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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Biological Conservation	39
3	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
4	Conservation Biology	32
5	Diversity-Basel	31
-	Ecography	31
7	People and Nature	28
8	Conservation Letters	27
9	Diversity and Distributions	26
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	26
11	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
-	Biological Invasions	22
13	Conservation Science and Practice	21
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	21
15	Urban Ecosystems	20
-	Plants People Planet	20
17	Journal for Nature Conservation	19
18	Neobiota	18
19	Animal Conservation	16
20	Endangered Species Research	15
21	Paleobiology	14
-	Biodiversity Data Journal	14
-	Conservation Physiology	14
24	Environmental Conservation	13
25	Oryx	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Conservation Genetics	12
29	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	11
-	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	11
32	Bioinvasions Records	10
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	10
-	Marine Biodiversity	10
-	Food Webs	10
36	Systematics and Biodiversity	9
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	9
38	Bird Conservation International	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Management of Biological Invasions	8
41	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	7
-	Southeastern Naturalist	7
-	Avian Conservation and Ecology	7
-	Biota Neotropica	7
-	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	7
-	Tropical Conservation Science	7
47	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Northeastern Naturalist	6
49	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Caribbean Journal of Science	5

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