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The Southwestern Naturalist

ISSN 0038-4909 · e-ISSN 1943-6262 · BioOne (Southwestern Association of Naturalists) · http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/swan/joureng.htm
Journal Trust Rating U · 26/100 — Insufficient data · checked 15 November 2026, 18:32 IST

Pillars

PillarPointsWeight
Identity & governance2 / 25 (12 unchecked)25
Editorial integrity9 / 25 (25 unchecked)25
Technical standing8 / 20 (9 unchecked)20
Preservation & access0 / 15 (13 unchecked)15
Reach & citation7 / 15 (2 unchecked)15

Checks and sources

CheckResultDetailSource
ISSN registered (ISSN Portal)BAD 0/8no record for this ISSNportal.issn.org
ISSN key-title matchesNA 0/3not checkedportal.issn.org
Journal website live and on HTTPSBAD 0/3HTTP 0 SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target hostname 'www.biosurvey.ou.edu'www.biosurvey.ou.edu
Editorial board namedNA 0/4site not readable
ISSN displayed on the siteNA 0/3site not readable
Contact publishedNA 0/2site not readable
Publisher identifiedOK 2/2BioOne (Southwestern Association of Naturalists)api.crossref.org
Peer-review policy publishedNA 0/7not checkedwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
Publication ethics / malpractice policyNA 0/6not checkedwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
Plagiarism screening statedNA 0/3not checkedwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
No predatory-style red flagsNA 9/9not checkedwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
Crossref member — DOIs registeredOK 5/55085 DOIs on recordapi.crossref.org
Crossref metadata completeness (current articles)WARN 3/6abstracts 50% · licences 0% · ORCIDs 28% · references 100%api.crossref.org
DOIs displayed as links on the siteNA 0/2site not readablewww.biosurvey.ou.edu
OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tagsNA 0/3not checkedwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
Registered DOIs resolve to a live pageNA 0/2not checked — no DOI check has been run for this journal
Articles on the site carry a registered DOINA 0/2not checked — no DOI census has been run for this journal
Preservation (Keepers Registry / archives)NA 0/6not checkedportal.issn.org
Creative Commons licence statedNA 0/4not checkedwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
APC / fee transparencyNA 0/3not checkedwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
Open-access statementWARN 0/2no OA statementwww.biosurvey.ou.edu
Listed in DOAJWARN 0/6not in DOAJdoaj.org
Indexed and cited in OpenAlexOK 5/55157 works · 48868 citations · h-index 60openalex.org
Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5)OK 2/2h-index 60openalex.org
Other verified index / registry listingsNA 0/2none recorded

Method

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