About this journal

Aims and scope

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, which publishes six times annually, is devoted to the study of social considerations in fisheries and wildlife management. The journal provides an open forum for exchange of human dimensions information. There are three primary publication goals of Human Dimensions of Wildlife:

  1. To provide a forum for the exchange of theories, concepts, methods, findings, and philosophies relevant to human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife management.
  2. To advance the application of human dimensions information in fisheries and wildlife decision making.
  3. To provide a focus on the human dimensions of contemporary fisheries and wildlife management issues.

Six types of articles are published in Human Dimensions of Wildlife : research articles, review articles, methodological articles, opinion pieces, research notes, and findings abstracts. Other submission types will also be published as the Co-Editors deem appropriate, such as rebuttals and rejoinders, discussion forums, and editorials.

Peer Review Policy:

All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Readership:

Sociologists; fisheries and wildlife managers; natural resource managers; government employees interested in wildlife conservation or recreation management; and scholars and readers in the areas of environmental studies, forestry, recreation, conservation, or natural resource management.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 91K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 2.4 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 4.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.165 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.816 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 41 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 113 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 7 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 31% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Co-Editors-in-Chief:

Beatrice Frank - Capital Region District, British Columbia, Canada
Jenny Anne Glikman - Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados, Spain
Anita Morzillo - University of Connecticut, USA

Co-Founding Editors:

Michael J. Manfredo - Colorado State University, USA
Jerry J. Vaske - Colorado State University, USA

Associate Editors:

Ugo Arbieu, Université Paris-Saclay, France
Jeremy Bruskotter Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
Adriana Consorte-McCrea, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Jeremy Cusack, Universidad Mayor, Chile
Juan Martin Dabezies, Centro Universitario Regional Oriente de la Universidad de la República (Uruguay), Uruguay
Sabrina Dressel, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Ann Eklund, Lund University, Sweden
Monica Engel, Torngat Wildlife, Plants and Fisheries Secretariat Newfoundland, Canada
Christian Gamborg, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Len Hunt, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, Ontario, Canada
Glen Hvenegaard, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Maarten Jacobs, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Maria Johansson, Lunds University, Sweden
Gerard Kyle, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
Lincoln Larson, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA
Brent Lovelock, University of Otago, New Zealand
Christopher D. Malcolm, Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada
Alex Metcalf, University of Montana, Montana, USA
Wayde Morse, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
Ana Sofia Nanni, Instituto de Ecologìa Regional (IER, CONICET, UNT) Argentina
Chi-Ok Oh, Chonnam National University, South Korea
Agnieszka Olszańska, Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Daniel M. Parker, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa, Africa
M. Nils Peterson, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA
Bindu Raghavan, Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) India, India
Kirstie A. Ruppert, San Diego Zoo WIldlfie Alliance, California, USA
Stephanie Rutherford, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
Ryo Sakurai, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Christopher Serenari, Texas State University, Texas, USA
Carly C. Sponarski, Canadian Forest Service, Alberta, Canada
Tanja Maria Straka
Miquel Torrents-Ticó, University of Helsinki, Finland
Eick von Ruschkowski, Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation, Germany

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted/Indexed in:

• CABI

° Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (Online)

° Agricultural Economics Database

° Animal Breeding Abstracts (Online)

° Animal Production Database

° Animal Science Database

° Biocontrol News and Information (Online)

° CAB Abstracts

° Crop Science Database

° Environmental Impact

° Forest Science Database

° Forestry Abstracts (Online)

° Global Health

° Grasslands and Forage Abstract (Online)

° Index Veterinarius (Online)

° InfoTree

° Leisure Tourism Database

° Nutrition and Food Sciences Database

° Parasitology Database

° Pig News and Information (Online)

° Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts (Online)

° Plant Genetics and Breeding Database

° Plant Protection Database

° Poultry Abstracts (Online)

° Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology (Online)

° Rural Development Abstracts (Online)

° Soil Science Database

° Soils and Fertilizers (Online)

° TropAg & Rural

° Veterinary Science Database

° VetMed Resource

° World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts (Online)

• EBSCOhost

° Academic Search Complete

° Academic Search Premier

° Academic Search Ultimate

° Current Abstracts

° Environment Complete

° Environment Index

° GeoRef

° PsycINFO

° Science and Technology Collection

° TOC Premier

• Elsevier BV

° BIOBASE

° Scopus

• E-psyche

• Ovid

° GeoRef

° PsycINFO

• ProQuest

° Agricultural & Environmental Science Database

° Biological Science Database

° Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, Selective

° GeoRef

° Natural Science Collection

° PAIS Index, Selective

° Professional ProQuest Central

° ProQuest 5000 International

° ProQuest Central

° ProQuest Environment Abstracts, Selective

° ProQuest Environmental Science Collection

° ProQuest Science Journals

° ProQuest SciTech Collection

° SciTech Premium Collection

° Sustainability Science Abstracts, Selective

• Thomson Reuters

° Zoological Record Online

Open access

Human Dimensions of Wildlife is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.

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