About the Journal

Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity (JWB) ((ISSN:2588-3526) ) is an international, interdisciplinary quarterly and open-access journal covering a wide range of topics, from various fields of wildlife ecology and biology to different aspects of biodiversity conservation. JWB was founded by Dr. Morteza Naderi in 2017 at Arak University, Iran. We encourage and welcome reviews, editorials, original research papers, and short notes in the fields of wildlife and biodiversity, written in English, without any geographic limitation. However, contributions covering the Palearctic and Oriental biogeographic regions are particularly encouraged. The journal is devoted to the publication of high-quality papers on all aspects of wildlife (marine and terrestrial) biology, particularly ecology, systematic, and conservation Quantitative analyses and modelling of animal populations and their habitats are encouraged and have priority. JWB's IF was released on 28 June by Web of Sciences equal to 0.7 All ESCI journals have been evaluated during this year and the eligible ones have been assigned an Impact Factor.

Open Access Policy

All literature published by JWB is freely accessible by scholars without any payment. We also follow the Budapest Open Access Initiative which can be accessed via the following link:

http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read

License feature:

 Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"

JWB applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license to the works we publish. This license was developed to facilitate open access – namely, free immediate access to, and unrestricted reuse of, original works of all types. Under this license, authors agree to make articles legally available for reuse, without permission or fees, for virtually any purpose. Anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse these articles, as long as the author and source are properly cited. Based on this license, others can distribute the article, create abstracts, extracts, revised versions, adaptations, or make translations, without permission from the author while crediting the author(s), and any damage to the author's honour or reputation.

Article processing charges (APCs)

Based on the editorial decision, high-quality papers can benefit from a full waiver. From Nov. 2024, authors will be charged 1800,000,0 Rls as a publication fee. The publication fee for non-Iranian authors is 600 euros, applicable from 2025.

Review process 

As a peer-reviewed journal, JWB uses a double-blind peer-review system. Our team of reviewers includes over 200 internal and external reviewers. The average period from submission to first decision in two consecutive years from 2017 to 2024 was 25 days, and that from the first decision to acceptance was lower than 45 days. The rejection rate for submitted manuscripts each year was 45%. The final decision on the acceptance of an article for publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief. All accepted papers (unedited versions) will be uploaded to the Article in Press list.

Any invited reviewer who feels unqualified or unable to review the manuscript due to a conflict of interest will notify the editors and decline the invitation. Reviewers will be asked to formulate their statements clearly in a sound and reasoned way so that authors can use the reviewers’ arguments to improve the manuscript. Personal criticism of the authors must be avoided. They should indicate in their review process any relevant literature that has not been cited by the authors, anything that has been reported in previous publications and not given appropriate reference or citation, and any substantial similarity or overlap with any other manuscript (published or unpublished) of which they have personal knowledge.