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.957 (Q1), an H-index of 102.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Quarterly, an annual output of approximately 144 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Gold OA model with an estimated APC of $3,492 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Gold OA
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Quarterly
Founding Year
2008
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusDOAJPubMed
Editorial Address
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN, USA, MA, 02148

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01