
Academic Journal
Q3Tropics
About Tropics
Tropics is a scholarly journal published by Japan Society of Tropical Ecology. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.23 and H-index of 9.
Coverage: 1997, 2019-2025. Research categories: Ecology (Q3); Nature and Landscape Conservation (Q3); Plant Science (Q3); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q4).
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Topics in published research
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Forest ecology and management; Plant and animal studies; Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics; Plant Parasitism and Resistance.
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2026-06-01 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.simm06Altitudinal distribution of <i>Macaranga </i>tree species from lowland to montane habitats in a tropical rainforest area of Borneo
Musa Muliati, Takafumi Mizuno, Usun Shimizu-kaya, Shinya Numata et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms26-03Changing roles of women in community forest management: A case study of a Cotu ethnic minority village in Central Vietnam
Ai Thi Thu Do, Fumikazu Ubukata
2026 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms25-09Variation in the aboveground biomass across tropical and subtropical forests in Paraguay
Victoria Rika Kubota, María Laura Quevedo Fernandez, Lila Mabel Gamarra Ruiz Díaz, Shin Ugawa et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms26-07Validation of UAV-LiDAR mapping in developing Digital Terrain Model (DTM) in a lowland tropical rainforest in Malaysia
Toshinori Okuda, Wei Chuang Chew, Alvin Lau Meng Shin
2026 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms25-11Spillover effects of tropical forest remnants on the assemblage of parasitoid wasps in the surrounding areas in Borneo
Paulus Meleng, Takafumi Mizuno, Satoshi Yamashita, Mohamad Nafri Ali et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms25-13A bird song exchanged for salt: Commercial hunting of the Straw-headed Bulbul (<i>Pycnonotus zeylanicus</i>) in North Kalimantan, Indonesia
Kei Sawai, Herman Hidayat
2026 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms26-02How do local people position peatlands in livelihoods? Focusing on life histories in R Village, Riau, Indonesia
Maho Kasori, Nariaki Onda
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Haruna Aiso, Futoshi Ishiguri, Ikumi Nezu
2025 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms24-06Erratum to: Decrease in the number of symbiotic ant workers on leaves of a myrmecophyte, <i>Macaranga bancana</i>, during its growth
2025 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms23-07eRediscovery of <i>Crotalaria calycina</i> (Fabaceae) after 47 years on Ishigaki Island, Japan
Hiroki Moriwaki, Kazuhide Nakajima, Natsuki Komada, Shunsuke Nakama et al.
2025 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms25-01Greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential of biomass power generation in Japan using empty fruit bunch pellets from Indonesia
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2025 · DOI: 10.3759/tropics.ms24-04Reviews
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