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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Birds (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Birds published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Ornithologyrank 8 of 30 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Birds
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Birds is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$1,448.
02Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Birds
Birds follows the waiver policy of its publisher, MDPI: no country waiver scheme; discounts and waivers are discretionary or through institutional membership. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme.
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Who funds research published in Birds
Funders named most often
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03Indexing
Indexing of Birds
- eISSN
- 2673-6004
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) all its journals →
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Ornithology
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
- Web of Science Master Journal List
- SCImago Journal Rank
- ISSN Portal (ISSN 2673-6004)
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
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04How to submit
How to submit to Birds
- Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Birds accepts. Open the official guide for authors and submit from the same page.
- Use the journal's template. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) offers Word and LaTeX templates for many of its journals. If your manuscript is in Word and the journal wants LaTeX, our LaTeX Template Conversion moves it into the template.
- Check the fit. Compare your title and abstract with the papers it has published; papers outside the scope are the most common reason for a desk rejection. The Journal Finder shows journals that published the closest work.
- Plan the fee. Birds is fully open access, with an article fee of about US$1,448 after acceptance. See whether your author team qualifies for a waiver with the free APC waiver checker.
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05What it publishes
What Birds publishes: real papers
06Published papers
Papers published in Birds
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Flight Type and Seasonal Movements Are Important Predictors for Avian Collisions in Wind Farms. Birds 2023, 4, 85-10020230 citations
07Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Birds
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08Similar journals
Journals similar to Birds
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
- PLoS ONESCIEScopusJCR 202411 similar papers
- Journal of Maharashtra Agricultural UniversitiesNot listed in our indexing lists1 similar paper
09Same subject
Ornithology journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to Birds when the 27 journals of Ornithology in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bird Conservation International | 2.32 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 5 | The Auk | 2.32 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 6 | Ibis | 2.09 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 7 | Avian Research | 2.04 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 9 | Emu - Austral Ornithology | 1.89 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 10 | Journal für Ornithologie | 1.87 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 11 | Ornithological Applications | 1.49 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 12 | Journal of Raptor Research | 1.31 | SCIE | Subscription |
*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
10Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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Paste your title, keywords or abstract. See the journals that published the closest papers, with indexing, impact factor, review time and APC.
No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
11Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Birds?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Birds is 1.96: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 1.96 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Birds?
The h-index of Birds is 17 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 17 of its papers have each been cited at least 17 times. Its i10-index is 44.
What is the APC of Birds?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$1,448 for Birds, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Birds?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Birds is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Birds indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Birds appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Birds an SCIE journal?
Birds is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Birds in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Birds is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Birds does ScholarsColab track?
We track 1 paper published in Birds in 2023, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Birds offer an APC waiver?
Birds follows the policy of MDPI: no country waiver scheme; discounts and waivers are discretionary or through institutional membership. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Who funds research published in Birds?
61% of 141 recent research articles in Birds name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are CNPq, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior–Brazil, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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