Ecology: 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	Nature Ecology & Evolution	61
3	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
4	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
5	ISME Journal	52
-	Ecological Informatics	52
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
8	Ecological Economics	48
-	Ecology Letters	48
10	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	43
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	41
12	Biological Conservation	40
13	Ecological Engineering	38
14	Molecular Ecology	36
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	36
16	Journal of Applied Ecology	35
17	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
19	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
21	Conservation Biology	32
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	Journal of Ecology	32
-	Ecology and Evolution	32
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	32
26	Ecography	31
-	Ecology	31
28	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	30
-	Diversity-Basel	30
30	Ecological Applications	29
-	Ecological Modelling	29
32	Biogeosciences	28
-	People and Nature	28
-	Ecosphere	28
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	28
36	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	27
-	Fire-Switzerland	27
38	Diversity and Distributions	26
-	Microbial Ecology	26
40	Landscape Ecology	25
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
42	Ecological Monographs	24
-	Evolution	24
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	24
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	24
46	Journal of Biogeography	23
-	Oikos	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
49	Biological Invasions	22
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	22

-	Restoration Ecology	22
52	Journal of Arid Environments	21
53	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	20
-	Ecology and Society	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Fire Ecology	20
-	American Naturalist	20
-	Oecologia	20
-	Plants People Planet	20
-	Urban Ecosystems	20
62	Heredity	19
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Ecological Processes	19
66	Ecosystems	18
-	Neobiota	18
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	18
69	Movement Ecology	17
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Freshwater Biology	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
74	Journal of Vegetation Science	16
-	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	16
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	16
80	Flora	15
-	Mammal Review	15
-	Animal Conservation	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	Applied Vegetation Science	15
-	Conservation Physiology	15
-	Wetlands	15
87	Journal of Chemical Ecology	14
-	Biotropica	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	14
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	14
94	Fungal Ecology	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Oryx	13
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Evolutionary Ecology	13
106	Polar Biology	12
-	Ecological Complexity	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	12
-	Polar Science	12
112	African Journal of Ecology	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Animal Biotelemetry	11
-	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Freshwater Science	11
120	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
122	Polar Research	9
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Polar Record	9
126	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
134	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
138	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	6
-	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Chemoecology	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Ecoscience	6
145	American Midland Naturalist	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
149	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	Biology Letters	4
153	Northwest Science	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2
157	Journal of Plant Ecology	0