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:
- To provide a forum for the exchange of theories, concepts, methods, findings, and philosophies relevant to human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife management.
- To advance the application of human dimensions information in fisheries and wildlife decision making.
- 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
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
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?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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