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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	86
2	Biological Conservation	42
3	Conservation Biology	33
-	Diversity-Basel	33
5	Journal of Applied Ecology	32
-	People and Nature	32
7	Ecography	30
8	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	25
10	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
-	Conservation Letters	24
-	Diversity and Distributions	24
13	Journal for Nature Conservation	23
-	Plants People Planet	23
15	Conservation Science and Practice	22
16	Biological Invasions	20
17	Urban Ecosystems	19
18	Neobiota	18
19	Conservation Physiology	16
-	Endangered Species Research	16
21	Oryx	15
-	Animal Conservation	15
23	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	14
-	Biodiversity Data Journal	14
25	Paleobiology	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Conservation Genetics	13
28	Bird Conservation International	12
-	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Food Webs	12
32	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Polar Biology	11
34	Marine Biodiversity	10
-	Systematics and Biodiversity	10
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	10
37	Bioinvasions Records	9
38	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Management of Biological Invasions	8
-	Tropical Conservation Science	8
42	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	7
43	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Avian Conservation and Ecology	6
45	Southeastern Naturalist	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Biota Neotropica	5

-	Caribbean Journal of Science	5
52	Southwestern Naturalist	4
53	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2