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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	85
2	Biological Conservation	44
3	Conservation Biology	34
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
5	Diversity-Basel	33
-	People and Nature	33
7	Ecography	29
8	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	27
9	Biodiversity and Conservation	25
10	Diversity and Distributions	24
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
-	Plants People Planet	24
13	Conservation Letters	22
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	22
15	Conservation Science and Practice	21
16	Biological Invasions	20
17	Urban Ecosystems	19
18	Neobiota	18
19	Conservation Physiology	17
20	Animal Conservation	15
-	Oryx	15
-	Biodiversity Data Journal	15
23	Paleobiology	14
-	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	14
-	Endangered Species Research	14
26	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Conservation Genetics	13
29	Polar Biology	12
-	Food Webs	12
31	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	11
32	Bioinvasions Records	10
-	Bird Conservation International	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Marine Biodiversity	10
-	Systematics and Biodiversity	10
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	10
38	Management of Biological Invasions	9
39	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	8
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
42	Tropical Conservation Science	7
43	Avian Conservation and Ecology	6
-	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	6
45	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	5
-	Southeastern Naturalist	5
-	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Biota Neotropica	5
-	Caribbean Journal of Science	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5

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