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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	86
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	68
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	61
4	Ecological Informatics	59
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
6	ISME Journal	58
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	56
8	Ecological Economics	49
9	Ecology Letters	47
10	Biological Conservation	42
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	38
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	37
13	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	36
-	Molecular Ecology	36
15	Journal of Ecology	35
-	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Ecology	35
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
-	Ecology and Evolution	34
-	Ecological Engineering	34
21	Functional Ecology	33
-	Diversity-Basel	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
24	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	32
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	32
-	People and Nature	32
27	Fire-Switzerland	31
-	Biogeosciences	31
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
30	Microbial Ecology	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	30
-	Ecography	30
34	Ecological Modelling	29
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	29
-	Ecosphere	29
37	Journal of Animal Ecology	27
-	Journal of Biogeography	27
-	Landscape Ecology	27
40	Current Opinion in Insect Science	26
-	Fire Ecology	26
42	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	25
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
44	Basic and Applied Ecology	24
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
-	Diversity and Distributions	24
-	Ecological Monographs	24
-	Evolution	24
49	Plants People Planet	23
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	23

51	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Restoration Ecology	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
-	Oikos	21
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	21
56	Journal of Arid Environments	20
-	American Naturalist	20
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Biological Invasions	20
-	Ecology and Society	20
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	20
63	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Urban Ecosystems	19
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
-	Movement Ecology	19
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
68	Neobiota	18
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Ecotoxicology	18
72	AoB Plants	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Oecologia	17
-	Wetlands	17
-	Heredity	17
77	Applied Vegetation Science	16
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	16
-	Conservation Physiology	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
81	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	15
-	Animal Conservation	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Oryx	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	15
-	Flora	15
-	Fungal Ecology	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Ecosystems	15
91	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Mammal Review	14
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	14
-	Austral Ecology	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
96	Freshwater Science	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Tropical Ecology	13
105	Food Webs	12
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
111	African Journal of Ecology	11
-	Polar Science	11
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Polar Biology	11
117	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
119	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	9
-	Acta Amazonica	9
-	Aquatic Invasions	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	Ecological Complexity	9
124	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Biology Letters	8
-	Theoretical Ecology	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	8
133	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	7
135	Polar Record	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Ecological Restoration	6
-	Ecoscience	6
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
141	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	Natural Areas Journal	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Chemoecology	5
-	Southeastern Naturalist	5
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Polar Research	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
149	Journal of Plant Ecology	4
-	Compost Science & Utilization	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
154	Northwest Science	3
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2