Ecology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	ca. 17.3
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	ca. 14.5
3	Global Change Biology	ca. 12
4	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 11.4
5	ISME Journal	ca. 10
6	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 9.2
7	Ecology Letters	ca. 7.9
8	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	ca. 7.7
9	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	ca. 7.6
10	Ecological Monographs	ca. 7.5
11	Ecological Informatics	ca. 7.3
12	Ecosystem Services	ca. 6.6
13	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	ca. 6.4
14	Ecological Economics	ca. 6.3
15	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 6.2
16	Global Ecology and Biogeography	ca. 6
17	Journal of Ecology	ca. 5.6
18	Conservation Biology	ca. 5.5
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	ca. 5.5
20	Functional Ecology	ca. 5.1
21	Fire Ecology	ca. 5
22	People and Nature	ca. 4.9
23	Journal of Applied Ecology	ca. 4.8
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	ca. 4.8
25	Ecography	ca. 4.7
26	Biological Conservation	ca. 4.4
27	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 4.3
-	Ecology	ca. 4.3
-	Ecological Applications	ca. 4.3
30	Diversity and Distributions	ca. 4.2
31	Ecological Engineering	ca. 4.1
32	Microbial Ecology	ca. 4
33	Journal of Plant Ecology	ca. 3.9
-	Molecular Ecology	ca. 3.9
-	Movement Ecology	ca. 3.9
-	Ecological Processes	ca. 3.9
-	Heredity	ca. 3.9
38	Journal of Animal Ecology	ca. 3.7
-	Landscape Ecology	ca. 3.7
40	Journal of Biogeography	ca. 3.6
-	Plants People Planet	ca. 3.6
42	Basic and Applied Ecology	ca. 3.5
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	ca. 3.5
44	Ecological Complexity	ca. 3.4
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	ca. 3.4
46	Ecosystems	ca. 3.3
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	ca. 3.3
48	Arctic Science	ca. 3.2
-	Ecology and Society	ca. 3.2
-	Ecological Modelling	ca. 3.2

-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	ca. 3.2
52	Biodiversity and Conservation	ca. 3.1
53	Oikos	ca. 3
-	Neobiota	ca. 3
-	Biology Letters	ca. 3
56	Ecosphere	ca. 2.9
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 2.9
58	Paleobiology	ca. 2.7
-	Fire-Switzerland	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	ca. 2.7
-	American Naturalist	ca. 2.7
-	Restoration Ecology	ca. 2.7
-	Ecotoxicology	ca. 2.7
-	Freshwater Biology	ca. 2.7
65	Biological Invasions	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	ca. 2.6
-	Animal Conservation	ca. 2.6
-	Applied Vegetation Science	ca. 2.6
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.6
-	Evolution	ca. 2.6
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.6
72	Journal of Arid Environments	ca. 2.5
-	Animal Biotelemetry	ca. 2.5
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	ca. 2.5
-	Conservation Physiology	ca. 2.5
76	AoB Plants	ca. 2.4
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	ca. 2.4
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	ca. 2.4
-	Urban Ecosystems	ca. 2.4
80	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	ca. 2.3
-	Oecologia	ca. 2.3
-	Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.3
83	Journal of Biological Dynamics	ca. 2.2
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	ca. 2.2
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	ca. 2.2
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	ca. 2.2
-	Behavioral Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Pedobiologia	ca. 2.2
-	Fungal Ecology	ca. 2.2
90	Evolutionary Ecology	ca. 2.1
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	ca. 2.1
-	Oryx	ca. 2.1
-	Diversity-Basel	ca. 2.1
-	Ecohydrology	ca. 2.1
95	Community Ecology	ca. 2
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 2
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	ca. 2
-	Polar Science	ca. 2
-	Wetlands	ca. 2
100	Journal of Wildlife Management	ca. 1.9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	ca. 1.9
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	ca. 1.9
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	ca. 1.9
104	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Aquatic Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Chemistry and Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Flora	ca. 1.8
110	Biotropica	ca. 1.7
-	Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.7
-	Plant Ecology	ca. 1.7
113	Polar Biology	ca. 1.6
-	Freshwater Science	ca. 1.6
-	Austral Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Polar Record	ca. 1.6
-	Wildlife Research	ca. 1.6
118	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.5
-	Wildlife Biology	ca. 1.5
-	Food Webs	ca. 1.5
121	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Ecological Research	ca. 1.4
124	Plant Species Biology	ca. 1.3
-	Polar Research	ca. 1.3
-	Theoretical Population Biology	ca. 1.3
-	Chemoecology	ca. 1.3
-	Ecoscience	ca. 1.3
129	Marine Biology Research	ca. 1.2
130	African Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.1
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	ca. 1.1
-	Theoretical Ecology	ca. 1.1
-	Ecological Restoration	ca. 1.1
134	Journal of Tropical Ecology	ca. 1
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 1
-	Population Ecology	ca. 1
137	Phytocoenologia	ca. 0.9
-	Rangeland Journal	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Natural History	ca. 0.9
-	Compost Science & Utilization	ca. 0.9
142	Northwest Science	ca. 0.8
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	ca. 0.8
-	Acta Amazonica	ca. 0.8
-	Natural Areas Journal	ca. 0.8
146	Polish Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.7
147	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	ca. 0.6
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.6
149	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	ca. 0.5
-	Western North American Naturalist	ca. 0.5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.5
152	Southeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.4
153	Southwestern Naturalist	ca. 0.3