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| Discipline | Conservation biology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Mark Burgman |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1987–present |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of theSociety for Conservation Biology |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 5.405 (2019) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Conserv. Biol. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | CBIOEF |
| ISSN | 0888-8892 (print) 1523-1739 (web) |
| LCCN | 88659972 |
| OCLC no. | 715539913 |
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Conservation Biology is a bimonthlypeer-reviewedscientific journal of theSociety for Conservation Biology, published byWiley-Blackwell and established in May 1987.[1] It covers the science and practice of conserving Earth'sbiological diversity, including issues concerning any of the Earth'secosystems or regions. The editor-in-chief is Mark Burgman.[2]
The scientific papers in the journal cover a variety of topics, such as population ecology and genetics,climate change, freshwater and marine conservation,ecosystem management,citizen science, and other human dimensions of conservation, but all topics focus primarily on conservation relevance rather than specific ecosystems, species, or situations.[3] Subscription to the journal is only open to members of Society for Conservation Biology.[3]
According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019impact factor of 5.405.[2] It ranks 3rd among 55 in journals that focus on biodiversity and conservation, 12th among 158 in journals with an ecological focus.[4] Conservation Biology also has an h5 index of 59, a cited half-life of >10, and a CiteScore of 5.97.[5]
