Biodiversity Conservation: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Biological Conservation	40
3	Journal of Applied Ecology	35
4	Conservation Biology	32
5	Ecography	31
6	Diversity-Basel	30
7	People and Nature	28
8	Diversity and Distributions	26
-	Conservation Letters	26
10	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
11	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
12	Biological Invasions	22
13	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	21
-	Conservation Science and Practice	21
15	Plants People Planet	20
-	Urban Ecosystems	20
17	Journal for Nature Conservation	19
18	Neobiota	18
19	Conservation Physiology	15
-	Endangered Species Research	15
-	Animal Conservation	15
22	Biodiversity Data Journal	14
23	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Oryx	13
-	Paleobiology	13
26	Conservation Genetics	12
-	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	12
-	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	12
-	Polar Biology	12
30	Animal Biotelemetry	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
33	Bioinvasions Records	10
34	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	9
-	Bird Conservation International	9
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	9
-	Marine Biodiversity	9
-	Systematics and Biodiversity	9
39	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Management of Biological Invasions	8
41	Avian Conservation and Ecology	7
-	Biota Neotropica	7
-	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	7
-	Tropical Conservation Science	7
-	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	7
46	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
48	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Caribbean Journal of Science	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5

-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	American Midland Naturalist	5
53	Southwestern Naturalist	4
54	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2